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Recalls of chicken and other poultry meats are at their highest level since 2002 according to a report from Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS, just as it was revealed that chicken has overtaken red meat as the most popular meat in Britain¹.
Two new guidance documents – on the weight-of-evidence approach and biological relevance assessment – will help to further harmonise methodologies across the areas in which EFSA works.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently published a paper outlining progress with the “Regulating our Future” programme*. Institute of Food Science & Technology, the independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe, recognises the paper reflects the FSA’s current evolution in the thinking, rather than a finished design of the…
The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned about the impact of use of antibiotics on the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
EU Member States representatives voted in favour of European Commission's proposal to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food.
In a joint letter, signatories from 26 representative bodies from across the UK food and drink supply chain have agreed 10 key priorities for the negotiations with the EU to protect the UK’s food security and our world leading food and farming sector.
If the UK doesn't secure a trade deal with the EU then imported food will become 22% more expensive, according to a recent report.
On 1 January 2018, Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 on novel foods and novel food ingredients will cease to apply, and Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283 on novel foods will take its place. Although the incoming Regulation 2015/2283 has the same ‘cut off’ date of 15 May 1997 for defining a novel…
EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after re-evaluating their safety.
The NFU Mutual Food Hygiene Ratings Report, published today, reveals that 44% of people would turn away from even their favourite places to eat and try somewhere else instead, if a food hygiene rating of less than four out of five was on display.
It is vitally important that the UK dairy industry is recognised and prioritised during Brexit negotiations, Dr David Dobbin, chairman of Dairy UK, asserts.
Responding to the Queen’s Speech, FDF Director General Ian Wright CBE said:
The International Stevia Council offer an insight into how stevia might present a natural solution to the sugar intake problem and the role of food labelling in this.
In this in-depth focus: Huub Lelieveld discusses improving and harmonising food safety regulations; Validating food safety: the process control measures for making safe food; and an essential guide to food safety challenges in the 21st Century...
Luca Bucchini, Managing Director at Hylobates Consulting Srl, goes into detail regarding the regulation on botanicals in the EU following the 'REFIT process.'
