Antibiotic use in the pig sector looks set to become the next focus of attention nationally, following reductions achieved by the UK poultry sector.
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In the United Kingdom, outbreaks of Campylobacter infection are increasingly attributed to undercooked chicken livers, yet many recipes, including those of top chefs, advocate short cooking times and serving livers pink.
High levels of mercury in fish, aflatoxins – a type of mould – in nuts, and salmonella in fruit and vegetables, were among the most notified food safety risks last year across the EU, according to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) 2015
Food safety is a key pillar of the greenhouse operations for each grower. Any type of food safety risk impacts not only the grower operations, but our competitors, and most importantly, consumers.
Anema & Core Limited, trading as Heart and Soul in Rockingham Road, was warned about a number of issues after an inspection on August 25, 2015. The Italian restaurant had opened without registering with the local authority and despite formal and info
Science is key to help give our farmers and agri-food industry a competitive edge in demanding markets, Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen told an international conference today.
Sampling analysis certificates are the way by which laboratories report the result of a particular analysis. You may be familiar with these certificates but do you really understand what they mean?
A new federal government report on antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens reveals that multidrug resistance in a common Salmonella serotype remains above 40 percent and that this resistance more than doubled between 2011 and 2014.
A project team drawn from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and the University of Surrey is carrying out a Systematic Review (FS101098) of the prevalence of food-borne illness due to poor food handling practices in the domestic k
Fresh, or raw, milk transported from farms to dairy processing facilities in tanker trucks contains a diverse mix of microbes, which varies from season to season, report researchers at the University of California, Davis.
Three men have been charged with fraud over the selling of horsemeat in 2012, shortly before it was revealed that UK supermarkets were stocking beef products with traces of horse DNA.
After a Listeria outbreak involving bagged salads produced by Dole, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now including leafy greens on food history questionnaires that are used to interview foodborne illness patients.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and independent charity Crimestoppers have today (25 August 2016) launched the free Scottish Food Crime Hotline to give members of the public and industry a dedicated telephone line to report anonymously any suspicions o
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) welcomed this week’s successful prosecution of a slaughterhouse operative in Staffordshire. Mr Anthony Bagshaw was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment at Stafford Crown Court. The case, prosecuted with the Crown Prosec
Vietnamese authorities have warned local aquaculture companies that they will not renew their export licenses unless the latter comply with safety standards following a recent warning from the European Union.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Deve
Five Star Shellfish Inc. is recalling oysters from Canadian retailers because of possible Salmonella contamination.
The Prince Edward Island company distributed the Five Star branded oysters to retailers in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario, according to
No one saw it coming. A single ice cream sandwich, temporarily rattling a nation’s faith in frozen dessert.
Truth be told, it might have shocked Megan Davis the most.
“You hear about recalls everyday, but you never really think you would be the one w
The FSA have published research which shows that consumers want the food industry to continue action to tackle campylobacter on chickens – the biggest cause of food poisoning in the UK.
