A safe and tasty Christmas with safefood
This December, safefood is reminding home cooks to use a meat thermometer when cooking their Christmas turkey: just pop it in the thickest part of the turkey and when it reaches 75 degrees Celsius, it’s both
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A forensic toxicologist and forensic science lecturer, Dr Geraldine Dowling’s current focus is on metabolomic data management.
Dr Geraldine Dowling is a forensic toxicologist, lecturer in forensic science, and chief executive officer/chairperson of
Meeting the needs of coeliac customers can be very lucrative for Irish businesses, as Frances Buckley explains
Frances Buckley is an applied culinary nutritionist, licenced food safety trainer and chef with over 25 years of professional cooking experi
Following the International Heads of Food Agencies Forum, Bernie Commins speaks to FSAI Chief Executive, Dr Pamela Byrne
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) recently welcomed global food regulators to Dublin for the fourth annual Internationa
EFSA and its sister agencies providing scientific advice on environment, public health and food safety have published a joint statement to express their common commitment to support the One Health agenda in Europe.
More details have been shared about a major E. coli outbreak linked to salad and other past incidents in the United Kingdom.
Presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) covered a large E. c
A record number of trade issues were raised at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on safe food.
Delegates at the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures meeting in November addressed specific trade concerns relating
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Taenia solium, and plant-based products were among topics discussed at the latest meeting of a European network focused on risk assessment.
The Scientific Network on Microbiological Risk Assessment (MRA Network)
Historically, safety assessments of chemicals in food and feed (as well as for medicines, consumer products, industrial and other chemicals) have relied on evidence from animal experiments. This core practice in evaluating risks from chemicals has, b
Smoke flavourings do not have the same preservative function but when added to foods they give them a smoky taste.
EFSA has assessed the safety of eight[1] smoke flavourings on the EU market, the authorisation of which was due for renewal, according
The National Measurement Laboratory at LGC are leading on an UK Food Standards Agency funded project investigating the utility and potential of POC technologies in the food sector and have devised this questionnaire to support the evidence building p
Ministers from three government Departments today launched Irelands One Health Symposium.
Ireland’s One Health symposium - ‘One Health - From Policy to Practice’ marks the beginning of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, which runs from November 18th
According to a survey, almost two-thirds of firms are highly concerned about the impact of a poor food safety audit or enforcement on their business.
Research found that just under half of food companies claim that food safety and compliance with reg
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has become the latest authority to warn about a problem related to Prime energy drinks.
The issue in the United Kingdom is imported Prime Hydration and Prime Energy drinks, which are not intended for the UK market.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a guide for use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in food safety.
The guidance comes in three parts. The first explains the minimum capacity requirements in the foodborne disease surveillance and respon
Food agencies in the United Kingdom have raised resource concerns in a report on food standards.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) published a report reviewing food standards across the UK. It looked at whether they ha
Use of food irradiation in Europe has continued to fall, according to recently released figures.
More than 5,000 tons of foodstuffs were irradiated in EU member states in 2020 and 2021 compared to 7,832 tons in 2018 and 2019.
Data was forwarded from
In April 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the publication “Food safety aspects of cell-based food”. A factsheet was prepared for food safety competent authorities
Every year in the UK, there are 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness, resulting in around 222,000 GP appointments(footnote 1). Now, Kitchen Life 2, an award-winning piece of research commissioned by the Food Standards Agency, has given us insight i
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are advising pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system to thoroughly cook Enoki mushrooms before consuming them due to possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes and the
