With more than 22 million passengers each year, cruise ships are a popular way to get out and see the world, but they’re also a great venue for spreading contagious foodborne illnesses to a large number of people in a short amount of time, according
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Location: Kerry
Overview of role:
The Quality Assurance Manager report to our Site Quality Assurance Head and is responsible for managing all aspects of Quality Assurance and Quality Control in a fast moving Spray Drying manufacturing plant.
Qualifi
A restaurant in Exeter in the United Kingdom is facing a lawsuit from 193 diners who say they were sickened with norovirus after eating there just before Easter of this year.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit say that a franchise location of the Toby Pub & C
Abbot Ireland currently have a temporary vacancy for Laboratory Technician. This position will include the following:
Primary Function / Goals / Objectives:
- Swabbing of all areas both inside and outside the plant is a responsibility of this position
In the future it will be possible to uncover cases of foodborne disease and solve many more outbreaks through the use of whole genome sequencing, WGS, in which an organism’s entire DNA-profile is mapped out. The National Food Institute, Technical Uni
EFSA is asking national authorities, research institutions, industry and other interested parties to submit new information relevant to the evaluation of the risks posed to bees by three neonicotinoid pesticides applied as seed treatments and granule
The Food Standards Agency has completed a programme of unannounced inspections of all slaughterhouses in Britain, to ensure that the businesses are meeting their obligations on animal welfare standards and that FSA teams are checking their controls a
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reiterated its advice to consumers to boil all imported frozen berries for at least one minute prior to consumption. The advice follows recent outbreaks of norovirus in Sweden and hepatitis A virus i
Meat Science
The PD Fellow will work on a project funded by DAFM. The project will focus on reducing salt in traditional processed meats with a focus on hams and bacon while maintaining functionality food safety, shelf-life, consumer sensory quality
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Jonathan Bell has announced the establishment of a £6.7 million Northern Ireland Agri-Food Quest Competence Centre (AFQCC).
Hosted at Queen’s University, Belfast, the new Competence Centre will draw upon the
Last Thursday, The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published new guidance aimed at ensuring consumers are not misled by the use of marketing terms on foods. The guidance follows a public consultation carried out by a working group including t
Position: Quality Technician - night shift
Responsible for:
• Checking that all Good Manufacturing Practices are being adhered to
• Checking that all controls are being done in adherence to SOPs and immediate reporting of any non-conformance
• Ensuring t
When it comes to food fraud, the alleged violations are mostly related to non-compliance with labelling rules, falsified certification and /or documents and ingredient substitutions. These are the main conclusions of the Food Fraud Network Activity R
UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science
This is a new full-time academic post in the School of Agriculture and Food Science and is co-funded by the FBD Trust. Applicants should have a PhD degree in Agricultural Science, Health Science, Social Scie
Genome sequencing is helping to be more precise in foodborne outbreak investigation but has not recognised its full potential yet, according to a microbiologist.
Project Title:
Translating fundamental research on Listeria monocytogenes for the benefit of a multisectoral ready-to-eat food industry
Project Background:
This project is funded by the Food Institutional Research Measure and involves a number of par
The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) hosted three EFSA representatives for a workshop on “Knowledge and best practices in risk assessment and risk communication” on 28 and 29 April 2015.
The event was part of the EFSA European Neighbourho
Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine
The person appointed will be responsible for the regulatory assessment of the efficacy of antimicrobial pesticide products and the active substances contained in such products.The ideal candidate will hold
The National Food Administration (NFA) in Sweden, has reported an outbreak of norovirus from imported frozen raspberries at an elderly care home in Ljungby.
It is time for the food industry to demonstrate that the natural, healthy food we eat is the result of food science and innovation, says one expert – but opinion is divided over how to achieve this.
