The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports looking at controls of fishery products in Spain and Saudi Arabia.
An audit in Spain in February and
Singapore is making progress on a revised grading system for assessing the food safety performance of establishments.
The Safety Assurance for Food Establishments (SAFE) framework will consider an establishment’s
The risk of Salmonella Enteritidis from eggs in New Zealand remains low despite an outbreak, according to the country’s food safety agency.
The original risk profile for Salmonella in
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is seeking comments on guidance covering Mechanically Separated Meat (MSM).
New guidance was developed for food businesses following a series of court judgments on the
Fruit and vegetables were the top product category discussed by European countries about fraud suspicions in January.
Data comes from the first of monthly reports on potential, but not confirmed,
Argentina recorded almost 50 hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases in the first six weeks of 2024.
HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure.
According to a report, the number of European Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) notifications went up in 2023.
Overall, 1,993 SPS notifications were submitted by World Trade Organization (WTO) members.
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Researchers in Germany have provided an initial evaluation into the microbial quality of plant-based “meat.”
The microbiological status of 10 raw plant-based ground meat products was assessed. Items produced by
Updated data in Europe shows resistance to commonly used antimicrobials was frequent in Salmonella and Campylobacter isolates from humans.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease
A European court has backed a decision by Greek authorities not to approve a product designed to prevent Listeria in certain products.
The case involves Listex P100, a product from
Scientists have suggested making Streptococcus suis infections reportable in Europe to improve surveillance, given the severity of the disease.
Researchers surveyed seven reference laboratories and reviewed the scientific literature to
