Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli from animal operations to produce fields.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for the past financial year. It covers our performance and activities in 2018/19 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at a net cost of £98.7 million.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today revealed national attitudinal research that shows from a food regulatory perspective, food allergens and ingredients labelling is the number one concern for Irish food businesses. The research surveye
Changes to the way food is produced, processed and offered to consumers could affect food safety, according to a microbiology society in the United Kingdom.
A Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) briefing looked at recent and upcoming developments
Fifty people are ill in Denmark from Campylobacter after eating chicken meat but authorities believe the actual number of patients may be much higher.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) and DTU
This report looks at perspectives and practices across the food chain on the Island of Ireland with regard to the risk of economically motivated adulteration or ideologically motivated threat. Approaches being taken in a number of other OECD countrie
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Salmonella was once again the main hazard dealt with by an international food safety network from April to June this year.
During the second quarter of 2019, the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in seven food safet
Quorn Foods recalls Quorn Chilled Cocktail Sausages because they may contain small pieces of metal. The presence of metal makes this product unsafe to eat and presents a safety risk.
safefood is an implementation body set up under the British-Irish Agreement with responsibility on an all-island basis for promotion of food safety and healthy eating, research and fostering scientific co-operation.
Applications are invited for the s
(CNN)It's safe to say 183 tons is a lot of crab meat. It's certainly a lot of crabmeat to import from other countries and repackage as U.S.-raised blue crab.
The European Commission is looking at rules that some animals and goods imported into or transiting through the area must be subject to before they can enter the region.
It concerns animals and goods ordered over the Internet or that have been exempt
Two people have died from listeria infections in Australia after probably eating contaminated smoked salmon, officials say.
A third person also contracted the illness - known as listeriosis - but survived. The three cases happened in different states
Rabat – The Moroccan National Health Security Office of Food (ONSSA) has seized over 900 tons of contaminated material over the second trimester of the year 2019.
The foodstuff, meant for the domestic market, was deemed unfit for human consumption ac
Scottish investigators have helped to uncover a £180 million scam involving dangerous mis-sold tuna.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) played a leading role in a European inquiry as experts warned of a worldwide explosion in food crime. Faked and mis-sol
As a precautionary measure Tesco is initiating a recall of four flavours of Tesco Finest Fruit Presse 750 ml (best before end March 2020) due to fermentation.
More than a third of raw oyster samples from production areas in Europe were positive for norovirus, according to a survey.
Data submitted to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) showed human fecal contamination is present in oyster production a
Minister John Halligan T.D., Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Education and Skills today (10 July) launched Ireland’s National