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EU extends changes to control rules again because of COVID-19

By Joe Whitworth on February 25, 2021

Temporary rules covering official controls in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for the fourth time. The implementing regulation covers a variety of activities to ensure food and feed law, as well…
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EU countries battling lack of resources for food controls

By Joe Whitworth on February 23, 2021

Many European countries are struggling to perform all their planned checks on businesses because of resource issues, according to a report.

The analysis covers national and EU Commission controls during 2017 and 2018 on food…
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Contaminated sesame seed recalls continue in Europe

By Joe Whitworth on February 5, 2021

A European alert food system is nearing 500 reports because of the unauthorized substance ethylene oxide in products with sesame seeds.

Belgium made the first alert in early September 2020 in the Rapid Alert System…
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EU’s crisis plan gets feedback from food sector

By Joe Whitworth on January 18, 2021

The European Commission is developing steps to be followed in times of a crisis based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The contingency plan is a set of procedures to be put in place…
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Plan launched to reduce risk of emerging zoonoses

By News Desk on January 17, 2021

A drive to prevent emerging zoonotic risks and diseases such as COVID-19 has been unveiled and is being led by France.

The Preventing Zoonotic Diseases Emergence (PREZODE) initiative was announced at the One Planet Summit…
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Clampdown on online COVID-19 food claims continues in Europe

By Joe Whitworth on December 13, 2020

The number of online advertisements found featuring food claiming to prevent or cure coronavirus in Europe has passed 600. The European Commission called on member states to reinforce their vigilance and adapt control activities on…
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Guidelines issued for Listeria in frozen vegetables after outbreak

By News Desk on December 9, 2020

Hygiene guidelines for controlling Listeria monocytogenes during production of frozen vegetables have been published.

Work started after an outbreak connected to frozen sweetcorn produced by Greenyard in Hungary. The incident sickened at least 54 people…
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HACCP tops demand in EU training program

By Joe Whitworth on November 21, 2020

HACCP was the most popular training program in 2019 as part of an initiative for officials involved in verifying compliance with European rules.

A total of 13 five day training sessions were organized with 313…
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EU toughens rules for sesame seeds from India

By Joe Whitworth on October 30, 2020

The European Commission has strengthened checks on sesame seeds from India as recalls due to pesticide residue contamination continue.

The move was prompted by food safety incidents notified through the Rapid Alert System for Food…
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RASFF notifications broke 4,000 barrier in 2019

By Joe Whitworth on October 10, 2020

More than 4,000 reports on food or feed risks were filed by member states to the European Commission this past year.

In 2019, 4,118 original notifications were transmitted through the Rapid Alert System for Food…
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EU gets project to look at future of food safety

By News Desk on October 3, 2020

A three-year project with 23 partners from 12 countries is going to look at the future of the European food safety system.

The effort, dubbed “FOODSAFETY4EU,” will be coordinated by the Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche…
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