The FSAI has published its Audit of Traceability in Food and Food Products of Animal Origin. The FSAI carried out targeted audits of food businesses to determine the level of compliance with current food law and the effectiveness of its implementatio
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Methods of testing raw meat DNA in lab conditions can often fail to differentiate between species. A Spanish research team has set out to tackle that problem.
The U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) is laying the foundation for the use of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to protect consumers from foodborne illness in countries all over the world.
An exciting new partnership has been launched between The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast and multinational company Waters Corporation to promote food safety at a global level.
A recent court case supporting the planting of GM crops in EU member states has been described as an “important signal in favour of science-based decision-making” by representatives of the biotech industry.
Many people in eastern Europe still regularly cross borders in search of better-quality food, drink or clothes – in what Bulgaria’s leader has called ‘the biggest scandal of the recent past’. But what’s really behind this food inequality row?
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is undertaking a competition for the purpose of identifying a suitable candidate for appointment to the position of: Enforcement Policy Manager.
Job Purpose
The jobholder will be responsible for developing,
A company director caught fraudulently obtaining more than £200,000 by producing fake labels so he could sell products abroad has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), every year one in 10 people worldwide falls ill from eating contaminated food and 420,000 die as a result.
One of Northern Ireland's biggest employers, the poultry producer Moy Park, has been sold for £1bn. The new owner is another major chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, which is headquartered in Colorado in the United States.
European consumers could face increased exposure to “radioactive contaminated food” if checks placed on Japanese imports following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are relaxed, members of the European Parliament warn.
"Fake" olive oil is on its way to British supermarket shelves, experts have suggested, as large quantities of sub par produce are being produced in Italy.
All restaurants and takeaways in England should be made to display their food hygiene scores by law, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.
The FSA has published its annual report on progress towards implementation of the UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan (MANCP). The report, which is based on data collected for 2016, shows that overall level of compliance in all sectors in the UK wa
EFSA’s EU-FORA initiative is up and running. The fellowship programme supports the building of the EU’s scientific assessment capacity and knowledge community. It gives early and mid-career scientists the opportunity to increase their expertise in fo
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has officially opened a new €40m technologically advanced milk powder plant at Lakeland Dairies, Bailieborough, Co Cavan. The Bailieborough facility is among the most advanced milk pow
The FSA continue to trace egg products which might contain Fipronil. Since their previous update, 26 additional products have been withdrawn, as detailed in thier updated withdrawal list. These include cake mixes and liquid egg products.
NFU Mutual’s Food Fraud Report 2017, published today (7th September), reveals that takeaways are the least trusted type of food outlet (42%) followed by online (21%) and convenience stores (16%).
Estonian Minister for Rural Affairs, Tarmo Tamm, on Tuesday stressed the need for better cooperation and exchange of information between EU countries after the fipronil scandal.
Israel has ordered the recall of about 11 million shell eggs out of fear they may be contaminated with Salmonella. Moshav Goren in Western Galilee produced the eggs.
