With Europe facing a shortage of carbon dioxide, trade and food safety organisations are highlighting the importance of using reputable providers and gas of the appropriate food grade.
Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany and Hungary.
The revised food safety management system standard ISO 22000:2018 has been published marking the start of a three-year transition period for certified companies.
A key concern for customers is the ability to improve traceability throughout the supply chain, especially when multiple stakeholders are involved and risks are increasing, according to the CEO and president of Mérieux NutriSciences.
The Listeria outbreak in South Africa shows the cost of under investment in food safety systems, according to experts from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Innovation in Israel’s food tech sector is propelled by the country’s technological knowledge base, inward investment and governmental support. Ecosystems that encourage entrepreneurship and innovation are central to this endeavour. FoodNavigator visits...
Salad from Italy was the most likely source of an E. coli O157 outbreak that sickened more than 150 people in the UK in 2016, according to researchers.
New European budget proposals will see increased investment for food research and innovation as the bloc looks to accelerate growth, increase competiveness and tackle global challenges.
Danish researchers are deploying predictive software tools based on mathematical algorithms to reformulate food for a “more natural taste and higher food safety”.
Outbreaks are of concern during any mass gathering but there are no indications that risk is higher than usual for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, according to the ECDC.
Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Hungary, Norway and the Netherlands.
Chinese consumers have deep-rooted concerns about food safety and fraud in the domestic supply chain, according to research led by Newcastle University.
Recalls and alerts were made by England, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland.
A group of experts have developed criteria for categorising potential risk of illness severity from Shiga toxin/verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (STEC/VTEC).
Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, Scotland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Slovakia.
Echinococcus multilocularis and Toxoplasma gondii are the most important foodborne parasites (FBP) in terms of public health for Europe, according to a study.
IRSweep is looking to take advantage of applications including food analysis with mid‐IR sensing being a young and developing field in the laboratory analytical instrumentation market.
Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Germany and Austria.
More than one in seven egg and chicken samples submitted by member states to EFSA contained fipronil residues exceeding legal limits, according to a report.