Food safety and foodborne diseases are one of four themes covered in an FAO report on products of animal origin. FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
FAO’s Committee on Agriculture
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The European Commission has stepped up legal action against Romania for failing to follow rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
Romanian authorities have established national laws that are not in line with food hygiene requirements
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The European Commission has added ethylene oxide to a list of pesticides that should be tested for following the substance being behind thousands of recalls in recent years.
New legislation means European countries must take
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Italian authorities have seized 14 tons of food and stopped operations at 23 companies as part of food safety checks triggered by a large Listeria outbreak.
The operation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health
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Portuguese authorities have confiscated tons of meat products and millions of eggs in recent operations.
The Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) carried out an inspection of cold stores in the municipalities of Vila Verde,
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The United Kingdom has again pushed back border control checks for some food products imported from the European Union.
The UK government cited the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses and supply chains for
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Norwegian cattle, swine and poultry are only rarely infected with Salmonella, according to the results of surveillance programs in 2020.
Occurrence of Salmonella in Norwegian production animals and animal products is very low compared to
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Austria has verified hygiene and self-controls at sites handling and processing food of animal origin.
The review published by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) looked at general and specific hygiene requirements
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The European Commission has warned Romania and Czech Republic about failing to follow food safety rules.
Romania is in trouble for not telling the Commission about draft food hygiene legislation and its exclusion criteria for
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A court in the European Union has dismissed a case brought by two Brazilian meat companies about a 2018 decision to ban imports of their products into the EU because of public health reasons.
The
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