Two agencies in the United Kingdom have raised concerns about local authority resources and the number of samples being taken for food safety testing.
Findings come from a report by
The number of incidents handled by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has remained stable but the authority has warned investigations are getting more complex.
The FSA was notified of 1,
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has withdrawn a health warning relating to Haribo sweets.
At the end of May, NVWA published a warning because of the
An audit of laboratories in the United Kingdom has revealed a number of potential issues ranging from staff retention to a lack of shelf-life and virus testing knowledge.
The UK
The FDA is giving consumers one month to comment on a proposed method for ranking chemicals in food.
The new method would involve a systematic and science-based approach to determine
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has highlighted an urgent need for effective food safety measures to be implemented across the region.
As well as the health impact, foodborne diseases
The number of fraud and other non-compliance cases reported in April was similar to the month before but much lower than the same period in 2024.
Reports in Europe reached
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has unveiled a refreshed food safety approach.
UNIDO launched its Food Safety Approach 2.0 at the Vienna Food Safety Forum earlier this
Singapore saw foodborne illness rates and recalls slightly increase in 2024 compared to the year before.
Data comes from the Singapore Food Statistics 2024 report published recently by the Singapore
The Department of Health and Human Services is requesting $72 million for food safety efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in fiscal year 2026.
The request is
Movement is underway to establish a center for food authenticity testing in the Caribbean.
The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) is leading development of a concept note
Federal authorities have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling Fusarium graminearum — a fungus that threatens crops and food safety — into the United States, raising concerns about risks to the food
