Authorities in Germany and Spain have reported six cases of foodborne botulism associated with the consumption of dried salted fish in November-December 2016.
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At least 56 people are sick in the United Kingdom with Campylobacter infections after drinking raw milk purchased from a vending machine on a farm. The patient age range is from one year to 86 years. Sales of raw milk from that farm were suspended af
The Top 10 most important outbreaks of 2016, according to the editors of Food Safety News, are presented in this article. Outbreaks were chosen for the list on a subjective basis, ranked by the number of fatalities and then the number of illnesses fo
Pesticide residues in vegetables? Contaminants in palm oil? Traces of veterinary medicines in meat? This report provides an overview of data collected by EU Member States and stakeholders and analysed by EFSA in 2015 and 2016 to monitor and evaluate
The Chief Veterinary Officer for Northern Ireland (NI), Robert J Huey, has declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone and suspension of poultry gatherings in NI in light of the heightened risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in the UK.
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Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever and Delta have withdrawn products in a region of Greece after a group threatened to contaminate them with chlorine and hydrochloric acid.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, TD, has announced awards of over €28 million for collaborative inter-institutional research projects under the Department’s competitive research funding programmes.
Announcing the awar
The ESRC have announced funding for 22 new research projects under the ESRC Strategic Networks call with £3 million funding allocated from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).
The Department of Agriculture is advising poultry farmers to be vigilant after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in a turkey flock in England. An early warning system has now been put in place with Birdwatch Ireland, the National Parks and Wildli
Unsafe levels of a paint thinner chemical have been found in gravy granules sold at Lidl, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said. The contamination affected two batches of Kania Gravy Granules, which were found to contain xylene.
European experts have noted an increasing trend of listeriosis since 2008, but they highlight that the number of affected people stabilised from 2014 to 2015. Infections were mostly reported in people over 64 years of age. These are some of the findi
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen today announced that research institutions in Northern Ireland are to benefit from £1.7million of new funding awarded through the DAERA Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) initiative.
The Food Standards Agency Chair Heather Hancock is inviting applications to fill the post of Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). This post will become vacant on 31 March 2017. The ACMSF is the independent ex
Use of traceback and predictive modelling tools created by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) will be expanded under a partnership with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
As the year comes to an end, many of us are busy preparing year end reports. Since 1988, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have conducted a periodic nat
The traditional British fish supper could be replaced by the likes of squid as the waters around the UK's shores grow warmer, say government scientists. Squid and fish that thrive in warmer waters, such as sardines and anchovies, are flourishing arou
Reduction targets for Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157 and Salmonella have been missed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Leo A. Knowles, president of ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC, appeared in federal court in Albany, GA, Tuesday to put a human face on the corporate entity pleading guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of shipping peanut butter contaminated wi
Judith Boyle holds a BSc. (Hons.) in chemistry and a MSc. in petroleum geo-chemistry.She has worked in The State Laboratory since 2008 and has been working on the analysis of Dioxins in feed for the past 12 months. The State Laboratory is the nationa
Less than 10% of chicken and just over 3% of turkey sold fresh in retail stores were found to be contaminated with Campylobacter, according to a Finnish study.
