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FSAI issued a press release today on the back of the 2013 EFSA zoonosis report that showed Campylobacter still causes the most food poisonings in Europe.

see link https://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/press_releases/campylobacter_EFSA_28012015.html 

Job Purpose

To undertake research in line with the strategic objectives of the Institute for Global Food Security located within the School of Biological Sciences.

To teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to contribute to Institute and Sch

On Thursday 15th January 2015, the EU Commission services in charge of the veterinary and SPS issues met their Russian counterparts in Berlin, during the International Green Week. According to the preliminary information, the outcomes were very posit

Italy’s mafia has taken advantage of the deteriorating economy and tight lending conditions brought about by the country’s three-year recession by expanding in the agricultural sector including the production of counterfeit products such as olive oil

Bacteria can’t stick to a new type of nanoscale surface that could prove useful in food processing, medical, and shipping industries.

The technology uses an electrochemical process called anodization to create nanoscale pores that change the electric

We are seeking a competent, driven and enthusiastic Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to undertake research, and coordinate selected research and stakeholder engagement activities, as part of a team involving Teagasc, NUIG, UCD and DIT.

The ultimate aim

The postholder will form part of an effective team to deliver the relevant elements of the FSA in Scotland work as required by statutory obligations, the organisation's Strategic Plan and as determined by Scottish Ministers.

Salary: £26,750

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Teagasc seeks to appoint a Senior Food Scientist and Head of Programme to develop, manage and lead the Teagasc Food Programme. The successful candidate will be a key member of the Research Directorate Leadership Team and will have a leading role in e

The ICFMH aims to promote the mobility of young researchers between research institutions active in the field of food microbiology and hygiene. The ICFMH sponsors mobility grants as short term fellowships to assist young scientists in pursuing resear

This course looks at food insecurity and the challenges to be overcome in order to maintain healthy and sustainable food supplies.

This is the second course in a two part series by Queen’s University Belfast looking at issues concerning the maintenanc

Subway has become the latest foreign fast-food brand to be involved in a food safety scandal in China, after the US sandwich chain said it was investigating local media claims that workers at a Beijing franchise altered expiration dates on food ingre

Could your passion for social science research help us realise our vision for food? We are looking for two new members to join the Social Science Research Committee, which advises and critically assesses how the FSA gathers and uses social science ev

Antibiotic resistance, which transforms ordinary microbes into menaces that cannot be easily controlled, is exacting a growing toll on the human population. More than two million people in the U.S. develop drug-resistant infections each year and at l

The Technology Strategy Board, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Invest Northern Ireland, the Scottish Funding Council and the Welsh Government, are to invest jointly up to £2.3m to establish Knowledge Transfe

The FSA has published the 12th annual Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report, which shows that the level of man-made radioactivity to which people in the UK are exposed, remained below the EU legal limit during 2013. No food safety c

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today announced that Dr Pamela Byrne has been appointed Chief Executive and will take up office in March 2015, following the retirement of Prof. Alan Reilly.  Dr Byrne is currently Director of Regulatory Po

safefood commissioned the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast to undertake a literature based review on the potential impacts of climate change on food safety from an island of Ireland perspective. The review aimed to ass

The Northern Ireland Strategic Committee on Food Surveillance has published its seventh report on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland in 2013.

The report covers the targeted, risk-based, sampling and testing of food carried out by local counci

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA- FSIS) has released the cost analysis for testing six additional Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) strains. The analysis was posted in a November 19 notice in the Federal