The majority of European laboratories were able to determine heavy metals in seafood, according to a report.
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There were failures throughout the supply chain, according to a report on an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Canada three years ago.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) stated that 106 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses for breaches in food safety legislation in 2016, equalling the same amount for 2015.
The British Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is extending control measures until the end of February, while France has ordered preventative culls in its poultry heartland.
A two-year trial period for mandatory country-of-origin labeling is getting underway in France, but it’s not as likely to conflict with international trade rules as the U.S. COOL program did in recent years because it’s tied to the European Commissio
Criminals operating in the UK’s food chain are “home grown” and unlikely to be involved in organised crime, according to the head of the country’s food crime unit (FCU).
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (ROI) has said that it has carried out almost 4,000 inspections this year and found high levels of compliance with regulations.
China, rocked in recent years by a series of food safety scandals, uncovered as many as half a million illegal food safety violations in the first three quarters of the year, an official said.
Horse, possum, camel and donkey will be available for sale from South Australian butchers from September next year if recommended changes to food safety regulations are adopted.
Food Quality News takes a month-by-month look at foodborne outbreaks for which a variety of pathogens and food groups are represented.
On 19 December 2016 the European Council adopted its position at first reading on revised rules to perform official controls along the agri-food chain. The Council's position is based on the compromise agreed with the European Parliament (EP) in June
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and partners are planning a study this year to look at how well the UK food industry copes with fraud.
Netherlands, the UK and Belgium have reported new cases in the first two weeks of December as part of the ongoing EU-wide Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs.
EFSA has made available for public consultation its draft Guidance on dermal absorption of chemical plant protection products (PPPs). The Guidance, which updates the document published by EFSA in 2012, was drafted in the light of newly available huma
The year ahead will present UK food companies with a range of major legal challenges over and above the fallout from Brexit, according to leading food industry lawyer Peter Cusick.
Nigeria has confiscated 2.5 tonnes of "plastic rice" smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says.
