Imported molluscan shellfish from Europe are as safe as if they were harvested off Puget Sound or Massachusetts Bay, according to a Food and Drug Administration finding. FDA’s equivalence determination means two-way raw shellfish trade
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Briefly: Baby milk not in U.S. — Salmonella up — Steam heat
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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Report shows only half of European food recalls made public
All too often there is a lag between the time European governments know about unsafe food and when public warnings go out about recalls, a new report says.
After the public notice of last summer’s
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More independence for the European Food Safety Authority
Ever since the European Food Safety Authority was founded 15 years ago, it has claimed to operate independently of its European Union funding sources, including the legislative and executive institutions of the Commission, Council, Parliament
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Britain issues warning about ‘Brexit virus’ in EU pork products
Just in time for summer, there’s a new warning out in Britain over the “Brexit virus,” so named because the pork sausages making people sick are said to originate mostly from pig farms in France,
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European Union food again found largely free of pesticides
Food consumed in the European Union (EU) continues to be either largely free of pesticide residues or to contain only residues the fall within legal limits, new figures show. The latest monitoring report published by
France begins 2-year test for county-of-origin labeling
A two-year trial period for mandatory country-of-origin labeling is getting underway in France, but it’s not as likely to conflict with international trade rules as the U.S. COOL program did in recent years because it’s
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There is No Mistaking Butter Says Irish Food Safety Authority
Butter is now defined in Ireland as a churned-cream dairy product consisting primarily of milk fat, water, non-fat milk material and if necessary, salt, according to Dr. Pat O’Mahon, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s
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EFSA: Campylobacter and Listeria Cases Rise Again in the European Union
Human cases of listeriosis and campylobacteriosis rose again in 2014 in Europe, continuing an upward trend that began in 2008, reports the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). It stated that salmonellosis cases increased slightly for
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EU has a ‘Tolerated’ Trade in Insects as a Protein Source
Earlier this year, Belgium’s Federal Agency for Safety of the Food Chain stated that insects for human consumption “appear to offer great potential” as an alternative protein source. The agency’s Scientific Committee went so far
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