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Best Traceability Practices

Whether large- or small-scale, food product recalls tend to leave their mark on the industry and often alter practices for the better. In order to react quickly and responsibly to a voluntary or involuntary recall, all companies must be adequately pr

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The largest meat recall in Canadian history began in September 2012 with the shutdown of XL Foods’ Lakeside plant just outside Brooks, Alberta.

This plant was the second-largest in Canada, representing one-third of the national beef processing capaci

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The FSA, in collaboration with the four agriculture/rural affairs departments, has produced a new Multi Annual National Control Plan for the UK. The plan details the roles and responsibilities of the different authorities and organisations involved i

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10 Biggest food safety scandals ever

It’s a scary thought, putting your health and wellbeing in the hands of complete strangers halfway around the world. And the number of high profile, and often deadly, food scandals that have made headlines over the years definitely doesn’t ease troub

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Identify strains of Salmonella in 1 day, not 3

Microbiologists have developed a method that may reduce by more than half the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains.“Compared to the current method being used nationally and internationally to subtype Salmonella, our approach

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On the Front Lines of Food Safety

An interesting  food safety article published in the New York Times showing how one fresh produce grower has introduced a programme to teach workers how to better spot signs of contamination in an effort to prevent the types of bacterial outbreaks of

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Faced with the need to find a ‘game-changing’ solution to secure the future competitiveness of UK farming, a number of leading industry organisations have come together in an unprecedented move to establish the joint
innovation priorities for the pri

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ProSafeBeef Project

The 5 year lifespan of the EU Framework project ProSafeBeef Project has produced significant data and technological outputs in the area of beef safety and quality. In order to effectively communicate these technologies to stakeholders, a series of 4

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