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The EU has issued a warning letter to tuna processors, reminding them that the use of nitrite injections to colour products is illegal.
The use of nitrites not only deceives customers regarding the tuna's colour, but also masks the amounts of histamin
More than 300 people have fallen ill following a suspected outbreak of norovirus at the Wahaca restaurant chain, Public Health England (PHE) has said.
The Mexican restaurant chain had shut nine branches because of the infection, and four remain closed
The European commission has proposed closures on commercial fishing for sea bass in the Atlantic and whiting in the waters west of Scotland from next year, in order to prevent a collapse in fish stocks.
The total allowable catch (TAC) for cod in the C
The food and drink industry is being urged to better protect itself from fraud in order to safeguard their businesses and consumers.
The warning comes from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) on the same day the membership body lau
Vietnam’s National Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) has been warned by the European Commission’s (EC’s) Directorate General for Health and Food Safety that excessive heavy metal residues have been detected in tu
What does the “Atlantic” in “Atlantic salmon” suggest? Consumers might be surprised to learn that almost all wild Atlantic salmon populations have been driven to extinction, meaning almost all salmon from this ocean are farm-raised. In fact, wild Atl
Seven countries have reported human cases of Salmonella Enteritidis between 1 May and 12 October 2016 (112 confirmed and 148 probable).
Cases have been reported by Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK. In addition,
Condiments top the list of seized counterfeit food in this year’s food fraud operation, reveals a joint Europol-INTERPOL report published today presenting the results of OPSON V which saw the largest seizure of counterfeit or substandard food and bev
Issues with fish and wine in Italy dominate the first monthly report on food fraud and authenticity by the Joint Research Council (JRC).
The JRC said the monthly round-up was launched to inform stakeholders of potential cases and give them the opport
Two businessmen have pleaded guilty to a charge linking them to the 2013 horsemeat scandal.
Alex Ostler-Beech, 44, of Hull, and Ulrik Nielsen, 57, from Denmark, both admitted conspiracy to defraud related to the sale of beef products mixed with horsem
The retail giant has launched the Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center (WFSCC) with a celebration at the Westin Financial Street hotel in Beijing. The Center brings together food safety experts and stakeholders to promote a collaborative approach
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute has announced the appointment of Dr Sinclair Mayne as chief executive, with effect from 1 November 2016.
Dr Mayne has been director of AFBI’s Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division since February 2013, having p
A newly published study by Australian researchers describes how particularly virulent strains of Campylobacter jejuni are able to cause gastroenteritis in humans. It is reportedly the first time such a bacterial sensor has been identified.
Fonterra says it does not know if anyone has fallen ill from consuming its expired milk powder, as the NZ dairy giant tries to come to terms with the latest scandal to engulf the Chinese food industry.
The FSA have been working with the meat industry to design, trial and implement a new system to gather and communicate meat inspection results data for future industry use to improve public health, animal health and welfare.
Eoghan Daly, CIEH’s Policy and Technical Advisor for food, is one of the co-authors of the guidance and has been working alongside Jim Gee, Visiting Professor and Chair of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at University of Portsmouth.
After Heineken Ireland confirmed that some of its "low-volume high-quality draught products" had been mislabeled and sold as craft beer in Irish pubs, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and Health Service Executive (HSE) have announced they
Five priority areas for future research funding on foodborne viruses have been identified by experts.
The risk profile for Aflatoxin B1 for Austria has been adjusted from risk ‘Medium’ to ‘Low’.
This is the result of the evaluation of the available analysis results of the maize harvest 2015, GMP+ International – in collaboration with other collaborati
