The Northern Ireland Strategic Committee on Food Surveillance has published its fourth report on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland.
Similar to 2009, the results of sampling in 2010 indicate that there have been relatively few detections of f
This safefood Knowledge Networks Conference is a two-day event which will focus on the four foodborne bacterial networks (Campylobacter, Salmonella, Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Listeria). The conference will bring together stakeholders and
Mr Tony O'Neill has been appointed to the position of Chair to the Agri-food Strategy Board for a term of up to three years which will take effect from 20 February 2012.
In making the announcement Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene F
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has played a key role in European Union (EU) risk assessment regarding food and feed safety since 2002. EFSA is striving towards excellence and is recognised as the European reference body for risk assessment
An article in The Guardian explores whether people would actually read stories written the way some scientists seem to want.
Supermarket loyalty cards helped to pin down an outbreak of Salmonella in sausage in France last year.
Researchers reported in Eurosurveillance last week that an outbreak of the monophasic variant of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- occurred
The Food Standards Agency has published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2012. The plan outlines priority science and evidence activities for the coming year, including potential areas for research funding and workshops that will help develop the Agency
A hygiene expert has warned that people who make unsubstantiated allegations about food poisoning in reviews on use
“Rich data sources” like Twitter and Facebook could be utilised as a tool in the surveillance of foodborne disease outbreaks, according to a US study.
According to the research paper, "The Potential Capability of Social Media as a Component of Food S
PhD studentship
Project title: Development of a non-isotopic assay for the detection of Paralytic Shellfish
Poisons
Supervisors:
Prof Chris Elliott Queen’s University Belfast, Dr. Katrina Campbell, Queen’s
University Belfast
Project aim: The aim of this p
The Food and Drink Skills Ambassadors Network, set up by the Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF), aims to highlight the range of careers on offer to youngsters and is being backed by the Scottish government and Skills Development Scotland (SDS)
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is offering training opportunities for students or young professionals in the areas of science, communication or administration.
BBC reports that Salmonella Typhimurium DT193 illnesses are on the rise and no one is really sure whether they are linked or what the source might be.
Health officials are investigating how to stop a rise in cases of a Salmonella strain which can lea
The disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and the threat of radioactive fallout changed the lives of many people, including Mizuho Nakayama
Big retailers need to show more respect for producers, says the man at the helm of food safety, writes Paul Cullen in the Irish Times.
Supermarkets have been given a blunt warning by the Junior Minister with responsibility for food promotion and saf
The art of predicting a future event is tricky, usually unscientific and in many respects unreliable. Anyone who can predict the future or outcome of worldly events would be held in high regard by leaders across the globe. But there are instances w
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently revised their estimates for the annual number of foodborne illnesses; 48 million Americans suffer from domestically acquired foodborne illness associated with 31 identified pathogens and a
RODENT droppings, maggots on meat and putrid fish were just some of the nasties found by health inspectors in food businesses last year.
2011 was the worst year on record for food safety infringements, with a record number of premises forced to close
Thank you to all of our members for the major part you've played in establishing the safefood Knowledge Networks during 2011 and making them the resource they have become. It is only through your participation and support that we can exchange knowle
