The overall risk to food safety has not increased as a result of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The authority officials
Ireland recorded a notable increase in food and allergen alerts in 2020 compared to the year before.
There were 167 alerts this past year, compared to 107 in 2019. Of
The number of food recalls in Finland increased for the fifth year in a row in 2020.
According to data collected by the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto), food was withdrawn
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,
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
