At the 1996 World Food Summit, the Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the right of everyone to have access to safe and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger (Wor
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New evidence by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found some people are taking food safety risks because of money pressures and rising energy costs.
The FAO and WHO have highlighted a range of food safety hazards linked to eating seaweed plus a lack of data and regulation.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) said there was a need for a ri
The shelf-life of a product is the time that it remains acceptable to eat. Within the shelf life the product will remain safe and retain the desired sensory, chemical, physical and microbiological characteristics.
Understanding shelf life is essentia
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
An ongoing project is identifying the bacteria present in dairy processing environments to evaluate the impact on Listeria monocytogenes.
Teagasc in Ireland and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria are collecting samples from dairy
Public health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 that has sickened almost 200 people in a month.
Since early September, 192 genetically linked cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 have been ide
Try your hand at this issue’s quiz and you could be in with a chance to win a fantastic prize!
Question 1: Cawl is the national dish of what country?
Question 2: What animal’s milk is Manchego cheese made from?
Question 3: What is stromboli?
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We talk to Dr Martin Danaher, Principal Research Officer and Head of the Residue Analysis Laboratory at Teagasc, about the challenges and responsibilities of his role
Hailing from the ‘Golden Vale’ – west Limerick – Dr Martin Danaher grew up on a
At the Environmental Health Association of Ireland (EHAI)/ Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) All-Ireland Environmental Health Forum in June, Dr James McIntosh presented this year’s safefood Bursary Award to Niamh Feeney, graduate
According to new safefood-funded research, the farmer-vet relationship is key to the behaviour changes needed to reduce the use of antimicrobials in agriculture
‘The use of antimicrobials in animal health on the island of Ireland: knowledge, att
EFSA SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERTS CALL
EFSA/NS/SNE/2017/01
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy
is opening positions for
Seconded National Experts (SNEs)
All Units and Departments
The call is on-going with no
The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) and the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) are seeking the views of subject matter experts on the current and future food fraud risks. The information you supply will help to identify trends and highlig
There has been a decline in consumer handwashing from mid-2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on results from a Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey.
Between April 2020 and January 2022, the proportion who reported handwashing with soap and warm w
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Lidl has reported Campylobacter in chicken levels above the FSA’s target for the second quarter of 2022.
The supermarket chain recorded 8 percent of birds in the highest category which is up from 2 percent in the previous quarter and 6 percent in the
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are reinforcing their advice to vulnerable groups of consumers in relation to the risks of Listeria monocytogenes infection linked to ready to e
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The world of social media provides an overwhelming amount of information on food and nutrition. Often this information can be misleading and, in some instances, harmful to people’s health. For the average person, it is difficult t
Authorities in the United Kingdom have repeated a warning about Listeria in fish as part of an outbreak involving three deaths.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said vulner
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has published its annual publication, ‘Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Report’ previously known as ‘Size and Performance of the Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Secto
