FishChoice, a new online tool to help consumers and professionals efficiently and effectively balance the benefits and risks of eating seafood, has been launched by the EU-funded ECsafeSEAFOOD project at www.fishchoice.eu.
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The agenda and papers for this month's open Board meeting have been published. The meeting will be held in London on Wednesday 15 March 2017. It will begin at 9am and will be chaired by FSA Chair Heather Hancock. You can attend in person or watch it
Officers from Police Scotland are to visit farms and agricultural suppliers across the country to warn of the dangers which illegal and counterfeit pesticides pose to the integrity of the food chain, and to peoples’ health.
Preventing animal disease and plant pest outbreaks and food safety incidents before they occur is essential to protecting the food chain. Most food chain crises are preventable with timely actions and the right investments. The Food Chain Crisis - Em
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published the number and breakdown of food alerts and food allergen alerts issued in 2016. Last year, 39 food alerts and 28 food allergen alerts were issued, as compared to 31 and 36, respectively in 20
Food fraud is rife around the world, the main aim being to make more money by fooling consumers. The practice has become so rife that the US Pharmacopeial Convention has created a food fraud database to help protect brands and detect instances of adu
WHO has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
A degree of confusion does exist at consumer level regarding the date marks that appear on food labels, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s Wayne Anderson.
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. citizens gets food poisoning every year, but very few report it. Twitter communications between the public and the proper government authorities could improve foodborne illness reporting as well as the steps that follow, according
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This is a technical report of a research project funded by safefood to investigate the potential food safety, economic and environmental impacts of climate change on the dairy production chain on the island of Ireland. To achieve this, a
Asda is to sell free-range dairy milk in a first for a major UK retailer in a move that aims to help reconnect consumers with producers. The milk, which goes on sale on Wednesday, will carry the Pasture Promise logo which guarantees that it comes fro
Millions of UK eggs will temporarily lose their free-range status after hens were forced to spend weeks inside barns as part of emergency bird flu measures. Since December, poultry has had to be kept indoors under government orders to prevent the spr
The Health and Safety Authority in the Republic of Ireland is to begin a month-long intensive farm inspection campaign on Wednesday March 1st.
The MSC Scholarship Research Program is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying problems and solutions in fisheries science and management and the integrity of the seafood supply chain. Up to £4,000 per project is available for trave
Irish processor Dawn Farms is to create 150 new jobs over the next five years at its Meat Science & Innovation Centre as part of a €25 million investment programme.
A grant scheme worth almost £900,000 to help stimulate innovation in Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry has reopened, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has announced.
The Research Challenge Fund (RCF) provides funding fo
GFSR Interviews Walmart’s Vice President Of Food Safety, Frank Yiannas. Walmart serves more than 200 million customers around the world every week, making it the world’s largest food retailer.
A strong food safety culture has been sought by food manufacturers, processors and packers around the world for a number of years now, and it continues to be discussed and debated at board level within these organisations without a clear path as to h
The New York State Food Laboratory increased testing of food and beverage samples for health hazards, purity and accuracy of labeling by 10% last year.
Sampling was up from 61,000 tests in 2015 to 67,000 in 2016. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said lab test
DNA test shows Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken (Canada). Marketplace had chicken from 5 major fast food restaurants tested. A DNA analysis of the poultry in several popular grilled chicken sandwiches and wraps found at least one fast
