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EFSA looks at factors impacting the safety of meat aging

By News Desk on January 20, 2023

Factors affecting the safety of aged meat have been assessed in a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion.

The impact of dry-aging of beef and wet-aging of beef, pork, and lamb on microbiological hazards and…

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FAO and WHO publish full E. coli and Listeria reports

By Joe Whitworth on December 21, 2022

Two final reports on controls measures for E. coli and for Listeria in ready-to-eat food have been unveiled by FAO and WHO.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published…

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Salmonella found in Finnish spice controls

By News Desk on December 8, 2022

Checks on spices as part of a food fraud project in Finland didn’t find any authenticity issues but did uncover Salmonella contamination.

Monitoring was targeted at operators whose batches were found to have been non-compliant…

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Salmonella behind most meat outbreaks in China

By Joe Whitworth on November 28, 2022

Researchers have found that Salmonella caused the most outbreaks linked to meat products in China over a 15-year period.

From 2002 to 2017, China recorded 2,815 outbreaks caused by meat and meat products, resulting in…

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Nordic nations assess food fraud threat

By Joe Whitworth on November 17, 2022

An assessment of food fraud covering four sectors in several countries has been published by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

In 2018, a project was funded to examine the threats from criminal activity in the…

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Food crime ‘likely’ in meat and alcohol sectors, says Scottish agency

By News Desk on November 9, 2022

Meat, seafood, and alcohol are among industries identified as being at high risk for food crime, according to a Scottish food crime unit.

A strategy for 2022 to 2025 outlines the priorities and actions being taken…

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Local authority resources and lab capability on Scotland’s food standards agenda

By News Desk on July 8, 2022

The pressures on local authorities and food laboratories were among the issues discussed at the latest Food Standards Scotland (FSS) board meeting.

One plan to resolve the situation is for a nationally funded official laboratory…

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Audit uncovers meat sector violations

By Joe Whitworth on June 27, 2022

An audit of the meat sector in Ireland has found a number of serious issues including forgery, use of meat with an expired date, and one company unable to identify its suppliers.

Some non-compliances undermined…

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Same canvas, different picture

By Guest Contributor on November 10, 2021
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By Michael Fisher

The FSN article “25 years later FSIS final rule on pathogen reduction still making a difference,” tells a story through rose-colored glasses. Like Paul Wolseley of the FSIS Office of Field…
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Positive findings from Irish halal audit

By News Desk on September 29, 2021

An audit by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) of halal claims on meat has found most companies are compliant with the rules.

Animals such as cows, veal, lamb, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, ducks,…
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