A project has started to strengthen official food safety control and risk communication systems in five countries of Europe and Central Asia.
The effort, funded by Turkey, includes Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan
Continue Reading FAO involved in projects to strengthen food safety
More than half of consumers agree that food is safe in Europe but there is wide variation from country to country, according to a survey.
The EIT Food Trust Report surveyed consumers in different European
Continue Reading Majority in EU agree food products are safe, but many still concerned
A quarter of home cooks are nervous about cooking the Christmas meal, according to research by “safefood.”
The online poll of more than 300 adults across Northern Ireland in late November also found that one
Continue Reading Northern Irish home cooks nervous ahead of Christmas meal
This week, many will enjoy a delicious meal on Thanksgiving Day with family and friends — either in person or virtually. Taking the necessary steps toward safe food handling and sanitation will help protect
Continue Reading USDA shares easy at-home advice for Thanksgiving food safety
A review has highlighted issues at a Turkish factory that supplied food aid implicated in a deadly outbreak in Uganda that sickened hundreds this past year.
Problems in the processing plant involved poor quality raw
Continue Reading Problems found at Turkish Super Cereal food aid supplier
Scientists have shone a light on the cause of multiple serious and fatal food poisoning incidents in Uganda in 2019. They found all three outbreaks were caused by a single batch of a type of
Continue Reading Researchers show Ugandan outbreaks caused by single batch of food aid
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
Researchers have looked at the presence of certain foodborne pathogens in seafood collected in Turkey.
The study examined levels of coliform bacteria, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio vulnificus, and Vibrio cholerae in 700 samples of
Continue Reading Study finds E. coli, Listeria and Vibrio in seafood
You can show consumers a food safety video, and give them food safety tools, but you can’t make them use food thermometers all of the time.
Study results just published by the USDA’s Food Safety
Continue Reading Researchers report impact of safety video on use of food thermometers
A type of lectin in red kidney beans was behind an outbreak in Denmark earlier this year.
Poisoning left 45 people sick, including 24 on one day, in late April. It was limited to a
Continue Reading Red kidney beans linked to poisoning cases in Denmark
The number of overseas outbreaks involving people returning to Scotland halved in 2019 compared with the year before, according to a new report.
In 2019, there were 36 potential outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in
Continue Reading Scotland records large decline in outbreaks from overseas
