Scotland is planning a new food sampling strategy to tackle challenges associated with the current approach to testing.
The proposed model has four strands of surveillance managed and funded by Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and
Continue Reading Food testing gets overhaul in Scotland; feeder mice issue revisited
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on many areas, including fewer samples being taken and a decline in most foodborne pathogens, according to an annual report from Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
The agency’s report
Continue Reading Scottish report highlights COVID-19 impact on food sector
Four lessons have been identified involving regulation during COVID-19 by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
They include the role of early warning and emerging risk systems to help authorities respond quickly to new
Continue Reading Irish agency highlights key food safety lessons during COVID-19
There was a decline in reports of four foodborne pathogens and the number of incidents and recalls in the past year, according to the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) annual report.
It covers activities in 2020-2021
Continue Reading Public health annual report details foodborne illnesses, impact of COVID
Food testing has decreased in recent years because of budget and resource pressures and some local authorities do little or none of it, according to FSA research.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) did a small
Continue Reading FSA research confirms sampling decline
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reviewed the main activities of this past year which marked the agency’s 20th anniversary.
The annual report covers enforcement, inspections, sampling, recalls, Brexit, and food fraud. FSAI
Continue Reading FSAI reviews 2019 work on food safety and fraud
The number of official samples taken and food standards controls in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has declined from last year, according to statistics published by the Food Standards Agency.
Figures cover food law enforcement
Continue Reading Figures show decline in sampling and food standards controls
Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS), a unit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has released the findings of its food safety report for December 2016 and surveillance information for 2016.
Only 13
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s food safety center reports monthly, yearly data
