When restaurants source from local growers, it can be more difficult to assess product safety—just another wrinkle in high-stakes efforts to keep our food from harming us. Just ask Chipotle. John A. Quelch discusses a recent case study on food testin
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Everyone has heard of common germs like E.coli or influenza, but what about Streptobacillus moniliformis or Capnocytophaga? If not treated quickly, both can kill people within days. But they are so rare that doctors and labs probably have never seen
The Quaker Oats Co., a subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc., announced a voluntary recall of a small quantity of Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars after an ingredient supplier was found to have distributed sunflower kernels that may be contaminated with Listeria mono
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced new labeling requirements for raw or partially cooked beef products that have been mechanically tenderized. Consumers, restaurants, and other food service
safefood is an all-island implementation body set up under the British-Irish Agreement with a general remit to promote awareness and knowledge of food safety and nutrition issues on the island of Ireland.
Our activities include:
- Promotion of food saf
1. What does “nano” mean? How small is nano?
The prefix “nano” is used to describe a specific size range (like “milli-“ or “centi-“). One nanometre is a unit of measure of length that is equal to one-billionth of a metre, or one-millionth of a milli
safefood is responsible for promoting food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland. To support our knowledge base, we would like to invite tenders for research in the following subject areas:
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Both the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) have released advice against eating apricot kernels due to the risk of cyanide poisoning.
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The EU won't sacrifice its high food safety standards for better US auto market access in a transatlantic trade deal being negotiated, a German minister said Friday.
Background: The Meat Technology Centre is a collaborative entity, established and led by industry and resourced by highly qualified researchers who will undertake an agreed market and commercially focused strategic research programme for the ultimate
The world faces devastating climate change consequences, unless we radically alter our food system, a leading environmentalist has warned.
The consultant who in 2010 said beef he tested was E. coli free when it wasn’t got off Thursday with one year of home detention, three years of probation and 200 hours of community service. He’ll also have to pay a share of $307,000 in restitution.
The United States and Canada have comparable food safety systems, a fact that has now been officially recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The food safety systems for Australia and the European Union are likely coming soon.
The FSA is launching a new student programme offering one student a 12 month paid placement from July 2016 for those studying a nutrition discipline. As a nutrition student within the FSA you will be located in the Belfast office within the Standards
EFSA is setting up a working group of international experts to evaluate new scientific evidence on the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the immune system. EFSA is conducting the review following publication of a report that raises concerns a
The project BIOSAFE is a doctoral programme developed as a joint action of the Doctoral Schools of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Università degli Studi di Milano. It is specifically targeted to higher education in food safety, with particu
Salmonella has sickened 39 people in Sweden with a link to sausage.
Company officials knew a Dole salad plant was contaminated with Listeria for a year and a half before they shut it down — then they only took action after the U.S. and Canadian governments traced a deadly outbreak to the facility.
The source of Salmonella which has sickened more than 300 people in Australia has been traced to a factory in South Australia.
Food hygiene inspections in the UK have fallen by 15% since 2003, research shows - with experts warning of risks to public health.
The number of inspections, which are handled by local authorities, fell from 307,526 in 2003-04 to 260,765 in 2014-15,
