A new agency has been created in Singapore to oversee food safety beginning in April next year.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR). It will bring together food-related functions currently handled by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), the National Environment Agency …
The European Commission has called for feedback on the draft of a regulation concerning Salmonella testing and sampling in poultry.
Comments on the draft act can be made until Aug. 16. To read the draft and file comments, please click here to visit the official website.
The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed …
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reiterated advice to boil imported frozen berries before eating following multiple alerts across Europe for Hepatitis A and norovirus.
The agency recommends boiling them for one minute prior to consumption, which will destroy viruses if they are present.
FSAI said there remains an ongoing risk in the …
The government in Catalonia has decided to allow the direct sale of raw cow’s milk from producers to consumers.
The regulation sets production, sanitary, transport, labelling, handling and packaging requirements that must be met when selling unpasteurized milk. Authorities from the region in Spain said it applies to livestock farms in Catalonia that directly sell …
European officials have linked ready-to-eat products containing cucumbers to a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened 147 people.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said five countries are affected: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Behind the UK, which has 129 of the…
Researchers found Listeria monocytogenes in half of the Northern Irish food businesses involved in a study to monitor the pathogen in food and environments. More than seven in 10 of the isolates discovered carry a gene that gives them resistance to commonly used sanitizers.
Positive samples came from 12 of the 24 participants, said Safefood
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The Campbell Co. of Canada is recalling Pepperidge Farm brand Goldfish crackers because of possible Salmonella contamination. Canadian officials did not report the source of the potential contamination, but a U.S. Goldfish recall says a whey powder ingredient is to blame.
In Canada, one flavor of Goldfish crackers are subject to recall — Goldfish Flavour…
Brazil has again raised the issue of the European Union’s restrictions on poultry products during a World Trade Organization meeting. The South American country also questioned restrictions imposed by Panama and Russia.
Restrictions affect Brazilian exporters of meat from domestic hooved animals, poultry and rabbits, as well as minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated
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Some academics have argued an “additional, unnecessary risk” is being created by the Food Standards Agency’s decision to continue major reform of UK food safety regulation during the Brexit negotiations.
One part of the briefing paper looks at the significance of the Regulating Our Future reforms.
The reform program is intended to modify how food…
Mondelēz Canada is recalling two flavors of Christie brand Ritz Bits Sandwiches because of possible Salmonella contamination. The company distributed the implicated snack products nationwide in Canada.
Food safety officials are urging consumers…
