Risk communication is one of the core activities of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), a challenging task in the light of the diverse nature of the European Union's population. Moreover, EFSA has to meet the communication needs of a broad sta
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According to new information released by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the consumption of apricot kernels could result cyanide poisoning.
Apricots contain a naturally-occurring compound known as amygdalin. The compound lives inside aprico
This publication provides a concise round-up of statistics on food covering the economic, social and environmental aspects of the food we eat. It contains statistics for different time periods, but always using latest available data at the time of re
The food recall gallery is back with a bang this week with pathogen findings and (possible) foreign body contamination dominating the headlines.
Food Safety Talk, a bi-weekly podcast for food safety nerds, by food safety nerds. The podcast is hosted by Ben Chapman and barfblog contributor Don Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science and Professor at Rutgers University.
CDC’s annual report card shows that foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem in the United States.
The rate of salmonella infections decreased by about nine percent in 2013 compared with the previous three years, bringing
Increasing speed and decreasing costs of genome sequencing technology is having a ‘transformative effect’ on foodborne disease outbreak investigation, according to the UK Food Standards Agency’s chief scientific adviser.
It was announced today that a new three year Innovation Partnership programme in food quality and safety has been signed between Enterprise Ireland and University College Dublin.
A Salmonella outbreak which has sickened more than 150 people in Australia has been linked to raw mung bean sprouts.
China’s food safety woes are well-known: Exposés have become all too common, especially after the 2008 scandal over melamine-tainted milk. From gutter oil to fake eggs to contaminated strawberries, the long list of food safety incidents in China mean
Brian Byrne works in the Dairy Science Laboratory of National Reference Laboratory Listeria monocytogenes. He recently attended 'The 5th Next Generation Sequencing Workshop: Listeria monocytogenes' at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (A
Council meetings at the bi-annual Conference for Food Protection meeting turned to hand washing and norovirus this past weekend as a 2015 outbreak became a case in point for discussion purposes.
The FSA have been running a year-long survey to measure the amount of campylobacter on chickens bought from shops and supermarkets.
The results of the second quarter of the survey, which was published on 25 February, showed 11% of chickens tested pos
Cooperation is a key value of EFSA’s work. This annual report reflects how scientific cooperation efforts in 2015 have strengthened collaboration with EFSA’s partners and improved the timely sharing of information, expertise and knowledge with the ul
The FSA has today published the new Science Report by its Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Guy Poppy. In this third issue of the Science Report, Professor Poppy looks at whole-genome sequencing, the science of mapping the genetic make-up of micro-o
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and affecting mostly young children has been reported in February and March in Romania. Italy reported one HUS case with an epide
A Brooklyn import-export company is recalling an undisclosed amount of dried yellow fish after a sample tested positive for the bacterium that causes botulism poisoning.
Twenty years ago, four children died and more than 700 people were sickened in a deadly E.coli outbreak linked to undercooked hamburgers sold by Jack in the Box restaurants. This spurred one of the most comprehensive food safety reform efforts in dec
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As you’re aware, safefood’s primary function is to bring about general acceptance that responsibility for the provision of safe and healthy food is shared among producers, processors, distributors at all levels, caterers and the general
