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Question 1: What ‘P’ is the largest fruit in the citrus family?
Question 2: What flower family does the raspberry belong to?
Question 3: What was the first tu
We meet Dr Mary Lenahan, Acting Senior Technical Executive, Biological Safety, at the Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Dr Mary Lenahan has been in the role of Technical Executive with the Biological Safety team in the Food Safety Authority of Irelan
safefood research found that key ingredients and allergens information is missing from some preprepared convenience food products
In December 2019, safefood commissioned research to understand the nature of preprepared ‘convenience foods’ and the a
Dr Gary McMahon, Company Microbiologist at Moy Park, discusses the need for ongoing vigiliance in the poultry industry
A Lurgan native, Dr Gary McMahon had his first taste of Moy Park, a leading poultry producer, in 1988 when he took a summer job as
Shay Hannon shares how the National Prepared Consumer Food Centre is helping Irish businesses navigate food safety
Qualifying with a degree in Environmental Health, Shay Hannon’s career in the food industry began in quality and product development. He
The research, conducted by the University of Southampton, was commissioned by the FSA following the publication of its risk assessment in 2020 which concluded it was very unlikely that humans could catch the virus from food. The study involved delibe
Air fryers are excellent devices that give consumers the opportunity to reduce their energy consumption from cooking, whilst quickly delivering comparable quality and ‘crispness’ to other cooking methods with less oil / fat. Despite the popularity an
In our endeavours to reduce single-use plastic, David Burrows asks, are we putting food safety at risk?
New laws to encourage higher recycling rates and reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging have come thick and fast in recent years. Some
Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy have designed a food-grade device from edible materials that indicates whether a frozen product has been thawed and refrozen.
The researchers’ work, titled “Self-Powered Edible Defrosting Se
Dietary intakes of sulfites could be a safety concern for high consumers of foodstuffs that contain the additives, EFSA’s experts concluded in their updated assessment of sulfur dioxide (E220) and sulfites (E221-228). Gaps in toxicity data meant the
In a statement published today, EFSA’s scientists have proposed six main criteria to assist the risk assessment of plants produced using the genetic engineering techniques of targeted mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis. The European Commission
Minimising transport duration and thoroughly cleaning vehicles, equipment and spaces where animals are loaded and unloaded are some of the measures considered effective in reducing the transmission of resistant bacteria during animal transport.
These
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) Food Safety Consultative Council today hosted an open meeting to discuss online sales of food, from the consumer, the regulator and the industry’s perspectives. Click and eat - what’s cooking in online fo
This is a question that the Food Authenticity Network is frequently asked, so we are delighted to be collaborating with FoodChain ID to provide this information.
Foods most reported as being fraudulent, based on data from the FoodChain ID Food Fraud
A deadly Listeria outbreak in the United Kingdom has been linked to one company but product testing has only found low levels of contamination.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) suspect the source of contamination to b
Senior Scientific Officer - Toxicology EFSA/X/AD/2022/13
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy is looking for a Senior Scientific Officer - Toxicology (Temporary Agent, Grade AD8)
Please send us your application by no lat
Nitrosamines (or more formally N-Nitrosamines) are chemical compounds that can form in food as a result of food preparation and processing. They have been found in several types of foodstuffs such as cured meat products, processed fish, cocoa, beer a
The aim of this literature review of 51 scientific papers was to answer the question - "What is the mislabelling rate in seafood products sold on the Italian market?“. Samples were considered mislabelled when the species found by DNA analysis did not
This is Tenet's quarterly publication (Issue 5), which discusses the various methods of tackling food fraud, from food safety and quality legislation, and consumer protection legislation, to contract law and trade practices. It also examines the impo
