Food mislabelling is a growing world-wide problem that is increasingly addressed
12 through the authentication of ingredients via techniques like mass spectrometry or DNA13 sequencing. However, traditional DNA sequencing methods are slow, expensive, a
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that during the month of October fourteen Closure Orders, one Improvement Order, and two Prohibition Orders were served on food businesses for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to
Sustainability body WRAP has published its latest Retail Survey, indicating to what extent the UK’s largest grocery retailers and major brands have made progress implementing best-practice guidance on date labels, product life, pack size and storage/
Sean Daly of the National Food Crime Unit describes how the NFCU will expand to help tackle food crime in the food sector.
Tackling fraud in the food supply chain (food crime) is a challenge for the whole food and drink industry. From farm to fork, t
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A few months after an alert about steaks for food aid to the poorest, it was frozen chicken cutlets that were singled out. State services describe a " possible economic fraud ", without the health of consumers being at risk.
The food company at the centre of a hummus salmonella scare received a substantial fine less than a month ago for food standard offences involving another dip, it has emerged.
Zorba Delicacies, which has been forced to extend a recall of 80 types of
Improved surveillance, communication and collaboration are key to controlling the spread of African swine fever in Europe, according to a new risk assessment carried out by EFSA.
The assessment estimates the potential for the disease to spread across
Sandwiches were kept warm in "ineffective" fridges at a hospital where a patient contracted listeria after eating one and died.
Cancer patient Ian Hitchcock, 52, died on 8 June after eating a pre-packed sandwich while he was being treated at Royal De
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment discussed current trends and causes of foodborne outbreaks at a meeting this week.
Experts from scientific institutions, food regulatory authorities and businesses discussed zoonoses and food safety du
Antibiotic resistant bacteria, often called “superbugs” are appearing and spreading all over the world. These mutant bacteria grow and spread quickly because of choices people make about the use of antibiotics and the control of spread of infection.
Treating peanut allergy with regular exposure to small amounts of the food is effective - but only if a patient stays on the therapy, a study suggests.
King's College London scientists looked at the underlying behaviour of patients' cells - and found
More than 1,000 reports of food crime were made to the National Food Crime Unit last year, according to the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
A CIPS freedom of information request found 1,193 reports to the National Food Crime Unit
The traceability of agro-products are very crucial as the food with know and guaranteed origin charged a high premium; meanwhile, the authenticity of the food product is also very necessary, since the adulteration of agro-products with cheap ingredie
More than 60 per cent of seafood products tested at Montreal grocery stores and restaurants were mislabelled, according to an update of a study that tracks rates of fish food fraud in Canada.
"The numbers reflect that this is an ongoing problem," sai
The Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) version 2.0 is a user-friendly tool designed to help owners and operators of a food facility in the development of a food defense plan that is specific to their facility and may assist them with meeting the requir
The food industry is advancing at a rapid pace and consumer sensitivity to food safety scares and food fraud scandals is further amplified by rapid communication such as by social media. Academia, regulators, and industry practitioners alike struggle
Technology company IBM is launching a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to further rollout a blockchain solution for the seafood supply chain. The companies say the initiative can help tackle three of the sector’s ‘most pressing problems’: fraud, trans
Further to FSAI food alert 2019.44, FSAI food alert 2019.44 (Update 1) and FSAI food alert 2019.44 (Update 2), Zorba Delicacies is extending its recall to include the below batches of houmous, due to the possible presence of Salmonella. These product
Three people died in Germany because bacteria-contaminated food from a meat producer was sold on the European market. Although the authorities knew about the bacterial discovery, production was only halted after two weeks. EURACTIV Germany reports.
