The Department of Health, Dublin, has released their Statement of Strategy for the period 2011 - 2014. This document outlines the high-level aims and objectives of the overall health system in Ireland.
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Highlighted below are a range of upcoming training courses organised and delivered by Teagasc.
Food industry training courses
Managing Food Safety through HACCP (FETAC) – May 9thth & 10th
Foundation Certificate in Sensory Principles (IFST, UK
This year safefood’s Balmoral Show stand is promoting the importance of safe food handling, storage and cooking practices in the home to prevent food poisoning.
We are inviting visitors to the stand to become investigators and enter a ‘germ scene’
Presentations from the recent safefood Knowledge Networks conference in Belfast (1-2 May 2012) are now available. Please click here to view.
The latest edition of the Science + Innovation eNewsletter is now available.
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
Researchers at Washington State University have found that a compound in garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting the Campylobacter bacterium, one of the most common causes of intestinal illness.
The discovery opens
What will the new Food Information Regulation mean for allergy and intolerance?
What is the clinical picture for children?
What support is available?
What are the priorities for support groups and safefood?
Find out at the Safefood Food Allergy
Dear All,
Last week (18 April 2012), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in London announced a research call on molecular-based Campylobacter surveillance. Further information can be found at the following link :http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/20
The latest programme and information about the upcoming conference can be found here
New research at the Institute of Food Research shows that not only does Campylobacter have ways of surviving the highly acidic conditions in the stomach, but the pathogen can adapt to the acidic environment making it better able to colonise the intes
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
People posting unsubstantiated claims on reviews web sites such as TripAdvisor could face legal action, a hygiene specialist has said.
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
