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Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 15:46
Alisdair Wotherspoon FIFST and Rachel Ward, IFST’s Scientific Policy Director, explain the objectives of EFSA’s new report on food safety research needs and encourage IFST members to...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 - 10:05
The Food Safety Authority (FSAI) has published the results of the national attitudinal research which shows from a food regulatory perspective that food allergens and ingredients labelling is the...
Monday, July 29, 2019 - 09:25
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the Wales findings for wave five of the Food and You survey. Key findings include: The most common food groups that most people reported having an...
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 09:40
Digital technologies are being developed to improve risk management and support food security across the growing complexity of our food supply system. This global complexity and the future...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 15:34
EFSA has identified research priorities for food safety for the next 5 to 10 years. Authors of an editorial published in the EFSA Journal looked at how research can stimulate innovation and how...
Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 09:21
EFSA has released the latest edition of the annual EU report on pesticides in food.  The Authority analysed the results of around 88,000 samples collected from the 28 EU Member States plus...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 13:37
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is leading the investigation into the food supply chain to identify the source of the listeria strain linked to the recent hospital cases with the support of Food...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 09:47
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced that the government will introduce a new law requiring food businesses to include full ingredients labelling on pre-packaged foods. Under current laws...
Monday, June 24, 2019 - 09:35
Our colleagues at EFFoST are hosting the 33 EFFoST International Conference from 12 to 14 November 2019 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Sustainable Food Systems –...
Monday, June 24, 2019 - 09:20
South African Association for Food Science & Technology (SAAFoST) is hosting the 23rd Biennial International Congress & Exhibition from 1 to 4 September 2019. The event will feature...