The Integrated Approaches to Food allergen and Allergy management (iFAAM) project brings together leading experts in food allergy from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA in order to develop tools for the management of allergens in food.
One aspect
Morrisons has become the latest retailer to commit to phasing out the sale of eggs from caged hens in its stores by 2025 after pressure from a Sheffield schoolgirl. The move follows similar commitments by Aldi and Tesco in recent weeks, while Iceland
The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) are delighted to announce the inaugural BIM Awards 2016 – celebrating the best in the Irish Seafood Sector.
The aim of the Awards is to celebrate and highlight excellence in Ireland’s seafood industry.
BIM are seekin
A report published today by the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) into egg safety has shown a major reduction in the risk from salmonella in UK eggs.
Location: Waterford
Description: Eurofins Food Testing Ireland Ltd are inviting candidates to apply for an Interim Laboratory Supervisor (Maternity Cover) which is based in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
The role of the Interm Laboratory Supervisor is to ef
The Chair of the Food Standards Agency and the Chief Medical Officers of the Department of Health and the devolved administrations invite applications for specialist and non-specialist members of the COT which will become vacant on 31 March 2017.
The
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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.
