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On 21 July, Public Health England (PHE) is continuing to investigate an outbreak of E. coli O157, which is associated with eating mixed salad leaves. Latest figures suggest that the outbreak is now subsiding, but the outbreak control te
Emmet McQuillan is a Medical Scientist and Labware LIMS Administrator at the Public Health Laboratory, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin. He recently attended the Labware 2016 European Customer Education Conference in Prague.
Funding for this visit wa
A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has called for research on dose–response and behavioural characteristics of Bacillus cereus to identify routes and critical steps of contamination.
Niamh Murphy recently attended the 2016 Government Chemist Conference held at the Royal Society, London. In the article below, Niamh describes her work, as well as providing an overview of her visit.
Funding for this visit was provided under the Tr
A recently published study has found some evidence that enterohaemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) may be able to evade or suppress our immune system.
This report is now available to view online here (PDF).
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen has announced the award of an £8.7million contract for the delivery of a new state of the art food, animal health and traceability system for Northern Ireland.
NIFAIS (the Northern Ireland Food Animal Informatio
Summary: Water is a limited and precious resource and is being consumed worldwide at unsustainable levels. It is therefore essential to place an economic value on this precious resource. In March 2007, the largest outbreak of cryptosporidiosis since
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and epidemiological investigations provided the discriminatory power to recognize low-intensity, extended time-period outbreaks, according to an analysis of two different Listeria outbreaks.
Tesco is to stop selling eggs from caged hens by 2025 after a teenager’s petition attracted more than 280,000 signatures. The supermarket will follow Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer and Aldi in committing to stop selling caged hens’ eggs. The date all
Public health authorities have told a small number of wholesalers to stop using imported rocket leaves in their salad mixes, as investigations into a major E.coli outbreak continue.
The outbreak had so far claimed two lives, PHE said today, with a tot
A special issue of the EFSA Journal presents the main outcomes of EFSA’s 2nd Scientific Conference “Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together” held in Milan, on 14-16 October 2015.
Food safety and hygiene experts have joined forces to produce the long-awaited Industry Guide to Good Hygiene Practice: Catering 2016, which is recognised by the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland. This new guide for caterers will help
Britain is lagging behind other EU member states in the detection of food crime and fraud and is risking another horsemeat-type scandal, the country’s foremost expert on food fraud has warned.
It has been three-and-a-half years since the “horsegate”
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reported that eight Closure Orders, two Prohibition Orders and one Improvement Order were served on food businesses during the month of June 2016 for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSA
EFSA assessed the impact of time and temperature on the growth of spoilage bacteria in fresh beef, pork, lamb and poultry. Its experts used predictive models to compare the growth of spoilage bacteria with the growth of disease-causing (pathogenic) b
The Food Standards Agency are seeking your comments on a proposal to introduce specific approval for the production of minced meat / meat preparations intended to be eaten less than thoroughly cooked (rare burgers).
Misconceptions about frozen food are contributing to the seven million tonnes of waste thrown out by UK households every year, the Food Standards Agency says.
Of the 1,500 people it surveyed, 43% wrongly thought food could only be frozen on the day it
Collaboration between the Coeliac Society of Ireland and Gluten Free Ireland sees an all-island approach to increase awareness of the disease
In April of this year, representatives from the different coeliac support organisations, including the Coelia
