These days, we're increasingly concerned with the origins of our food. We like to know that our eggs are free range, our fish is from a sustainable source and we may want to choose organic vegetables, or those grown locally. For these reassurances, w

MEPs will condemn the use of EU taxpayers’ money to subsidise industrial pig farming over small family farms at an especially convened meeting in Brussels, and will question: 1. the use of antibiotics in industrial pig farming linked to the spread o

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12394061

Time has been called on a Belfast food safety scheme - Scores on the Doors.

The familiar star ratings on restaurants, cafes and pubs will no longer be displayed on windows and doors. The star

Abstract from a new food control publication:

This paper reports the first stage of work being undertaken to understand the factors that have impacted on the current state of food safety in the UK food manufacturing sector. The paper first explor

Scientists on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) AHAW Panel have made a number of recommendations based upon a thorough review of the most recent scientific literature from 2004 to date, following the framework of the current European legisl

Hold the Gluten!

31 January 2011

New guidance has been developed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), in conjunction with the Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), to advise on the management of patients who a

The Food Integrity and Traceability Conference will take place at Queen's University Belfast March 21-24

As food scares, such as the recent detection of dioxins in eggs from Germany, become more frequent, the public should be reassured that advances

A regulation formally laying down the implementation measures for the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) will come into force at the end of this month.  The new legislation comes almost nine years after the original me

High intensity pulsed light (HILP) technology is effective in decontaminating the surface of both meat and food contact materials in packaged chicken, new research has claimed.

Israeli scientists have said their new nano-coated “killer paper” could be used in food packaging to combat bacteria such as E.coli to extend product shelf life.

Please see the links below to the EFSA conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active

substance:

• methyl bromide: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/1893.htm
• fluometuron: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajo

The first discovery of dioxin-tainted pork, a move by the Chinese to suspend German imports and proposals from the animal feed sector to boost controls on the toxic chemical were just some of the developments yesterday in the contamination scandal th

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/qub-sst011011.php

New technology to make shellfish safer to eat has been pioneered by scientists at Queen's University Belfast. The new test, developed at Queen's Institute for Agri-Food and Land Use, no

New Publication: Modelling the impact of chlorine on the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat meats

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) continues to pose a food safety hazard in ready-to-eat (RTE) meats due to potential cross-contamina

Food Standards Agency Update:http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2011/jan/dioxinupdate2

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Update: http://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/news/dioxinupdate10012011.html

http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-netherlands.7yj/

A food crisis in Germany deepened Friday as around 4,700 farms were closed after tests showed animal feed was contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical, and officials said they suspected foul