The agency responsible for seafood safety in the Republic of Ireland has recorded 18 potential breaches of food safety law in the first half of 2023.
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is responsible for enforcement of
Continue Reading Irish agency reveals seafood safety cases
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to
Continue Reading FDA increases controls on imported milk, fish, papaya, other commodities
Smoked and graved salmon continues to pose a Listeria infection risk with evidence showing a large proportion of listeriosis cases are caused by these products, according to scientists in Germany.
In 2021 and 2022, there
Continue Reading German data shows Listeria in fish is still a problem
The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from audits looking at checks on fishery products in Australia, Morocco, and Finland.
A desk assessment of Australian controls to verify exports of fish products
Continue Reading DG Sante assesses fish controls in three countries
Public health officials in Vietnam are investigating an outbreak of foodborne botulism that has killed one person.
The Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) said three incidents of food poisoning had occurred recently in Quang Nam province.
Continue Reading One dead in Vietnam botulism outbreak
Authorities in Portugal have seized a number of food products in recent months including meat, fish, food supplements, and olive oil.
Earlier this month, the Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE), with help from the
Continue Reading Portuguese crackdowns target meat, supplements, and olive oil
The FAO and WHO have called for experts and data on two different subjects as well as announcing a webinar on cell-based food.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the
Continue Reading FAO and WHO want fish experts, residue data; set webinar on cell-based food
Statistics on six diseases causing the most food and waterborne infections in Europe have been published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The most recent data shows hepatitis A cases in 2021 were
Continue Reading EU data shows Campylobacter and Listeria up, hepatitis A down in 2021
A food safety platform in the United Kingdom has selected an initial batch of projects to receive grants.
The UK Food Safety Research Network (FSRN) will fund six projects with amounts ranging from £30,000 ($36,100)
Continue Reading UK network funds first set of food safety projects
The federal government has closed some foodborne illness outbreak investigations in the past week.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released even less information when it closed its investigation into an outbreak than it
Continue Reading Outbreak investigations closing with few details available in several