The EU Food Safety Almanac gives an overview of the competent public authorities and the structures of food and feed safety within the European Union.
This guide has been assembled by The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the scientific ag
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
To view the summary reports from the recent safefood Knowledge Networks conference that took place in Belfast on the 1st and 2nd of May 2012 please click here
COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives.
What does COST fund?
The support will cover the costs of networkin
Food & Health Entrepreneurship Programme (FHEP) is a one-week course open for international academic researchers and engineers working in the fields of nutrition and food science focused to move ahead the research to the food industry.
The Program wi
The deadline for early registration for the Global Food Safety Conference which will take place in Dublin in October is 27th July 2012. To register please click here
Jeff Rooker, Chair of the Food Standards Agency, has announced the appointment of Catherine Brown as the FSA's new Chief Executive. Catherine Brown is currently the Chief Executive of the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), an e
The Food Standards Agency is inviting researchers to develop innovative proposals that would improve food safety and lead to a significant leap forward in addressing the Agency’s strategic challenges.
The focus of this call to tender, with a total sp
BBSRC and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are uniting to fund two early-career fellowships in food safety. The fellowships are being made available in addition to BBSRC's annual David Phillips awards and aim to enable leading excellent early-career s
Teagasc and the RDS have joined forces to organise a public lecture series on the theme ‘Grand Challenges for Global Agriculture and Food’. Read more
Europes largest science event comes to Dublin next week. The Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) is held in a leading European city every two years and is coming to Dublin as part of the city’s designation as European City of Science for 2012.
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection has added up the annual cost of illness from 14 foodborne pathogens. Those pathogens make up 95% of the foodborne illnesses and hospitalizations in the United States. They also account for 98% o
In May, the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission launched the Heidi health wiki.
Heidi (Health in Europe: Information and Data Interface) is a new way of disseminating European health information the Commission is t
The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) scientific opinion published 29th June, suggests that traditional poultry meat inspection may not suffice to fully address the most relevant biological hazards to public health: Campylobacter spp., Salmonel
Ministers have agreed to create a new Scottish body for food safety, food standards, nutrition, food labelling and meat inspection.
The move follows the recommendations of the Scudamore review, which was commissioned by the Scottish Government as a
A PhD Walsh Fellowship opportunity has arisen at Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre. The project will investigate verocytotoxigenic E. coli (including E. coli O157) super-shedding status in cattle. For more information please see attached. PhD%20op
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What is it about?
The ‘Focus on FP7’ series aims to provide a better understanding of specific FP7 calls. This event will
focus on food research which has the potential for even stronger North/South links. The event will give
insights into the nutrit
