Red meat, fish, alcohol and wild shellfish have been highlighted as high risk and vulnerable to food crime in Scotland.
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) said these areas of concern
Continue Reading Four sectors identified as vulnerable to food crime in Scotland
The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in certain fish species.
Fish types for which maximum limits have already been established are excluded.
People are mainly exposed to methylmercury
Continue Reading WHO wants data on mercury in fish
At least two people have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to chilled smoked trout fillets in the Netherlands.
All six sick people have been hospitalized and two died from their infections. Another person has
Continue Reading Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to trout in the Netherlands
An analysis by Norwegian scientists has found a low level of heavy metals in processed fish products in the country.
Commercially available items were collected from 2015 to 2018 and analyzed as composite samples for
Continue Reading Norway looks at metals in seafood; assesses local meat producers
The Canary Islands government has approved a grant of more than €100,000 for a university to allow it to carry out tests to detect ciguatoxin in fish.
The award of €105,000 ($114,900) to the University
Continue Reading University gets grant to help detect ciguatera in Canary Islands
Researchers have looked at the effect of different ripening temperatures and salt concentrations on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in a traditional Norwegian fermented fish product.
Rakfisk is made from lake trout or arctic char
Continue Reading Researchers report temperature important for controlling Listeria in rakfisk
European authorities have uncovered an operation allegedly making products out of decomposed apples, contaminated with mycotoxins and other toxic chemicals, unsuitable for human consumption and dangerous for public health.
Italian and Serbian authorities said they
Continue Reading Officials bust gang in organic fraud case involving rotten apples
The risk of histamine food poisoning — also known as scombroid fish poisoning — could increase in Europe in the future if trading trends continue, according to researchers.
The scientists made the remark in the
Continue Reading Histamine outbreaks could increase in Europe
More than 20 people are part of a multi-country Listeria outbreak traced to fish and five have died since 2014.
An outbreak assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for
Continue Reading Five dead from Listeria outbreak linked to fish
Authorities from six European countries have dismantled an alleged criminal organization that sold fish unfit for consumption.
Fish was stored in, and transported to, several EU countries in improper and unsanitary conditions, and then sold
Continue Reading Authorities close the net on suspected crime organization; 30 tons of fish seized
The ECDC has identified a link between an outbreak of nine Listeria cases in Denmark and nine more infections between 2014 and 2018 in four other countries.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Continue Reading Listeria outbreak sickens 18 in five countries
