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Transcript of FSA Chair Professor Susan Jebb's speech to the Global Conference for Food Safety Regulation and Sustainability on Wednesday 10 November
More than 500 people in the United Kingdom have been affected by a Salmonella outbreak linked to pork scratching products.
There were 534 sick people as of late October with the majority falling ill since
A new free eLearning tool for small and medium-sized food businesses across Northern Ireland has been launched by safefood to provide basic food safety training to new staff as they manage a post-pandemic increase in demand.
Food industry workshops h
Nine out of 10 people believe a better food safety culture in the workplace would improve food safety overall, according to research from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
The FSAI’s Food Safety Consultative Council on Thursday hos
Introducing the new eLearning tool, Ray Dolan, CEO of safefood said, “Building a culture of good food safety benefits both the public and those food businesses that supply them. There are approximately 50,000 business producing food across the islan
A company in the Republic of Ireland has been punished for breaches of food law including forging and altering documents.
Arrabawn Co-Operative Society Limited was convicted in a recent district court ruling and fined €40,000 ($46,400). Arrabawn emp
During World War I, British soldier Private Ernest Cable arrived unwell at a hospital in France. A sample of Shigella flexneri – the bacteria that causes dysentery – was taken from Private Cable, and this sample was the first and founding culture of
safefood has launched ‘safefood for business’, a new free e-learning programme on the fundamentals of food safety for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) operating in the food production sector. This includes SMEs working in food production, foo
Food and You 2 is the FSA’s flagship biannual consumer survey and it covers topics such as food safety in the home, food shopping, eating out, food security, concerns about food, and trust in the FSA and food supply chain. The FSA uses the informatio
Professor Robin May, the FSA’s Chief Scientific Adviser, explains why urgent progress is needed to support a unified eco-labelling system for food in the UK in order to support a fully sustainable food system.
New advances in sequencing technology could help transform the way microbial food safety is managed both within our own laboratory network and throughout the global supply chain. The implementation of rapid whole-genome sequencing (WGS) could help tr
EFSA has begun work on a new assessment looking at the risk of antimicrobial resistant bacteria spreading during animal transport.
The assessment, which was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food S
Cold plasma has captured scientists’ imagination in almost every field, and food safety is no exception. The USDA and consumer groups continue to fund cold plasma research, and the results are potentially revolutionary.
Counterfeit copies of Nestle's Nescafe Gold brand of instant coffee have been found on sale in Germany, and may contain broken glass or plastic.
The fakes were reported by Nestle Deutschland, which said it had discovered counterfeits of what appears
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy is looking for a Scientific Officer
(Contract Agent, Function Group IV)
Please send us your application by no later than 30 November 2021 at 23:59 (local time), following the instructio
Five European countries have reported salmonellosis infections linked to the consumption of sesame-based products such as tahini and halva imported from Syria.
Up to 121 people have been affected since January 2019 in Denmark, Germany, the Netherland
Biofilm, which is a cluster of pathogens encased in a protective matrix, is a common enemy across diverse food manufacturing industries.
From dairy, produce, meat, poultry, ready-to-eat deli foods and other products, biofilm is a concern at the farm
EIT Food’s vision is a world where everybody can access and enjoy sustainable, safe, and healthy food – with trust and fairness from farm to fork. The intention of this Call for Proposals is to maximise the societal, economic and environmental impact
Researchers have suggested opportunities are being missed to prevent listeriosis from pre-packed sandwiches.
Eating pre-prepared sandwiches served in hospitals was the most common source of Listeria infections in England and Wales between 1981 and 20
