Europe is committed to working with China to ensure the highest standards of food safety and quality, according to the EU health commissioner.
Vytenis Andriukaitis made the comments at the Ecological Agriculture and Food Safety
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Researchers uncover Salmonella Typhimurium diversity in Brazil
Researchers in Brazil have found Salmonella is resistant to different classes of antibiotics and have identified genes responsible for that resistance. It was the first study of Salmonella Typhimurium strains isolated in Brazil that used
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Almost 50 sick after eating at Spize Restaurant in Singapore
Authorities in Singapore are investigating almost 50 gastroenteritis cases and more than 20 hospitalizations linked to eating at one outlet of the Spize Restaurant chain.
The Ministry of Health (MOH), National Environment Agency (NEA) and
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Former strawberry farm worker charged; allegedly put needles in strawberries
A 50-year-old woman has been charged in relation to contamination of strawberries with sewing needles in Australia.
My Ut Trinh was arrested on Sunday and appeared at Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday, Nov. 12. She had
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A third of Australians at risk of Listeria infection
One in three Australians could be at risk of Listeria infection, according to the Food Safety Information Council.
Research, conducted by Omnipoll, found one in three people are either at risk of infection themselves or
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UK food safety agency welcomes conviction in girl’s food allergy death
The UK’s Food Standards Agency has welcomed the manslaughter conviction of two men after a teenage girl died due to an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal.
Mohammed Abdul Kuddus, 40, and Harun Rashid, 38,
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Tiger Brands helps launch South African Centre for Food Safety
Tiger Brands and Stellenbosch University have established South Africa’s first Centre for Food Safety.
The center is an applied food science research consortium started by Stellenbosch University and industry, with Tiger Brands as its founding
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E. coli sickens 26 in Denmark; no cases in other countries as yet
Danish officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has 26 cases with three out of four being children.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), the agency responsible for the preparedness against infectious diseases in Denmark, said
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USDA agency expresses concern about EU’s draft regulation on imports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) has expressed “continued concern” about part of a draft regulation put forth by the European Union.
Veterinary Services officials at APHIS say their
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Lloyd’s Register Foundation food safety workshop set next month in U.S.
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is scheduled to present a workshop on food safety in California next month.
The event is part of the foundation’s foresight review on the topic with the academic research laboratory Food
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FAO and WHO find low risk of histamine poisoning from salmonids
The United Nations’ FAO and the World Health Organization have found that the risk of histamine development in fish of the Salmonidae family is unlikely to reach the levels needed to cause food poisoning.
The
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