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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 09:00
The Food Standards Agency has released official statistics on food law enforcement by local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the year 2017/18. The new data show: Food hygiene...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 15:36
The Food Standards Agency has launched a consultation on the draft Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulation (Northern Ireland) 2019 which  will introduce...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 13:02
The European Commission has published a report and staff working document on official controls regarding compliance with feed and food law, animal health and welfare rules in Member States for the...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 09:11
The European Commission released the latest report on the use of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed which shows that a total of 3832 notifications of food or feed risks were reported to the...
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 14:16
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published an evaluation of its National Inspection Strategies’ (NIS) work and draft standards that local authorities and business partnerships will have to meet if...
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 11:28
The Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) is welcoming abstract submissions for the 1st GHI World Congress on Food Safety and Security which is taking place on 24-28 March 2019 in Leiden, The...
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 09:12
On 13 September 2018, the major UK retailers published their latest campylobacter testing results, which show that contamination in UK-produced chickens remain steady. The data from April to June...
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 15:42
On Thursday, 13 September 2018, European Parliament adopted a new resolution on antimicrobial resistance. In the non-binding resolution, adopted with 589 votes to 12 and 36 abstentions, MEPs stressed...
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 12:44
EFSA is inviting nominations for membership of its stakeholder discussion group on food chemical occurrence data. Networking with stakeholders, Member States, EU and international agencies is key to...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 09:08
The Food Standards Agency is seeking views on the proposed changes to the health and identification marks that must be applied to food products of animal origin to confirm they have been inspected...