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.
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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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As member of a very busy team, you will be managing all technical data of new and existing product formulations, and ensuring that accurate and timely information is supplied to the appropriate customers, R&D, manufacturing and commer
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.
Early life nutritional impacts on the rumen microbiome and relationships with production and quality traits in ruminants
Project aim: Impact of early life nutrition on the rumen microbiome and implications for animal health and productivity
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Federal officials have confirmed Hepatitis A in frozen, imported scallops that have been linked to an outbreak in Hawaii and are working with Sea Port Products Corp. to recall the shellfish from three states.
To honor a Cornell researcher who keeps our food supply safe, a recently discovered spoilage bacterium has been named for Martin Wiedmann, the Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety.
Three years after a major botulism scare involving whey protein concentrate used in infant formula and other food products, New Zealand’s parliament has unanimously passed the first reading of the Food Safety Law Reform Bill.
Oriental Packing Co., Inc., Miami, Florida is recalling approximately 377,000 lbs. of blended seasoning curry products because it is contaminated with lead. Lead can accumulate in the body over time and can cause serious and sometimes permanent adver
Selten was sentenced to 30 months in prison last year for selling horse meat as beef on a large scale for several years. This fraud was discovered by the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority NVWA early in 2013
A new online campaign is putting pressure on fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics.
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that climate change is increasing the incidence of Vibrio infections in the United States. Long term ecological data analysis has found that climate change is affecting ma
Retailers encouraged to explain that length of freezing relates to product quality rather than food safety
Canada has reported more than 50 cases of Cyclospora infection in four provinces.
Public Health England (PHE) has been investigating a national outbreak of a rare strain of E. coli O157 that was identified by PHE’s whole genome sequencing (WGS) technology. There have been 161 cases of this strain of E. coli identified (England 154
In the future, fruit-juice dispensers could be fitted with blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) to stave off the nasty salmonella bacteria that makes you sick.