Page 12 of articles about food safety

The government will spend more on completing a monitoring network and efficient plans for food safety emergencies while continuing to build local regulatory agencies.

MAFRA announced that there would be a traceability of pork throughout the entire process from breeding to butchering, packaging and sales as of December 28th.   

Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said MEPs on Wednesday.

Chinese police have busted 11 groups suspected of selling pork from pigs died of diseases in a crackdown on food safety crimes, arresting more than 110 suspects.

This is the first time this species of Trichinella is detected in Spain.

The Belgian Food Chain Safety Agency (AFSCA) has reported that the presence of Trichinella spiralis in wild boar meat is being studied.

The Public-Private Food Exporters' Board's aim is to promote and expand the presence of Chile in the world as an exporter of safe foods.

The Ministry of Agriculture has trained a critical mass of technicians that from now on will be able to perform food risk analyses on plant and animal foods.

The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry noted that domestic companies should use the methods developed by the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia.

The OJEU has published Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1114/2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat.

The Economic Research Service (ERS) of the USDA has announced new data about the estimated costs of the main foodborne illnesses cases recorded in US in 2013.

The overarching goal of the common audit process is to provide consumers greater assurance of the care taken by farmers and pork processors to improve animal well-being and food safety.

The regulation will be binding when the Economic Integration Council of Ministers sanctions it.

FDA releases updated proposals to improve food safety and help prevent foodborne illness in response to public comments.

The EFFORT consortium is made up of 20 partners from 10 different European countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.

The maintenance of the cold chain is one of the main principles and basic requirements of the EU legislation on food hygiene.