A recent series of studies conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia looked at the extent to which kitchen utensils spread E. coli O157:H7 or Salmonella enterica contamination between produce items.
The team — led by Marilyn Erickson, an
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The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) is now accepting presenter abstracts for IAFP 2016 to be held in St. Louis, MO from July 31, 2016 through August 3, 2016.
Each year, the IAFP hosts an Annual Meeting, providing attendees with in
Anne Carroll recently attended the VTEC 2015 Conference held in Boston, USA. In the article below, she gives an overview of her visit. Funding for this visit was provided under the safefood Training & Mobility Programme. More information on the progr
Methods to analyse nanoparticles, food safety from the US perspective and insight into a range of EU projects were key topics during the second day of a conference in Prague.
The Food Standards Agency has published a live map which links to an FSA and local authorities’ database of successful food standards, food hygiene and food safety related prosecutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Location: Dublin
Responsibilities:
The Chief Specialist, Chemical Safety is responsible for all aspects of the FSAI’s work on the chemical safety of food. The job holder provides technical advice to the FSAI, Government departments and the food industr
On the 4th November, the Food Standards Agency published their latest Chief Scientific Advisor’s Science Report. The new report is the second in a regular series of science updates from Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Guy Poppy. This issue focuses
EFSA is asking its partners and stakeholders to help shape the Authority’s strategic direction for the next five years. The draft EFSA Strategy 2020 is open for public consultation for six weeks, during which time all interested parties – from politi
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer – Moorepark Technology Limited
Location: MTL, Fermoy, Co. Cork.
Qualifications: Applicants should have a relevant Level 8 Degree. A primary degree in disciplines such as business, accountancy or marketing are fitting
Cyclospora cayetanensis was identified in 176 returned travellers from the Riviera Maya region of Mexico between 1 June and 22 September 2015; 79 in the United Kingdom (UK) and 97 in Canada. UK cases completed a food exposure questionnaire. This incr
safefood invites tenders from external organisations (either public or private sector) to provide management services for our Knowledge Networks.
The closing date for receipt of tenders is 4pm Monday 16 Novemb
Description
A hands-on role in the Technical Department assisting product innovation, with a particular emphasis on fermented products, with a view to successfully launching commercially viable products onto the market place.
Location: Donegal
European food production is under constant threat from pathogens able to cross frontiers, and the health of EU citizens is also at risk from food-borne infectious agents.
Globalisation, the current mass migration of people fleeing conflict, and clima
New research continues to demonstrate that typical cleaning doesn’t actually sanitize the reusable plastic containers (RPCs) used to transport fruits, vegetables, poultry and other foods.
In a study publicized earlier this year, Steven Ricke, director
For those who want or need to look back at foodborne outbreak data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a useful tool. It’s called the Foodborne Outbreak Online Database Tool (FOOD Tool) and, on Tuesday 20th October, the agency r
Public and private food safety standards and management systems interact with complicated international supply chains to impact the meat industry. In order to help ensure food safety and quality at affordable prices, the public and the private sector
Caramel apples punctured with dipping sticks and left unrefrigerated over the course of a couple of weeks may harbor a bacterium called Listeria monocytogenes, according to a study published this week in mBio®, an online open-access journal of the Am
Current control measures for raw milk production are not sufficient to prevent illness, according to a review of an outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (YP) last year.
Contamination occurred although raw milk met the microbiological criteria, sai
A world-first global analysis of marine responses to climbing human CO2 emissions has painted a grim picture of future fisheries and ocean ecosystems.
Published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), marine ecolo
A study by researchers at the University of Washington found that most have arsenic levels higher than what’s allowed in drinking water--a threshold set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
