The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 64 incidents in the final quarter of 2021, bringing the total for the year to nearly double that of 2020.
The food safety control system in Poland “leaves much to be desired,” according to the country’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK).
NIK analyzed nine of its inspections carried out in
The European Commission has tightened the rules around imports of Galia melons from Honduras because of a recent Salmonella outbreak.
Emergence of a risk to human health because of possible
Checks on peanuts from the United States are to be increased but controls on pistachios have been relaxed in Europe.
The European Commission has updated regulation on the temporary increase
The Romanian food safety agency has stepped up controls on poultry meat and eggs with a focus on Poland.
The National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) said the
Several European countries have called measures adopted to deal with ethylene oxide in a food additive “disproportionate.”
In July, it was agreed all products containing the additive locust bean gum
The number of food and feed risk notices reported by EU countries to the European Commission fell by more than 6 percent in 2020, according to an annual report.
In
The number of foodborne outbreaks and people sick declined for the second year in a row in Finland, according to a new report.
In total, 34 foodborne outbreaks were recorded
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
At least 12 people are sick in Italy with tuna being investigated as the source of their illnesses.
The foodborne outbreak is suspected to have been caused by thawed yellowfin
The European Commission has tightened checks on black pepper from Brazil because of Salmonella and peanuts from India because of aflatoxins.
These and other products entering the European Union from
Researchers have looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic affected food controls by European importing countries.
The work analyzes food safety notifications reported by EU countries in the first five months
