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12 January 2016 | By Victoria White
This month marks three years since news of the UK’s horsemeat scandal first broke. Dr Mike Bromley reflects on the lessons learned by the industry and what the future holds in the battle against food fraud...
6 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Between 9 and 16 July 2015, a high proportion of samples of raw shellfish, 40 out of 67 samples, taken from beds along the South West and South coast generated exceptionally high E.coli results...
23 December 2015 | By Victoria White
In a recent study prompted by an increased number of outbreaks in the US of foodborne diseases linked to dry foods, pathogens, like salmonella, were found to survive for at least six months in biscuits, cookies and crackers...
24 November 2015 | By Victoria White
A group of researchers from the Institute of Milk Hygiene at the Vetmeduni Vienna have analysed raw milk cheese ordered online to find out if the products adhere to hygienic rules...
12 October 2015 | By Bioconnections
Applicable to clinical, veterinary, environmental and foodstuff specimens or samples the following methodology provides for sensitive and specific isolation, identification and confirmation of your Salmonella isolates...
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The company issued the recall following an isolated incident which resulted in wheat flour being inadvertently introduced into the gluten free oat flour system at its Lodi facility...
24 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The AOAC-RI has approved a method extension for the DuPont BAX System real-time PCR assay for Salmonella to include enrichment protocols using Actero Salmonella Enrichment Media from FoodChek Systems...
22 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Stewart Parnell, a former executive of the Peanut Corporation of America, was given the longest sentence ever handed out in the US for a food poisoning outbreak...
21 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Asda has recalled its "Asda Chosen By You Pickled Crinkle Cut Beetroot (710g)" as there may be a potential risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination...
7 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The recall applies to 200g packs of Saver Cooked Ham with a ‘Use By’ date of 11 September 2015. The Company has said that no other products or date codes are affected...
1 September 2015 | By Food Standards Agency
Three major supermarkets, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Iceland, have recalled their double cream due to low levels of Listeria monocytogenes being found in a limited number of pots...
17 August 2015 | By Victoria White
DEFRA has announced that restrictions have been lifted following an incident of avian flu on a Lancashire farm last month...
20 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Fears are growing that without timely intervention to stem outbreaks of the avian flu virus H5N1 across West Africa, further spread is inevitable...
15 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Following the voluntary withdrawal from sale of McVitie’s Toasting Waffles, United Biscuits have confirmed that they have started to resupply the product...
8 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Quorn has recalled two batches of its Chef's Selection Meat Free Beef Steaks because the wrong product, containing allergens, has been packaged...
