The European Commission is looking at revising rules for checks on meat and shellfish.
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections could be performed under the responsibility of the official veterinarians instead of being done or supervised by
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European member states have sent clear signals that staff resources for official controls are increasingly limited, according to a report.
Any potential further reduction risks negatively affecting the levels and quality of controls and capacity
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Fipronil in eggs and Salmonella in poultry meat from Brazil dominated information exchanges between European countries in 2017, according to the annual Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) report.
A total of 3,832
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A brand of ginger bags has been recalled in Malta due to the use of irradiation in an unauthorized facility.
Natural Ginger bags in 80-gram packages with brand name “Gold kili” and durability date of
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New rules that tighten restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials in the European Union have entered into force this month.
The regulation lowers the specific migration limit (SML), which
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Foodwatch has described the European Commission’s claim that EU food law provides adequate protection from health risks as “detached from reality.”
The European consumer organization accused EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker of failing in health
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The European Commission is to appoint a new director-general in its health and food safety department from next month.
Anne Bucher, a French national, has worked for the Commission for 35 years across several departments
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has opened a comment period on the approach to converting EU law for food and feed safety into UK law when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union next year.
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Official food safety controls in Turkey can ensure that food of non-animal origin intended for export to the European Union meet requirements for primary production and processing, according to a report.
The Directorate-General for Health
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The European Commission has said France acted correctly when issuing an alert for a suspected foodborne outbreak caused by infant formula from Ireland despite further investigations revealing it was not the source of illnesses.
Alerted
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A House of Lords sub-committee in the United Kingdom has called for clarity on post-Brexit food safety decisions.
The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee wrote to Steve Brine, the minister responsible for the Food Standards
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