Food Standards Scotland is to create a new Scottish Food Crime and Incident Unit .
Further information on the Food Standards Scotland website here.
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The former president of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has been jailed for 28 years for his role in a Salmonella outbreak linked to nine deaths. Evidence at trial showed tainted food led to Salmonella illnesses in 2009 with more than 700 rep
The Northern Ireland Strategic Committee on Food Surveillance has published its eighth report on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland in 2014.
The report covers the targeted, risk-based, sampling and testing of food carried out by local council
Queen’s University Belfast wishes to recruit the following:-
Business Alliance Manager (Agri-Food and Nutrition)
Reporting to the Head of Business Alliance, the post holder is responsible for establishing and developing strategic relationships and par
Ridding grain-and flour-based product contaminants must be considered at every step of processing down to consumer level as consumers may misread labels and eat the product raw, says Andreia Bianchini, assistant professor at the University of Lincoln
Scientists wonder why some people get so sick and even die after being infected by the foodborne pathogen E.coli O157:H7, while others experience much milder symptoms and recover relatively quickly. Now Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences r
There are hundreds of millions of cases of foodborne illness worldwide every year, costing billions of dollars. It’s believed that low- and middle-income countries bear the brunt of these illnesses.
Evidence is limited, but the author of a new report
This two-year, part-time course is designed for those who wish to develop a good understanding of the basic principles of food science, food technology, food microbiology and food business.
The course is primarily for those who wish to develop their
Guidance on curbing the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in livestock rearing across the EU, including the injection of eggs by poultry producers, has been released by the European Commission (EC).
Dairy Colloid and Formulation Scientist (Principal Research Officer)* (Ref: PRO/MK/0915)
Location: Teagasc, Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork
Basic Function: To develop, lead and implement a research programme in dairy based colloid a
The deadline to implement the European Commission’s (EC’s) guidance on the classification of food extracts with colouring properties will end soon.
Job Purpose
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is responsible for the enforcement of all food legislation in Ireland. The Authority carries out this enforcement function through "service contracts" with official agencies. Section 48 of the FSAI Act,
The Global Food Security (GFS) food system resilience research call has opened and is the first call of the new ‘Resilience of the UK food system in a global context’ research programme. The application deadline is 4pm Tuesday 27 October 2015.
The Food and Drug Administration has formally adopted new food safety rules that require food manufacturers to adopt detailed plans to prevent food contamination. The new rules also hold imported food to the same standards as domestically-grown food.
Chinese Minister Bi Jingquan, who has responsibility for the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), joined Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney on Monday morning to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) setting out future co-operation betwee
A team of scientists is genetically engineering plants to produce antimicrobial proteins known as colicins, which can then be extracted and applied to contaminated meat and produce to kill E. coli bacteria.
In a study published earlier this month in t
In a new study, Cheryl Nickerson and her colleagues at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center have demonstrated for the first time that a distinct form of Salmonella which has emerged in sub-Saharan Africa
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today published the final report of its year-long survey of Campylobacter levels on UK fresh shop-bought chickens.
Oysters appear to be an important link in the transmission of norovirus among humans, according to new research from China. In the current study, published last month in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, researchers analyzed the genetic sequenc
The FSA Board today agreed that the preparation and service of rare burgers in food outlets is unacceptable unless a validated and verified food safety management plan is in place.
