Traces of chemicals are sometimes detected in food and drinks: pesticides in fruit and vegetables, veterinary drugs in meat and other animal-derived products, or environmental contaminants in various foodstuffs. Regular controls help to ensure compli
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Dr Andrew Flanagan received funding from the safefood Training and Mobility Programme to attend the 4th iFAAM (Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management) bi-annual meeting in Brussels in March of this year. Andrew is an Exe
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Food safety professionals are all familiar with HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point), but what about TACCP (Threat Assessment Critical Control Point)?
“It’s important to understand that there are criminals out there and real threats to our
Marks & Spencer is introducing a five-point Campylobacter reduction plan across its UK stores. The plan consists of: zero thinning or flock-culling during the growing cycle; rapid surface chilling; front-of-pack labelling; double-bagging chickens; an
Prof Chris Elliott of Queen’s University Belfast will soon re-run his free online training course. The two-part MOOC (massive open online course) will run for two hours a week over two periods of four weeks each. It will focus on threats to global fo
Malcolm is the Food Hygiene Unit Project Leader in the Food Science Branch of the Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division (SAFSD), Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast
As a project leader, I’m involved in several areas of commercial res
A recent safefood report on climate change and food safety predicts that local ecosystem changes will result in changes in land use and, potentially, agricultural land abandonment in some places.
Climate Change Ireland: The potential impacts of climat
International and local experts presented new research to 120 delegates at the safefood VTEC Network Annual Conference held in Blanchardstown, Dublin, recently.
“We focused on the role of the production environment and water in the transmission of VTE
Given the high levels of Campylobacter found in farmed poultry on the island of Ireland, what can we learn from other countries dealing with flock contamination?
The recent safefood Knowledge Network conference ‘Campylobacter: The poultry control pro
A recent safefood campaign successfully used social media and targeted marketing to encourage consumers not to wash raw poultry before cooking it.
Despite evidence that potentially harmful bacteria such as Campylobacter can ‘hitchhike’ on water dropl
For full event listings, see safefood.ning.com/events.
Thermal Processing Training Course
University College Cork
April 15th-16th, 2015
Salmonella Knowledge Network Conference
DAFM Laboratories, Backweston, Celbridge, Co.Kildare
April 16th, 2015
The theme
Recent challenge studies carried out by Monaghan Mushrooms and researchers in Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, indicate that Listeria monocytogenes does not grow on refrigerated, pre-packed whole mushrooms during the shelf-life period.
Traditi
From farm to consumer, we need to see the bigger picture to ensure food is both nutritious and safe, according to Owen Brennan, Executive Chairman of the Devenish Group.
When it comes to tackling issues in the food industry, Owen Brennan cuts quickl
Cara Rawdon is the owner and skipper of the Catherine R, a 28-metre fishing trawler based in Greencastle, Co Donegal.
What is a typical day at work for you?
The boat operates 24 hours a day. The net is shot and hauled from the boat every five hours. O
This conference, which was hosted by safefood and University College Dublin, was held in December 2014 at UCD. The keynote speakers were: Prof Colin Hill of University College Cork; Prof Dolores O’Riordan, Director of the
Institute of Food and Health
Kevin Hunt is a Microbiology Analyst at the Marine Institute in Galway. He is also undertaking a research Masters at University College Dublin, investigating how the risk of viral contamination is assessed in commercial shellfish.
The safefood Traini
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The Enterprise Partnership Scheme is an innovative initiative whereby the Irish Research Council, in partnership with private enterprises and public bodies, awards co-funded postgraduate scholarships and p
Scientific cooperation is an important tool for the European Food Safety Authority or EFSA to carry out its work. International partnerships support the harmonization of risk assessment, help the sharing of knowledge and make efficient use of resourc
Food Safety Magazine tracked food recalls announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) from January 1, 2015 through M
