The European Commission has again extended temporary food safety rules on official controls because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated legislation states the flexibility given to EU countries is needed as problems are likely to continue
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The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) has revealed how inspectors had to focus more on online sales because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
The agency did more than 1,000 inspections that focused
Continue Reading Inspection of online food sales up in Czech Republic during pandemic
Researchers have provided details on a Brucellosis outbreak in Israel linked to commercially sold, unregulated camel milk.
Brucella infection traced to a single brand of unpasteurized, raw camel milk was diagnosed in 19 patients during
Continue Reading Studies highlight Brucella outbreaks linked to raw milk
A report card on Australia’s food safety record this past year shows a decline in some foodborne diseases but mixed news on handwashing.
Data was released by the Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) and Environmental
Continue Reading Australia reports mixed food safety record for 2020
Trends in food safety and hygiene behaviors in the home have remained stable during the coronavirus pandemic, according to research published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The findings come from a round-up of a
Continue Reading Survey finds little change in consumer food safety behavior during pandemic
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the Nestlé company have shared how they handled challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, including doing official controls and dealing with supply shortages.
During a session at the
Continue Reading Nestlé, Irish food safety agency reveal challenges posed by COVID-19
More than a third of people in the United Kingdom were unaware that takeaways and food businesses were required by law to undergo safety and hygiene checks, according to a survey.
People in the UK
Continue Reading Survey explores trend of buying food from online, home sellers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is warning the public to not eat certain beef and lamb products because they were produced by One Meat Corp., doing business as Eastern
Continue Reading Certain meat sold online was not inspected; USDA warns public not to eat it
Irish officials investigated almost 50 unregistered food businesses in 2020 which is more than double the figure from the year before.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) was part of enquiries into 47 unregistered
Continue Reading FSAI records rise in illegal food business investigations
Temporary rules covering official controls in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for the fourth time. The implementing regulation covers a variety of activities to ensure food and feed law, as well
Continue Reading EU extends changes to control rules again because of COVID-19
Many European countries are struggling to perform all their planned checks on businesses because of resource issues, according to a report.
The analysis covers national and EU Commission controls during 2017 and 2018 on food
Continue Reading EU countries battling lack of resources for food controls
