BRUSSELS -- The European Union will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday on the contaminated food crisis and its economic impact. EU farm ministers will convene at short notice in Luxembourg amid demands from farmers that they be compensated for the
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Source of outbreak that has killed 16 people remains a mystery as row spreads across Europe and Spain counts cost of ban on its vegetables.
The mystery E.coli outbreak that has killed 16 people escalated into a pan-European row on Tuesday as Germany
The FSA today publishes its 'Annual Report of Incidents 2010'. The report includes case studies of some of the 1,505 incidents we handled during 2010, and which contributed to our overall strategic objective of safer food for the nation.
The report,
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Please see the link to our Guide to Training Opportunities for Food Safety Professionals document which is designed as a guide to institutions and organisations within the European Union that have an expertise in food safety and offer specialised t
The European Food Safety Authority has published a guidance document for the risk assessment of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications in food and feed. The guidance is the work of the Authority’s Scientific Committee and is the first of its kind
Dietary exposure to a range of chemicals that can migrate from packaging into food is low and poses no risk to human health, according to research from government food safety experts in Australasia.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) commi
A new study of foot-and-mouth disease shows that cattle afflicted with the virus are only infectious for a brief window of time—about half as long as previously thought. This finding suggests that the controversial control measures used to halt the d
Campylobacter, Salmonella and Listeria are among a handful of foodborne pathogens that cost the US billions of dollars a year and blight the quality of life for millions of victims, according to new research.
The study from the University of Florid
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Cork City Council has said tests have shown that the local water supply was not the source of an outbreak of cryptosporidium in the city suburb of Bishopstown.
A number of children were affected by the bug which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea. C
Please click here to read the Global Food Safety Initiative Newsletter 04 2011
Scientists monitoring radioactivity levels in beef, pork, lamb and grain are confident they will not find any significant levels in Irish produce.
The statement comes after minute traces of radioactive Iodine-131 were detected in three milk samples l
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today confirms the detection of a minute trace of Iodine-131 in three milk samples taken in Ireland over last weekend on behalf of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII). It states that th
A Dutch university has developed an analysis to detect fraud or other irregularities in products such as meat and cheese, and is looking to partner with the industry and governments to develop further food tests.
The first peer-reviewed, validated t
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said it is seeking independent experts to serve on a raft of its scientific committees and panels.
The region’s top food safety watchdog explained the groups deliver advice for European decision-makers to ac
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today issued the results of its labelling survey of fish and fish products, which found that 19% of products sampled were labelled incorrectly. Out of the 111 samples* analysed, a total of 20 were found to
