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Campylobacteriosis overtakes Salmonellosis
15-Dec-2006 - Campylobacteriosis has overtaken salmonellosis as the most reported animal infection transmitted to humans in the EU, according to findings published yesterday.
Crop diseases still pose threat to food supply
15-Dec-2006 - The British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) is using the Christmas period to highlight the risks plant diseases create in the food chain.
Foster's plays down phylloxera fears
06-Dec-2006 - An attack by the feared phylloxera pest on vines owned by Australian drinks group, Foster's, is under control and not a cause for concern, the firm has said.
Codex debates new global hygiene standards
05-Dec-2006 - The Codex Alimentarius committee dealing with hygiene is meeting this week in the US, with member countries debating a number of international food safety standards that will apply worldwide.
Second Czech BSE case confirmed
01-Dec-2006 - Beef production in the Czech Republic took a blow this week, after a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was confirmed in a herd within the country - the second outbreak of its kind this year.
Regulators agree on co-ordinated risk assessment plan
01-Dec-2006 - The EU's national regulators yesterday agreed on a plan to co-ordinate food safety riskassessments across the bloc.
Food firms unaware of contamination risk
29-Nov-2006 - Many food and drink firms in the UK remain unaware of the need to insure themselves against accidental or malicious contamination of their products.
Cadbury's secret benzene recall
28-Nov-2006 - As the makers of Perrier water absorbed the full consumer backlash from recalling drinks containing benzene in the US, Cadbury Schweppes quietly pulled one of its own products for the same reason, new documents show.
Hershey's comes clean about contamination
24-Nov-2006 - Hershey's have named soy lecithen as the cause of the Salmonella scare that led to a plant closure and recall of 25 products.
Russian ban on EU meats 'unjustified', claims EC
24-Nov-2006 - The EC has called threats by Russia to ban all imports of EU meat products into the country as "unjustified", as processors and food producers in the bloc face the possibility of losing a major market for their products.
Soy lecithen blamed for Hershey's salmonella scare
24-Nov-2006 - Hershey's have named soy lecithen as the cause of the Salmonella scare that led to a plant closure and recall of 25 products.
FSA stands by Spanish Salmonella claims
20-Nov-2006 - The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has hit out against Spanish claims that the regulator's findings, published last week, were out of date, inaccurate and commercially driven.
Salmonella contamination found in 3% of egg imports
16-Nov-2006 - About one box of eggs out of every 30 imported into the UK tests positive for salmonella,according to figures released yesterday by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Sudan Red found in Chinese duck eggs
14-Nov-2006 - Duck eggs containing the carcinogenic dye Sudan Red IV have been pulled from shelves in Beijing, in the latest food scare to hit the city.
Company recalls meat due to breach of BSE safety rules
13-Nov-2006 - A Northern Ireland company is recalling thousands of cuts of meat sold in the UK, France, Italy and Spain after a breach of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) safety procedures allowed an untested cow into the food chain.
Business call for regulator to scrap recall guidance
08-Nov-2006 - The Forum on Private Business has called for a proposed UK guidance document on EU food law to be scrapped, criticising it for not further clarifying provisions of the bloc's regulations.
Processors pushed to reduce pesticide residues in foods
08-Nov-2006 - Processors need to put more pressure on growers to reduce pesticide levels in their cereal crops, according to a guidance document from the UK's food safety regulator.
Cleaning blamed for Jersey milk scare
07-Nov-2006 - Routine cleaning may have been to blame for the contamination of up to 2,000 packs of milk with excessive levels of bacteria in Jersey, the manufacturer has announced.
Tomatoes may have started US salmonella outbreak
03-Nov-2006 - US health officials investigating a salmonella outbreak that infected 171 people across 19 States believe fresh produce may have been the cause of the spread.
Jersey milk recall adds to dairy hygiene fears
01-Nov-2006 - Up to 2,000 packs of milk contaminated with excessive levels of bacteria have been recalled in Jersey, raising more questions about dairy hygiene practices in the EU.
UK survey detects Listeria in mixed raw veg salads
25-Oct-2006 - About 5 per cent of mixed raw vegetable salads in the UK are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a national survey that uncovered two products with levels above the EU's regulatory limit.
Bread consumption linked to cancer, study
24-Oct-2006 - Bread has become the latest food group hit by a health scare following the publication of a scientific study linking the consumption of bread to kidney cancer.
Allied Bakeries hit by more tampering incidents
17-Oct-2006 - Deliberate sabotage of a product is a plant manager's nightmare, one that Allied Bakeries ishaving again and again.
Proposals aim to beef up plant inspection system
11-Oct-2006 - The UK's food regulator wants to beef up its plant inspection system by focusing on problemprocessors.
UK dairy ban sparks EU food safety row
09-Oct-2006 - Rows and confusion have soured relations between food safety bodies from the UK and European Commission, after EU member states agreed to ban products from a UK dairy.
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