The Communication "Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe", (http://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy/pdf/201202_innovating_sustainable_growth.pdf) published on 13 February 2012 announced the establishment of a European Union Bioec
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a reorganization for the Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM) program that was implemented on October 1, 2012. Under the reorganization, the Office of Foods is now the Office of Foods and Veterinar
The European Commission is widening its search for experts from all fields to participate in shaping the agenda of Horizon 2020, the European Union's future funding programme for research and innovation. The experts of the advisory groups will provid
Incorporating titanium dioxide (TiO2) onto a thin low density polyethylene (LDPE) film and exposing it to UVA light can reduce microorganisms, according to researchers.
Pathogens, foodborne viruses and pesticide residues are the three most important concerns for the safety of fresh produce, according to the results of a European workshop.
Germs from food of non-animal origin (FoNAO) were responsible for almost half the number of deaths caused by food-transmitted pathogens, according to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) analysis.
Euroscience Open Forum - ESOF is a biennial, interdisciplinary, pan-European general science meeting,
which aims to:
- Showcase the latest advances in science and technology,
- Promote a dialogue on the role of science and technology in society and public
Food policies and advice based on the best available science are needed to protect consumers from 1M cases of UK foodborne illness every year, according to the food safety watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
This webinar aims to move the debate about food science and technology onto a more secure scientific footing.
The winter 2012 edition of the Zoonoses Network Newsletter is now available.
EFSA has published the first scientific assessment in Europe on public health risks posed by pathogens that may contaminate food of non-animal origin. The scientific opinion compares the proportion of human cases reported in outbreaks of food-borne d
Interesting paper about Campylobacter metabolism, which may be of relevance in the development of production level control methods?
Collab4Safety is a new EU FP7 project seeking to optimise the integration of research and training in food safety between the European Union (EU) and its trading partners, in order to facilitate the control and mitigation of existing and emerging foo
Laboratorio CIFGA is proud to announce the availability of our first Paralytic Shellfish Toxins Standards:
N-sulfocarbamoyl Gonyautoxins 2 & 3 (C1&2)
Gonyautoxins 2 & 3 (GTX2&3)
Studies are being conducted in order to certificate them, but meanwhile th
At the holiday season, our thoughts turn to those who have made our progress possible. It is in this spirit we would like to say thank you to all our members who have helped us improve food safety.
We would like to acknowledge everyone who participat
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:
The Nordic Committe on Food Analysis has published their Decemember eNewsletter.
Agri-food and forestry researchers yesterday welcomed the unveiling of grant awards totalling €23m in value by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney.
The grants will fund research projects undertaken on a collaborative bas
safefood have published a report entitled “Infectious Intestinal Diseases on the Island of Ireland 2000 – 2010”. This report catalogues the epidemiology of four selected infectious intestinal disease bacteria over the decade 2000-2010 on the island o
As a Knowledge Network member, Geraldine Dowling a PhD candidate from Celbridge, partook in the Training and Mobility programme. The following extract was taken from The Chemical Residues Annual eNewsletter in November 2012. For any queries relating
