Professor Séamus Fanning, Director of the UCD Centre for Food Safety, received funding from the safefood Training and Mobility Programme to attend the 4th ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonotic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens in Wash
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Food Integrity Calls for project Extension (4 call Topics)
- FI01 – Topic 1, Standardisation and harmonisation of untargeted food integrity methods
- FI02 – Topic 2, Innovative approaches to assure the integrity of complex foods
- FI03 – Topic 3, A feasibi
Today, the European Commission has published the results of border checks carried out by EU countries in 2014 on imports of fruits and vegetables that are subject to an increased level of official controls. The report presents the results of controls
Long-term exposure to chlorate in food, particularly in drinking water, is a potential health concern for children, especially those with mild or moderate iodine deficiency. But the total intake on a single day even at the highest estimated levels is
The Division for Science, Evidence and Research (SERD) provides strategic analysis and evidence across the FSA’s remit. It comprises a multi-disciplinary team of about 75 scientists, economists, statisticians, social scientists and operational resear
The Commission is organising a selection procedure to replace 7 out of 14 members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) whose mandates will expire on 30 June 2016.
The call for expressions of interest is published in th
The Role:
The Senior Research Assistant will work on multiple tasks from different research projects which are associated with the quality of compost and casing. The SRA will also be responsible for managing the quality management system, health and
Job Description:
Science and technology:
The main activity within this role is the completion of pilot trials within our dedicated S&I innovation facility. This requires a high level of understanding of both food science (meat & functional ingredients)
Irradiation, carried out under conditions of Good Manufacturing Practice, is an effective, widely applicable food processing method judged to be safe on extensive available evidence, that can reduce the risk of food poisoning, control food spoilage a
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is the government department that protects public health and consumer interests in relation to food.
The Chemical Risk Assessment Unit (CRAU) needs to respond to requests for advice on chemical risk assessment from acr
Food producers are choosing to monitor more of their production and handling operations by utilizing sensors connected to the “Internet of Things” (IoT), the vast network of devices communicating over the Internet without the involvement of humans.
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Food safety is a major stumbling block in EU-US talks aimed at creating the world's biggest free trade zone.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) would dwarf previous free trade deals. The European Commission estimates that by 202
Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, continued to show both positive and challenging trends in 2013, according to human illness data posted online by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Efforts
Microbiological contamination was the most common incident category in 2014, according to a report from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).
EFSA has renewed the memberships of eight of its scientific Panels and its Scientific Committee, boosting its scientific excellence with a new intake of experts. The 167 scientists – about half of whom are joining EFSA for the first time – will start
The Role
This role will assist in managing and developing a team of dairy product experts to develop, explore, test and validate Glanbia Dairy ingredients.Working within the R&D department, but with key contacts in operations, quality and commercial t
A new program established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will give international food importers with proven food safety track records a break.
The FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) will be a fee-based program that is ex
Following a comprehensive review, EFSA has published its scientific opinion on acrylamide in food. Experts from EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) have reconfirmed previous evaluations that acrylamide in food potentially increase
Due to “dangerous levels” of domoic acid found in some species, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is advising consumers not to eat recreationally harvested mussels and clams, commercially or recreationally caught anchovy and sardines,
The Food and Drug Administration paved the way for new restrictions on antibiotics given to cows, chickens and other farm animals as the Obama administration pursues ways to fight the so-called superbugs that are growing increasingly resistant to inf
