There were only minor fluctuations in reported cases of three main zoonotic diseases in the EU last year compared to 2016. The number of reported cases of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis has remained stable over the past five years, although lis
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MEPs want the European Food Safety Agency to publish safety studies before a product is authorised to go on to the market.
A proposal to allow the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) to work more efficiently and transparently was adopted by Parliamen
During 2018, safefood hosted 11 food safety workshops throughout the island of Ireland, in partnership with Teagasc. The aim of these workshops was to help small and medium-sized food businesses and provide practical advice on good food safety practi
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We talk to Dr Ann McMahon at Queens University Belfast about her role as Business Alliance Manager for Agri-food and Nutrition Sciences
Over the past decade, increased collaboration between industry and research bodies has led to more impactful resear
Solutions:
Across: 5 Extra-virgin, 7 Iced, 8 Emmental, 9 Celeriac, 11 Grog, 12 Scum, 14 Maize oil, 16 Skinfuls, 18
Real, 19 Salad dishes.
Down: 1 Stodge, 2 Sage, 3 Big Mac, 4 Egg-nog, 5 Eccles cakes, 6 Neapolitans, 10 Aga, 13 Mangle, 14
Mouldy, 15 Earthy
Last year's Christmas Turkey Cooking campaign was a huge success, with a 53% increase in web traffic and more than 80,000 visitors to the safefood website between December 24th and 25th. The 2018 Christmas Turkey Cooking campaign aims to be even more
The Knowledge Network organised two day courses on Introduction to Microbiology Method Validation/ Verification and Measurement of Uncertainty for food safety laboratory staff across the island. The course allowed food testing laboratory staff to und
Laboratory Analyst Edward Leslie works for the Department of Agriculture Food and Marine. He recently took part in the safefood Training & Mobility Funding Programme, which funded his attendance at the Fifth Congress for European Association of Veter
It has been said that the first step to solving a problem is to recognise there is one. Scientists, campaigners, policy experts, consultants and even some major companies have been saying for some time that the food system is broken.
However, at the
EFSA has set a new deadline for completion of two pilot assessments on the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pesticides in food. The assessments were originally scheduled for publication by the end of this year but have been moved back fo
Laboratory reports of pathogens including Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157 have all increased compared to last year in England and Wales.
Data is based on common gastrointestinal infections in England and Wales
We live in partisan times, as anyone who had to sit through Thanksgiving dinner with distant relatives can probably attest. But even your crazy uncle would agree that the safety of our food shouldn’t be a partisan issue. No one wants their child to g
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee put forward an amendment regarding trade deals and food standards to a maj
The European Commission has put on hold plans to increase maximum authorised mercury levels in fish, a move welcomed by consumer rights campaigners.
By Niamh Michail
From cloud-based satellite imagery of acreage that reveals the veracity of organic claims to the latest analytical techniques, we look at some of the ways industry is fighting what Europol calls "a major problem" for the sector.
By Niamh Michail
Environment MEPs will today vote on a new food law that changes how pesticides, GMOs and food additives are licensed for use within the bloc as legislators up the ante on agri-chemicals.
The latest measures follow on from a provisional deal agreed by
EFSA has published its third summary report on the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in the EU. The report provides results on data collected by all EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland for 2017.
The main fin
Professor Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive and director of health and social care at NICE, provides her view of the institute’s newly published impact report on antimicrobial resistance.
Around 700,000 deaths occur every year worldwide due to inf
