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A food crisis in Germany deepened Friday as around 4,700 farms were closed after tests showed animal feed was contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical, and officials said they suspected foul
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether combined treatment would produce synergistic effects to facilitate the sterilization of food products durin
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Information about food, and especially its risks, flash before our eyes on a daily basis. But how effective and balanced is the information we get? EU-funded researchers belie
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The Directive 2003/99/EC on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents establishes the Community system for the monitoring and collection of information on zoonoses. In Article 9 of this Directive, the European Foo
The Northern Ireland Strategic Committee on Food Surveillance has published its third report on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland. Similar to 2008, the results of sampling in 2009 indicate that there have been relatively few detections of fo
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is today launching a national food hygiene rating scheme that will help you choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving you information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels,
The prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in five brands (A, B, C, D and E) of vacuum-packed pre-sliced cold-smoked salmon (n = 120) marketed in different retail outlets in the Republic of Ireland was investigated. The prevalence of L. monocytogenes
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today issued the results of a survey into the microbiological quality of raw chicken fillets that were distributed to butchers* in gas flushed bulk packs and are sold loose to the consumer. Although the su
On 17 November 2010, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published the results of a recent Eurobarometer survey report on consumers’ risk perception in the European Union (EU) [1]. The report, commissioned by EFSA, is based on interviews with n
The third edition of the Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe (2009) provides a comprehensive summary of surveillance data in 2007 and the threats monitored in 2008. This edition gives special attention to vaccine-preventa
There may be little business confidence at home but at the giant Sial Food Fair in Paris yesterday Irish agriculture companies were promoting and selling Irish food despite the competition.
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Two Irish-based companies have escaped with relatively light fines after a criminal investigation of their role in a food scare.
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) associated with the food chain is currently a subject of major interest to many food chain stakeholders. In response safefood commissioned this report to update our knowledge of this area and to raise awareness of the i
