A food safety barometer in Belgium has found improvements in the country during the past decade.
The purpose is to measure food safety and enable evidence-based risk management and policy
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) by companies in Norway will likely be used for certain samples or in particular situations instead of all the time, according to a report.
The report
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plans to publish reports on cell-based food, precision fermentation, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) in 2024.
FAO and the China National Center for
Most people think of foodborne illness outbreaks as spanning a few days or weeks. But, with current technology, disease detectives can find patients of a single outbreak spread across several
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a guide for use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in food safety.
The guidance comes in three parts. The first explains the minimum
Singapore has relocated its national reference laboratory for food science and held a roundtable on novel food regulations.
The National Centre for Food Science (NCFS) is the scientific arm of
Most technical aspects related to sequencing have been solved but data sharing and trust remain key issues, according to experts in Europe.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and EU
According to a study, the Salmonella prevalence on tested foods on sale in the United Kingdom was low but highest for imported frozen chicken.
Researchers from the Quadram Institute and
TORONTO – Monitoring of related Listeria infections over multiple years has seen more than 80 cases and a dozen deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Michael Vasser,
Scientists have given a preview of a forthcoming publication on the use of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in food safety.
The World Health Organization (WHO) will launch a guide in
A Listeria outbreak that affected more than 50 people was the biggest fish-product-related incident in Germany, according to researchers.
The large listeriosis outbreak with 55 cases affected Germany, Austria, Denmark,
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is to organize a workshop later this year on the use of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for food safety management.
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