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
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.
A Wilmington, NC-based produce dealer known as Farmer’s Friend is suing Don Hugo Produce Inc., its Texas supplier of cilantro from farms in Puebla, Mexico. The litigation was brought because that Mexican cilantro has been contaminated with Cyclospora
Following adoption on 7 August 2015 of the Decision establishing a new structure for the non-food Scientific Committees, the Commission has launched a call for membership in the Scientific Committees (2016-2021), for scientists who wish to apply as m
Subway is joining a rapidly growing list of fast food restaurants choosing to serve antibiotic free chicken due to growing concern about antibiotic resistance from consumers.
Job Purpose
To support FSAI staff through the use of Information Technology in carrying out their role of enforcement of food safety legislation and protection of public health and consumer interests in the area of food safety and hygiene in Ireland.
A number of vacancies will arise on the safefood Advisory Committee from 21 November, 2015. We are now inviting expressions of interest for membership of the Advisory Committee, which is appointed by the North-South Ministerial Council.
We wish to a
(14 month temporary contract)
safefood would like to invite applications for the above position in our Cork main office.
The job holder will assist safefood’s Director of Human Health and Nutrition in carrying out the functions in nutrition. The acti
Marks & Spencer is preparing to roll out unannounced audits to the majority of its food suppliers in a bid to further strengthen its supply chain integrity against fraudsters looking to cash in on vulnerable companies.
When it comes to food safety concerns, American consumers are most worried about chemicals in food, according to the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation’s 2015 Food and Health Survey. Previously, consumers’ concerns were centered
Eurofins has launched a next generation sequencing (NGS)-based test service to identity non-targeted microorganisms. Eurofins Genomics and Eurofins Food Microbiology laboratory in Nantes, France said the non-targeted bacterial screening is for food a
