The Advisory Committee for Novel Food and Processes (ACNFP) has reviewed two applications from companies seeking authorisation for their products in the European Union (EU). The ACNFP, which is an independent committee of scientists appointed by the
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A test developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in College Station, Texas, could make it easier to breed pathogen-resistant chickens.
Eating “clean” is all about avoiding foods with additives, preservatives or other chemicals on the label. Two professors are warning of the consequences associated with the clean food movement in terms of food waste, safety and cost.
Lidl is recalling two varieties of its Sol & Mar Squid in Sunflower Oil sold because they contain salt crystals known as struvite which could present a safety risk. - FSA (31/10/17)
Lidl Ireland is recalling two varieties of Sol & Mar Squid in Sunfl
An EU programme with more than 40 partners is to build knowledge in areas including foodborne zoonoses.
Queen’s University, through the Gibson Trust funded Gibson Institute, has been awarded £88,000 from Invest NI via the Agri-Food Quest Funding Scheme, towards a major new research project to support Northern Ireland’s artisan food sector.
The first European food safety risk assessment fellowship programme (EU-FORA) was successfully launched last September with the opening of EFSA’s Executive Director of the three weeks induction training for the 15 selected fellows coming from 11 diff
A Salmonella paratyphi outbreak associated with raw tuna or salmon was reported by the Clark County Health Department in Washington state on October 26, 2017. At least 30 people in 7 states have been confirmed ill with the outbreak strain of Salmonel
The right equipment for the job is crucial for avoiding scary situations in food facilities.
The food manufacturing industry is subject to regulations and scrutiny that few other industries are: social pressure is ever-present, as news of infection o
Rising food prices, regulatory uncertainties and challenges from international trade deals post-Brexit will conspire to create a “perfect storm” that threatens to rain on the UK food industry’s parade.
THE Dairy Council for Northern Ireland has secured over €3 million of European funding towards work over the next three years. The European funding will allow the body to undertake export support and sustainability programmes worth €3.4 million both
The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) has launched what will become a series of Food Science Fact Sheets providing information on food science topics.
Ranjit Singh Boparan, the multimillionaire boss of 2 Sisters Food Group, has apologised for the scandal engulfing his company as he pledged to fund the cost of independent inspectors to police all 12 of his UK chicken sites.
The presence of toxic furans in infant foods such as ready-to-eat jarred or canned foods could pose a health risk, with regulators mentioning long-term liver damage as one possibility.
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has carried out a survey on health risks consumers are aware of.
It's the time of the year when grocery store shelves are overflowing with Halloween goodies, but there is one treat that consumers should be wary of, according to a food scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
"Under no circumstan
The 1950s, marked by relative wealth for post-war Americans and Europeans, saw an explosion in the demand for meat. When it was discovered that inclusion of antibiotics in animal feed improved weight gain and feed efficiency, farmers jumped at the ec
Annual publication giving an overview of statistics about food from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to global development. Its impacts can include variations in temperature and rainfall, increased intensity of floods and recurrent flooding, the frequent incidence of cyclone and storm surges, drought,
The tenth report on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland covers the targeted, risk-based, sampling and testing of food carried out by local councils in Northern Ireland across the food supply and retail chain.
