A public health alert has been issued after a man, who is seriously ill in a Dublin hospital, was given fake alcohol.
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David Ian Tomlins, aged 66 of Green Lane, Hucclecote, and former food business operator of The Country Butcher, Main Road, Huntley, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court in November 2016, to seven charges of failing to keep his premises clea
Two men have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud, after supplying 116t of turkey to butchers and restaurants, claiming it was halal lamb.
Food businesses would need a ‘permit to trade’ before being allowed to start up, under new proposals from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) being considered as part of its Regulating the Future programme, which seeks to radically change the way food hy
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Scientists have developed a new way to prevent the loss of millions of tons of crops to a fungus each year. The work could improve food security, especially in developing countries.
Plans to tighten up official food inspections, from farm to fork, were adopted by Parliament on Wednesday 15th March. The new rules, already informally agreed by MEPs and the Council, aims to improve food traceability, combat fraud and restore consum
New figures from UK surveillance bodies show a 17% decline in the number of laboratory reports of human cases of campylobacter in 2016.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) updated its “Equivalence Status Chart” yesterday. It’s a helpful guide for those who want to know where their food may be coming from. It includes country specific footnotes.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently proposed a simplified approach to food safety management in small retail businesses.
In the article below, Declan Bolton, member of the Knowledge Network Expert Group and the EFSA panel on Biological
Food products sold under the same label continually show inconsistent standards of quality, particularly in Eastern Europe, prompting calls for a new regulatory body in the EU.
The footage shows one way that waste plastic could be entering the marine and global food chain.
The continued confinement of all birds as a precautionary measure against avian influenza (bird flu) since 23rd December means that these birds or eggs produces by them will no longer have ‘Free Range’ status from the 17th March 2017.
Food business operators in Ireland have a legal requirement to sell safe food and an implicit obligation to a duty-of-care toward their customers.
An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to Polish eggs looks to be subsiding, according to European agencies after almost 500 were sickened and two people died.
Food Standards Agency Chair Heather Hancock has announced the appointment of a Chair and seven members to the Agency’s new Science Council. The Council will provide high-level, expert and independent advice and challenge to the Agency on how it uses
Mass vaccination programs lasting at least five years in combination with improved, continuous surveillance systems would be the only effective measures for eradicating bluetongue in Europe, according to recent conclusions reached by the European Fo
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The European outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis appears to have subsided since control measures were implemented at egg farms and distribution points last autumn.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that five Closure Orders were served on food businesses during the month of February for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Food
