The Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland is responsible for ensuring food safety and the provision of advice on food safety and diet and nutrition issues to consumers, both directly and via a range of stakeholders.
There are vacancies within the
Temporary Externally Funded Non Grant-in-Aid Contract post, the indicative duration of which is up to 24 months, subject to contract.
A panel may be formed from which future similar vacancies may be filled.
Title of Project: Effects of selected poten
As we enter the final few months of 2014, FoodQualityNews takes a look back at what has hit the headlines this year.
safefood are recruiting for a full-time permanent Executive Assistant/PA.
Description
safefood is an all-island implementation body set up under the British-Irish Agreement with a general remit to promote awareness and knowledge of food safety and nu
There is strong evidence in the literature of the connection between diet and health. A poor diet has been recognised as a risk factor for the increased prevalence of chronic disease, as well as affecting the risk of future disease and having a role
The School of Food and Nutritional Sciences in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, UCC is internationally recognised for excellence in education, research, and training programmes and is unique in Ireland for its commitment to food
Title of Project: Development novel processes for the isolation and characterisation of bioactive components from marine bio-resources.
Location: Teagasc, Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15
Reporting To: Programme Manager of NutraMara
Grade/Sal
Urgent and comprehensive changes to the way the UK food system is policed are needed to protect UK consumers from serious organised crime, according to the independent inquiry in to the horsemeat scandal. It calls for a food crime unit with full pol
The FSA has published the results from its latest study looking at levels of the process contaminants acrylamide and furan in a wide range of UK retail foods.
This study is part of an on-going programme, in response to European Commission recommendat
The European Food Information Council has created an overview of foodborne viruses. Viral foodborne illnesses are caused by a number of different viruses, which can contaminate foods during all stages of the food supply chain.
Foodborne illnesses (i.
According to a new report, countries of the European Union and European Free Trade Association are the only ones in the world with “Superior” food traceability practices
The latest edition of Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, a p
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is a statutory, independent and science-based agency, dedicated to protecting public health and consumer interests in the area of food safety and hygiene. The overall mission of the FSAI is to take all reasonable
The basic functions will be to organize and undertake analysis of samples for Listeria and to characterize the isolates obtained with regard to sub-typing and virulence. Additionally, the successful candidate will network with the other participants
The British Council, working with the Higher Education International Unit, have opened a call for proposals for travel grants under the Researcher Links initiative, as part of the Researcher Links - Newton Fund, and separately as Researcher Links.
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Position Summary
The School of Food and Nutritional Sciences in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, UCC is internationally recognised for excellence in education, research, and training programmes and is unique in Ireland for its co
The Irish Laboratory Awards 2014 which will take place on December 3rd in the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dublin, Burlington Road.
About the Awards:
After a hugely successful inaugural year, which saw over 400 guests from over 60 laboratories attend t
The £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst provides support to businesses and researchers from any sector or discipline by funding the development of innovative ideas which can help make the UK a world leader in agricultural technology, innovation and sustainabilit
Job Purpose
To be an active member of the research project/team assisting in the development of research proposals and the planning and delivery of the research activity within the area of proteomic identification of biomarkers in farm animals and hu
This consultation seeks comments from stakeholders on revisions to legislation contained in The Food Hygiene and Official Feed and Food Controls (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014.
Who will this consultation be of most interest to?
It has become clear in recent decades that an ability to proactively identify threats to the food chain is highly desirable insofar as arresting these threats before they impact is important for the protection of public health and maintaining consume
