The UK has seen an increase in cyclosporiasis for the third successive year with a link to Mexico.
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A businessman who passed off horsemeat as beef in a bid to increase his profits has been convicted of fraud.
Andronicos Sideras, owner of Dinos and Sons Ltd, conspired with Ulrich Nielsen and Alex Ostler-Beech, of Flexi Foods, to sell horsemeat as be
EFSA has opened a public consultation on its scientific opinion looking at Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and related risks for human health in the European Union.
This work was triggered by the upward trend of human
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to introduce a new “risk management framework” that could result in some businesses facing fewer, or even no inspections.
Theresa May is warned today that opening the door to low-quality food from the United States after Brexit could spell disaster for both British farmers and animal protection. Slashing food regulations in order to strike a quick trade deal with Washin
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A beef cow-calf operation is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration because of the presence of three drugs in edible tissue samples collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Testing showed residue of one drug at more than 8,000 percen
Location: Teagasc, Food Research Programme, Ashtown, Dublin 15.
Teagasc seeks to appoint a Research Officer to develop, lead and implement an internationally recognised research programme in the area of food formulation science and its application fo
The Pew Charitable Trusts examined food safety control measures currently used on farms and feedlots or that might be employed in the future. This report assesses pre-harvest interventions aimed at reducing the level of the major foodborne pathogens—
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Reference: ECDC/AD/2017/SRS-SEAME
Applications are invited for the above Temporary Agent post at the European Centre for
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Member States representatives have voted in favour of European Commission's proposal to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food.
Once implemented, the new regulation will require that food business operators (FBOs) apply mandatory measures to redu
Another horsemeat scandal could happen if enforcement authorities fail to prioritise food fraud, according to Professor Chris Elliott.
The European response to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) after the crisis of the 1980s has significantly reduced prevalence of the disease in cattle. However, isolated cases are still being reported in the EU and for this reason the European
The FSA Chairman, Heather Hancock, has today published the department's plans to change food regulation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The document called, ‘Regulating Our Future – Why food regulation needs to change and how we are going to
North Sea cod is now sustainable and can be eaten with a "clear conscience", The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has said. The fish has been considered under threat for more than a decade after stocks fell to 36,000 tonnes in 2006.
The UK is unprepared for the most complex ever change to its food system, which will be required before Brexit, according to a new briefing paper published by SPRU, the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
The FSA’s international unit is recruiting, with a range of roles available across international strategy, EU exit and imports/exports.
The UK decision to leave the EU has big impacts for the FSA, and they're working hard to make sure they're ready
Consumption of raw or undercooked pork meat and liver is the most common cause of hepatitis E infection in the EU, said EFSA.
More than 21,000 cases of hepatitis E infections have been reported in humans over the last 10 years, with an overall 10-fol