As Ireland prepares to take over the EU Presidency from Italy at
the start of 2004, Food safety promises to be a major issue with an
international conference organised by the Food Safety Authority of
Ireland scheduled for March.
The €435 billion US food industry has welcomed a move by the Bush
administration to inject more cash into food security. "Both
Secretary Thompson and FDA Commissioner McClellan emphasised that
the focus of this new food security...
Food safety is making international headlines as the United States
and the European Union continue to take dramatically different
positions over this contentious issue. A food policy think-tank
raises concerns that these transatlantic...
A national campaign in Ireland will tackle food safety standards by
highlighting the value of HACCP absorption, announced the Food
Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) on Monday.
Representatives from 169 countries gathered in Rome yesterday for a
week of talks led by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. High on the
agenda, food safety, biotechnology, food irradiation and an
overhaul of the Codex structure.
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,...
Netherlands-based Sensus has received safety approval for its
Frutafit inulin fibre, said to promote gut health, from the US Food
and Drug Administration.
The European Food Safety Authority's scientific committee says that
its panels have now been appointed, opening the way for the body to
start work on streamlining safety within the European food and
drinks industry.
News again today on inulin with Sensus America, a subsidiary of
Dutch company Sensus, announcing that the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has given inulin Generally Regarded As Safe
(GRAS) status. The move could provide inulin...
The US Food and Drug Administration has released a statement on the
National Academy of Sciences' report, 'Scientific Criteria to
Ensure Safe Food'. The report has been received as a reinforcement
of the FDA's...
Global Food Technologies, a privately held biotechnology company
targeting the food safety market, has announced a scientific method
for significantly reducing and eliminating disease-causing surface
and foodborne bacteria in seafood.
Risk assessors from the German Federal Institute for Risk
Assessment (BfR) repeated their call for the levels of acrylamide
in foods to be reduced as far and as quickly as possible. Speaking
one year after the Swedish National Food...
"Free trade has to be safe trade," said Dr Patrick Wall, chief
executive of the Irish Food Safety Authority commenting on a new
agreement in Ireland that aims to tighten up food safety procedures
for imported foodstuffs...
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) yesterday made a
further step towards openness and transparency with the launch of a
new tool to improve the flow of information between consumer and
state and to gauge industry views on...
Aquentium CEO Mark Taggatz has emphasised key strategies on how the
company's wholly owned subsidiary, Food Safe, is aiming to
alleviate current fears within the food industry - an area of
growing interest given the current political...
Last week we reported on the distinctly sloth-like installation of
the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), but newly installed
executive director of the EFSA, Geoffrey Podger, reports that the
first meeting of its Advisory Forum...
The new European Food Safety Authority is still without a home and
under the menace of a reduced budget. A decision on the location is
urgently needed otherwise credibility is at risk, claims Lasse
Skovby Rasmusson, vice president...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that a
petition has been filed by food ingredients company Kerry to amend
current food regulations.
Aquentium, has filed a trademark application for #1 Patriot Food
Safe Fruits and Vegetables, its food safety process for the
protection of fresh food products, with the United States Patent
Trademark Office and is planning to license...
The Japanese cabinet endorsed a set of bills on Friday to ensure
the safety of food and protect consumer health in the wake of a
series of scandals and incidents to hit Japan in recent years.
In the US, the Food Safety Summit is to be held, 18-20 March, at
the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The event is expected to
attract more than 1,000 food safety professionals and will be
addressing a number of key issues including...
Food contamination is a major issue that the European, and global,
food industry faces today. A one day seminar in the UK will examine
how the industry can respond to the challenge and devise a strategy
to cope.
In the US, an agreement has been signed for Marathon Products, a
leading supplier of food safety equipment, to supply Food Safe with
its requirements for temperature monitoring equipment.
Do you remember the following words from European Commissioner for
health and consumer protection David Byrne? : "I am determined
to ensure that the momentum we have created on food safety
continues… the Commission is forging...
Food manufacturers took a further battering this week when the UK
Consumers' Association (CA) released new research, as part of its
Honest Labelling campaign, that suggests the public continues to be
misled by inadequate food...
Since a Swedish study send a shudder of fear throughout the food
industry earlier this year, scientists have been fervently
investigating the presence of the potential carcinogen, acrylamide
in starchy, fried foods.
In light of the 18th session of the Codex Committee on Fats and
Oils to be held in London, UK on 3-7 February 2003, the US
Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration said
this week that they are to sponsor a public...
The UK's Food Standards Agency has reported "growing evidence" that
links the recent outbreak of salmonella, which has so far caused
two deaths and 350 people to become ill, to originate in Spain.
Food safety experts from across the UK gathered in London last week
for the first National Food Safety Communications Conference
organised by the country's Food and Drink Federation (FDF). Awards
were given to those teams with...
Some 250 top food safety experts from across the UK gathered in
London last week for the first ever foodlink National Food Safety
Communications Conference.
Biacore International, the Swedish-based global Surface Plasmon
Resonance specialist, has launched a new rapid screening kit for
thedetection of ractopamine drug residues in food.
Speaking this week at the Informal Agriculture Council in Nyborg,
Denmark, David Byrne, Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection, said that innovation in the farming and food sector is
a vital issue to which Europe will need...
British consumers are increasingly concerned about food safety, but
the government's efforts to get the message across are falling
largely on deaf ears. Instead, food manufacturers and,
increasingly, retailers are being called...
The creation of a new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is a
major component of the legal and organisational reforms to tackle
food safety in Europe. When the Council of Ministers recently
announced the composition of the new...
A campaign to urge all food premises to find out where their food
comes from has been launched by the Food Safety Authority of
Ireland. The FSAI says it wants food premises to buy products only
from suppliers who operate to the highest...
A recent survey carried out in the UK shows that food safety is
becoming an increasingly important part of consumers' habits,
according to a report by Mintel.
The Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU
(CIAA), together with the Danish Food and Drink Federation, this
week submitted to the Danish authorities a memorandum summarising
the industry position on the Presidency...
US food safety technology company Neogen Corporation and DNA
technology company Hamilton Thorne Biosciences this week announced
an agreement to jointly develop 'the next generation' of rapid
bacterial food safety tests.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided on Tuesday to
submit a basic food safety bill in the next fiscal year in a bid to
erase widespread public distrust stemming from the government's
failure to keep mad cow disease...
Food manufacturers are failing food hygiene inspections often
because they don't know where to turn for practical solutions,
according to research carried out by UK safety specialist Seton
today.
A third of Welsh consumers question the accuracy of food labels,
and more than a quarter find labels difficult to understand,
according to a survey by the UK Food Standards Agency.
The UK Food Standards Agency is advising consumers not to eat or
use certain tins of Dragon Boat Shiitake Mushrooms. Tests have
revealed defects in the can seams that could lead to food poisoning
bacteria being present in some of...
