Fresh research out of Denmark has identified the presence of environmental contaminant PFAS in organic eggs sourced from chicken farms all over the country. The risk for children ‘is noticeable’, according to associate professor Kit Granby from the DTU...
2 Sisters Food Group has joined the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW), signalling its continued commitment to improving the treatment of animals in global food supply chains.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed the Central
Science Laboratory (CSL) as the central UK, expert body on
contaminants in food, to help and advise the Agency across a range
of food contaminant issues.
Tougher measures against illegal dyes and a more harmonised
criteria for detecting pathogens have led to a 5 per cent drop in
EU food safety alerts, the European Commission said yesterday.
Almost 300 people were hospitalized in Shanghai last week, after
suspected food poisoning by pork containing a banned animal feed
additive, the state media Xinhua reported on Friday.
Notifications from EU member states of food safety risks rose by 22
per cent in 2005 compared to the previous year, according to an
annual report on the bloc's rapid alert system
A total of 60 incidents of food safety breaches were reported
EU-wide last week, with incidents of unauthorised Sudan 1 colours,
arsenic, benzene and isopropyl thioxanthone continuing to crop up
in the latest alert advisory.
The world's watchdog for food rules has given the green light to
over 20 new and amended food standards covering animal feeding,
milk products and a newly adopted definition for traceability.
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic need to better understand
how consumers perceive risk if they are to form better food safety
policies. The issue of bioterrorism however is helping to establish
a growing consensus among policy...
The baton has been passed - and not too soon either. The European
Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has, at last, appointed the body of
scientists charged with the responsibility of scientific assessment
of food safety issues in Europe,...
The European Food Safety Authority finally started work this week,
but despite the hype it still has no permanent headquarters and no
executive director.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) on Monday announced
details of a comprehensive report from its BSE Sub-committee
looking at strategies to reduce the incidence of BSE in Ireland and
whether these would add value in terms...
