Are all strains of Listeria monocytogenes equally pathogenic (virulent)? The simple answer to this is, yes, all strains are considered equally virulent. There are a number of different genes in L. monocytogenes that cause it to be pathogenic, includi
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Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, Latvia, Hungary, Portugal and Slovenia have all tested positive for horse meat labelled as beef in the latest round of DNA tests conducted by the European Commission.
The latest round of industry and European Union (EU) testing published today found no horse meat DNA in meat products at or above the 1% reporting threshold.
Since 2013, the FSA has been working with the European Commission and industry in an extensi
Nanotechnology is simply the processing of material at a sub-microscopic level. The scale at which this occurs is infinitesimally small – a nanometer (nm) is one-billionth of a meter – about one hundred-thousandth the width of a human hair. The techn
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, named after the double Nobel Prize winning Polish-French scientist famed for her work on radioactivity, support researchers at all stages of their careers, irrespective of nationality. Researchers working across al
Donald Rumsfeld, a former United States Secretary of Defense, once said some words that confused many “There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't kno
This year’s winner of the safefood Student prize was Laura-Jane WIllis, Queens University Belfast. The prize was awarded for an essay on the theme, Food: Is it safe to eat? In the following interview Laura-Jane, a graduate of the Food Quality, Safety
What began as a line of defense against biological warfare has been unleashed on unsuspecting victims in an Army laboratory — 150 mashed potatoes, to be exact.
The result could speed up the Army’s food-testing process, and even help save lives in the
We are pleased to announce that the KTN has secured ten CASE studentships to start in the 2015/16 academic year, which will be allocated out to projects in our key agri-food and bioscience sectors (Animal Bioscience, Food, Industrial Bioscience or Pl
Three final guidances and one draft guidance were issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration providing greater regulatory clarity for industry on the use of nanotechnology in FDA-regulated products.
One final guidance addresses the agency’s over
Following considerable cross-sector consultation, IFST launched its Register of Food Safety Professionals at our Jubilee reception at the House of Lords on 2 July 2014. The production of food and drink that is safe to consume is the number one priori
The Food Standards Agency have issued guidance for food businesses to clarify the steps that they need to take to control the risk of food becoming contaminated by E.coli O157 and what businesses should be doing to protect their customers.
The guida
In this article Professor Hugh Pennington provides a fifty-year historical perspective on food safety to mark the IFST Jubilee.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document addressing the use of nanotechnology in the area of foods, as well as a final guidance document addressing the use of nanotechnology in the area of cosmetics:
- Final Guidance
The MMWR weekly contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries
Congratulations to Lauren McMaster (safefood Network Coordinator) on receiving first in the class of 2013 in the MSc in Communications.
Below is Lauren receiving her award at Loughry Campus on 30th June 2014. The MSc in Communications is delivered a
There is a growing consensus that human activities may be changing our planet’s climate. These changes in climate have a number of possible implications for human health and welfare, one of which could be the safety of food.
This is a free tool developed by the Food Standards Agency to help smoked fish producers manage the risk of contamination of their product by Listeria monocytogenes.
L. monocytogenes is often found in the production areas of manufacturers of chilled
Professor Margaret Patterson has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for Services to the Agri-Food Industry, especially relating to food safety and quality. On hearing of the award, Margaret said she
A diagnostic tool that’s about the size of a credit card has identified a highly prized gut microbe.
The microbe contains interesting genetic sequences, but it has proven challenging to culture in the lab.
