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On 16 May 2017, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung – BfR) released an updated and revised version of its EU Food Safety Almanac on its website. The English language version can be accessed here.
Fish and chicken remain the two categories associated with the most foodborne outbreaks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Researchers have developed a method which has a ‘strong promise’ for regulatory monitoring and commercial analysis of pesticide residues in non-alcoholic beverages.
Science, rather than emotion, should underpin any future revisions to the UK’s regulatory regime governing crop production after Brexit, the head of crop protection at Rothamsted Research has warned.
A national hand hygiene promotion campaign based on the World Health Organization (WHO) multimodal, Clean Care is Safer Care campaign was launched in Italy in 2007. One hundred seventy-five hospitals from 14 of 20 Italian regions participated. Data w
Location: Queen’s University Belfast – Institute of Global Food Security
Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students
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Through a joint project, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are exploring mobile tools to combat food fraud and contamination, which result in global annual in the billions and
Researchers at Leicester University have shown that it might be possible to develop an alternative to antibiotics for treating diseases in pigs. They have identified a range of viruses, called bacteriophages, that can be used to kill common pig infec
What if you discovered that your honey jar was filled with high-fructose corn syrup? Or your expensive extra virgin olive oil was actually cheap swill? Would you still eat your organic grapes if you found out that they weren’t actually organic?
Mars recalls some Galaxy, Maltesers Teasers and Minstrels bags due to "potential presence of Salmonella", it says. The products include Galaxy Milk 200gm chocolate bars, Minstrel 118gm pouch and Malteaser 35gm bars with best-before dates of 6 May 201
Pressure to meet tight production schedules is leading some food factory workers and the teams they work within to cut corners, putting food hygiene within those manufacturing sites in jeopardy, a new survey has revealed.
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is transforming microbiology. With the increased accessibility and decrease in the costs of sequencing and the optimisation of the ‘wet laboratory’ components of NGS i.e. the quality and throughput of DNA extraction,
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that seven Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during the month of May for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Of
Bernie Bradley is currently employed as an Executive Analytical Chemist (Microbiology) in the HSE Public Analyst’s Laboratory (PAL), Dublin. She is an approved examiner in an Official laboratory within the HSE. In addition to routine surveillance and
Ireland has joined the long list of EU states where bacterial contamination in poultry shipments from Brazil, which are a serious health risk, has been detected.
Glass shards, unlabelled allergens, inedible inks, Escherichia coli outbreaks, bone fragments in beef products, food contaminated by inattentive or poorly trained employees…the list may go on indefinitely, but the result will always be the same: the
A frozen mixed berry product has been recalled due to a link to four hepatitis A cases in Australia.
Chief Veterinary Officer, Robert Huey, today warned holidaymakers of the risks of importing animal disease.
Mr Huey said: “Bringing back products derived from animals or plants from countries where infections are present could bring serious diseases
An E. coli O157 outbreak, dating back to December and believed to be linked to minced — or ground — meat has taken a life in Germany.
The outbreak has sickened about 30 people since it began. The cause is Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 with the on
