Food poisoning in England and Wales has gone down for the fifth year in a row, according to annual figures.
There were more than 8,800 formally notified cases of food poisoning in 2019 compared to just more than 11,000 in 2018. The most recent time n
Since 2005, IAFP's European symposium has been shaping the future of food safety by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas with colleagues from across Europe working in industry, government, and academia. The Symposium is an excellent forum to g
Experts have helped develop risk-based approaches to control two parasites in meat, requiring the re-evaluation of traditional practices and the assessment of regulatory and industry resources.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nati
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EFSA has launched an open consultation on a draft scientific report on Technical assistance in the field of risk communication. This document provides an assessment of risk communication theory and best practice by EFSA’s social science experts and s
An EU-funded project aiming to boost food safety for infants in the European Union and China has begun.
The Safe Food for Infants in the EU and China (SAFFI) project is planned to run until the end of August 2024 and involves academia, food safety au
This year has been dominated by the global coronavirus pandemic but it also held many other surprises such as contaminated beer in Brazil, pesticide residues in seeds from India, and approval of cell-based meat in Singapore.
As you can imagine, tryin
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has held an online workshop on crisis preparedness, giving attention to fast-evolving, largescale foodborne disease outbreaks.
Sixty-three participants attended plenary and/or working group activity sessions
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Today, the European Commission is launching the Food Labelling Information System (FLIS), which will provide a user friendly IT solution, enabling its users to select a food and then automatically retrieve the mandatory EU labelling indications in 23
While 2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges, and we can’t meet up as we’d wish, the safefood Knowledge Network has been busy creating twenty informative podcasts, webinars and training courses since March.
These online podcasts and events
Joe Dunne Regional Vice President of Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE) on his role with Kerry Group and a recent project reviewing virtual audit technology.
Dubliner Joe Dunne began his career in government research before moving on to a
We speak to EIT Food Education Programme Manager Vivien Bodereau and EIT Food Director of Education, Maarten van der Kamp
With headquarters in Leuven, Belgium and regional offices in the likes of Warsaw, Reading and Bilbao, EIT Food is Europe’s leadi
The safefood podcasts bring you insights and advice from leading experts on food safety. Through our podcast series, we’ll be looking at factors that shape the food industry on the island of Ireland. Recent topics include: Is remote auditing here to
How long do I cook a turkey crown? What’s the safest way to reheat food? Because Christmas this year is likely to be a different experience than previous years, safefood’s Chatbot will be back again this Christmas with plenty of advice on how to g
The ‘farm to fork’ strategy includes the development of a contingency plan to ensure the EU’s food supply and food security in the event of future crises.
Building on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent events, the Commiss
GIVE THIS ISSUE’S FOOD QUIZ A TRY AND YOU COULD BE IN WITH THE CHANCE OF WINNING A FANTASTIC PRIZE!
Question 1: Fusilli is a variety of what?
Question 2: What is tofu made from?
Question 3: Which of these isn’t a fruit: apple, orange, tomato, rhubar
Food safety research is essential to address gaps in food safety knowledge necessary to support regulation and identify emerging issues and threats to the food system in Ireland. The FSAI is not a research funding body and therefore, it is essential
Two Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Around two thirds of Europeans say that they do eat a healthy and sustainable diet most of the time, with affordability being the most common factor that would help respondents adopting a healthier, more sustainable diet. This comes out of the latest
