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Belgian review finds private standard benefits vary by sector

By Joe Whitworth on March 9, 2023

Private sector standards can help improve inspection results in some sectors but not all, according to an analysis published by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).

The Scientific Committee of…

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FSA considers rule change for meat during Muslim holiday

By Joe Whitworth on August 5, 2022

A Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation is looking at changing the rules around the sale of meat during a religious festival.

Qurbani is a religious practice that takes place during Eid al-Adha. Some Muslims prefer…

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An important step toward safer poultry

By Thomas Gremillion on March 21, 2022

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This past week, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it will begin publishing genetic data on the pathogens that federal inspectors find in poultry slaughterhouses. The policy is long…
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Dutch figures show hundreds of violations in slaughterhouses

By News Desk on December 9, 2021

Hundreds of warnings and fines are imposed every year for violations in large slaughterhouses, according to statistics published by the Dutch food agency.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) figures on inspections…
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DG Sante finds improved Polish meat controls but areas of concern remain

By Joe Whitworth on March 26, 2020

A follow-up audit in Poland of meat controls has found the situation has gotten better but there is still room for improvement.

The audit in March and April 2019 by DG Sante, the European Commission’s…
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Researchers turn to air sampling to detect Campylobacter in chicken flocks

By News Desk on March 10, 2020

A project led by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has developed a test method to improve the likelihood of identifying Campylobacter-positive chicken flocks.

Being able to identify Campylobacter-positive flocks before they arrive…
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Sobeval partially reopens after covert video investigation

By Joe Whitworth on March 6, 2020

French authorities have partially lifted suspension on a veal abattoir after an investigation into an undercover video from an animal welfare charity.

Sobeval, part of the Van Drie group, had slaughtering activities halted on Feb.
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Meat inspection petition with 216,000 signatures given to FSA

By Joe Whitworth on February 15, 2020

A union in the United Kingdom has submitted a petition on meat inspections, signed by more than 216,000 people, to the Food Standards Agency.

Steve Nash, a consumer advisor on E. coli O157, Unison national…
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Dutch meat firm fined for lack of cooperation in pork recall

By Joe Whitworth on January 25, 2020

A meat processing company in the Netherlands has been fined for not fully cooperating during a recall of pork possibly contaminated with Salmonella in 2018.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) imposed…
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Poland tries to tackle Salmonella in poultry problem

By Joe Whitworth on January 2, 2020

Poland is trying to tackle the high and increasing number of alerts linked to Salmonella in poultry products made in the country.

DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for policy on food safety and health,…
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