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US inspector blames government short-comings for deadly food poisoning outbreak
A US food safety inspector has said that a series of listeria-based food poisoning outbreaks, one of which has been blamed for eight deaths since...
Recall advice down under
The food safety authority down under - Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) - has launched the latest edition of the Food Industry Recall Protocol...
Soy sauce contamination reduced
A follow-up survey of soy sauce carried out by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has shown a significant improvement since the agency's previous survey...
EFSA budget - a step backwards for food safety?
Do you remember the following words from European Commissioner for health and consumer protection David Byrne? : "I am determined to ensure that the momentum...
GMO science network launched in EU
A further step marking the importance of the traceability of GMOs in Europe was made yesterday when the European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin inaugurated a...
Ban on Latvian dairy lifted
The Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service has removed the ban on the sale of curd and curd products by Latvian dairy company Rigas Piensaimnieks....
Chief appointed for EFSA
Recruitment is over for the executive director of the new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with the announcement yesterday that Geoffrey Podger has had the...
Ground-breaking GMO legislation cleared
European ministers have reached a political agreement on genetically modified foods and feed, paving the way towards some of the toughest legislation on GMOs in...
US company recalls imported cheese
The discovery of potentially dangerous bacteria by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in the US has led a New Jersey company to voluntarily recall a...
Canada extends food irradiation use
Europe may remain reticent over the use of irradiation by food manufacturers but other countries across the world are making steps towards increasing the use...
'Misinformation' damaging for the irradiation industry
Countering negative, misinformation campaigns with repetitive messages focusing on the positive is one way to improve consumers' willingness to buy irradiated foods which benefit their...
CAP: food industry reacts
The European food and drink industry this week gave a vote of confidence to the radical revamp of the 41 year old Common Agricultural Policy...
US country of origin labels could cost the industry €2 billion
New labelling laws to be introduced in the US could cause the industry added costs amounting to some €2 billion, the US Agricultural Department has...
Food safety testing gets smart
In recent months FoodProductionDaily.com has included several articles covering the intriguing development work of Swedish company Biacore in the area of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)...
Surebeam fights back
Surebeam, the leading US food irradiation provider, has lambasted allegations made by Public Citizen that its directors have received excessive pay-outs. In a news in...
Wal-Mart opposes US state law on food safety
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local has called for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to let the Food Employees Certification Act of 1994, a voluntary...
IBCI enters second round of testing for microbial agents
International BioChemical Industries has said that it has moved into the second round of testing in a cooperative effort with a global food and beverage...
Controlling permeability the best way to stop wine taint
Two independent wine industry research studies, one in the US and the other in the UK, have concluded that controlled permeability in closures can improve...
Codex discusses fats and oils
In light of the 18th session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils to be held in London, UK on 3-7 February 2003, the...
Food safety guidance
The legal issues encountered during local authority food safety investigations are tackled in a new publication, 'Food SafetyEnforcement' compiled by a group of barristers. Launched...
EU reviews herbal legislation
The European Parliament is to hear a report this week on a Commission proposal to set up a special procedure for registering and marketing traditional...
FDF sets out UK guidelines for European food safety
FDF director general, Sylvia Jay, has set out the UK industry's position on food safety and hygiene in the European context. Delivering the Society of...
European milk: the future
A consortium of European experts, at the request of the European Commission, has issued a report that analyses the impact of future options for the...
GM labelling vote: an update
We reported yesterday that voters in the US state of Oregon had voiced a resounding 'no' to Measure 27, an initiative that would have required...
Russian dairy factory manager sacked over mass food poisoning
Last week's food poisoning outbreak in the small town of Kropotkin, in the Krasnodar territory of eastern Russia has led to the sacking of a...
