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FSA advice to caterers on the safe handling of eggs
26 August 2014 | By Food Standards Agency
The FSA is reminding caterers of its advice on the safe handling of eggs...
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USDA announces additional food safety requirements, new inspection system for poultry products
6 August 2014 | By The U.S. Department of Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a critical step forward in making chicken and turkey products safer for Americans to eat...
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Infographic: Vector-borne diseases
30 July 2014 | By The European Food Safety Authority
What are vector-borne diseases? What does EFSA do in this field? EFSA’s latest infographic answers these questions and others...
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EFSA assesses the risk from Salmonella and norovirus in
19 June 2014 | By The European Food Safety Authority
Rainfall, the use of contaminated water for irrigation or for applying pesticides, and contaminated equipment are among the factors that cause contamination of berries with Salmonella and norovirus...
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Campylobacter decreases slightly, Salmonella down, Listeria up
21 February 2014 | By The European Food Safety Authority
Human cases of campylobacteriosis decreased slightly in 2012 for the first time in five years, but campylobacteriosis remains the most commonly reported zoonotic disease and it is premature to suggest that this is the beginning of a downward trend...
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Several cases of illness in Scotland possibly linked to burgers
31 January 2014 | By Food Standards Agency
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has issued a statement about an outbreak of E.coli O157 in Scotland...
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Horse DNA detected in meat pie from Latvia
19 July 2013 | By FSA
The FSA has been informed that a frozen meat pie product that was found to contain horse DNA has been withdrawn from sale...
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Horse meat: final report on FSA response
5 July 2013 | By FSA
Professor Pat Troop has completed her independent review of the FSA’s response to the adulteration of processed beef products...
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More results of beef product testing published
13 June 2013 | By Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is confirming it has received a further 19,050 industry results from testing beef products for horse DNA...
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Horse meat review – key findings
4 June 2013 | By FSA
At Food Standards Agency open Board meeting, Professor Pat Troop presented the key findings...
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Hepatitis A: EFSA and ECDC publish a joint rapid outbreak assessment
29 May 2013 | By EFSA
EFSA is working closely with ECDC to help identify the origin of the recent outbreak of Hepatitis A virus infection...
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Horsemeat scandal – Food scientists call for control measures
9 May 2013 | By Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)
IFST’s Consultancy group responds with its position on how to approach this issue of food fraud and authenticity...
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The growing global epidemic of food fraud
Recent news headlines regarding the evidence of horsemeat in beef products has drawn worldwide attention to the growing problem of food fraud.
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Can we prevent another horsemeat scandal?
26 April 2013 | By Helen Bahia
Food fraud on an international scale is a reality – current preventive measures are not working and new techniques and tools are needed to address the problem, say experts. The recent revelation of large-scale and criminal food fraud involving the adulteration of processed meat products with horsemeat has cost the…
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Results of Europe-wide beef product survey published
16 April 2013 | By FDA
In February the EC asked all member states to carry out a survey of beef products to check for the presence of horse DNA...
