An Irish website selling a weight loss aid that may have been sold in the United States has been closed.
The website was marketing capsules containing 200 milligrams of 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) using an address that
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A European alert food system is nearing 500 reports because of the unauthorized substance ethylene oxide in products with sesame seeds.
Belgium made the first alert in early September 2020 in the Rapid Alert System
Continue Reading Contaminated sesame seed recalls continue in Europe
Three suggestions have been made to improve a food safety framework that sets out how things will work in the United Kingdom now that it has left the European Union.
The Common Framework Scrutiny Committee
Continue Reading Plans put forward on UK food safety framework post-Brexit
The European Commission is developing steps to be followed in times of a crisis based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The contingency plan is a set of procedures to be put in place
Continue Reading EU’s crisis plan gets feedback from food sector
Swiss authorities have published information about 80 food recalls from 2017 to 2019.
The number of public warnings for food increased sharply between 2018 and 2019 and the amount of food recalls also went up
Continue Reading Food recalls continue to rise in Switzerland
HACCP was the most popular training program in 2019 as part of an initiative for officials involved in verifying compliance with European rules.
A total of 13 five day training sessions were organized with 313
Continue Reading HACCP tops demand in EU training program
Members of a parliamentary committee have called for greater clarity about food safety after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
The House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee is looking at how the Food
Continue Reading Clarity urged for post Brexit food safety policies
Members of a parliamentary committee have written to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about the future of food safety rules in the United Kingdom after leaving the European Union.
The Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee asked
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More than 4,000 reports on food or feed risks were filed by member states to the European Commission this past year.
In 2019, 4,118 original notifications were transmitted through the Rapid Alert System for Food
Continue Reading RASFF notifications broke 4,000 barrier in 2019
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
Lithuanian authorities have seized more than 40 tons of imported poultry meat due to potential Salmonella contamination in the space of three months.
From June to August of this year, the State Food and Veterinary
Continue Reading Lithuanian officials seize poultry meat due to Salmonella
