This year’s winner of the safefood Student prize was Amy Rolloos, Queens University Belfast. The prize was awarded for an essay on the theme, Food: Is it safe to eat? In the following interview Amy, a graduate of the Food Quality, Safety and Nutritio
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Following a public tender safefood has awarded contracts for specific research projects in the following subject areas:
Apply until 15 October for the EU Prize for Women Innovators!
After a successful first edition in 2011, the European Commission has launched the second edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to reward three women who have developed outstanding i
Food security is threatened by the global trade in farm products – which allows crop pests and diseases to spread worldwide – and climate change – which allows them to establish in new locations, according to new research published in the journal Nat
Food safety culture needs to become second nature so all production staff do the right thing, says Rick Pendrous
The war on emerging pathogens isn’t like any others. The war on drugs might well end with a new approach. The war on terrorism might eventually wind down. But the war on emerging pathogens is different. It will never end.
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Understanding Science is the scientific whiteboard video series in which EFSA staff explain the scientific concepts that are at the core of their work. Nearly 30 videos are currently available to view on the EFSA website or EFSA’s YouTube channel, ex
safefood is responsible for promoting food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland. To support our knowledge base, we would like to invite applications for specific research projects in the following subject areas:
Project Ref No. 10-2013
The safefood VTEC Knowledge Networks Annual Conference will take place on Thursday 17th October 2013 at the Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15. Closing date for receipt of abstracts for the Conference is today August 30th 2013. Further
Since its inception, safefood has generated a wealth of resource products concerning food safety and healthy eating primarily for the consumer but occasionally for food businesses and the broader food industry as well.The link below will take you to
Free movement of food ingredients in Europe raises food safety challenges for manufacturers – so what is the best way to avoid foodborne illness outbreaks and communicate risk with consumers?
You can’t paint a horse like a cow and expect people not to notice – but grind their meat into patties and it may be a different story. So what makes an ingredient vulnerable to food fraud?
The next workshop on basic hygiene aspects with respect to Listeria will be held in Galway at the Menlo Park Hotel on September 20th. It will start at 11.00 am and finish with tea/coffee at 1.00 pm. There is no charge for the workshop as it is suppor
The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) is a non-profit organisation which communicates science-based information on nutrition and health, food safety and quality, to help consumers to be better informed when choosing a well-balanced, safe and
The President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) is Science Foundation Ireland's most prestigious award to recruit and retain early career researchers to carry out their research in Ireland. This programme emphasises the importance that Scienc
This year's Journal of Applied Microbiology lecture was presented by Peter Setlow, Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Centre.
The Food Standards Agency is inviting tenders for research that will improve our understanding of the interactions between pathogens and fresh produce. The research should also help identify the controls that will improve microbiological safety of re
There are seven categories from which you can enter, judged by an expert panel. The overall category winners will be announced at the Bord Bia Food and Drink Awards ceremony, which will be held in conjunction with the Brand Forum End of Year Event on
The European Food Safety Authority recently published the findings from a European Union (EU) survey on the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in certain ready-to-eat foods, i.e. fish (hot smoked, cold smoked or gravad fish), packaged heat-treated me
Do you want to share your expertise and knowledge by appearing on television and radio in Northern Ireland?
The BBC Academy in conjunction with BBC Northern Ireland is holding a free introduction to the world of broadcasting to help recognised female
