Page 13 of articles about food safety

The study examined 96 food samples (beef, pork, lamb, apple juice, tomatoes and honey) claimed to be from the UK, or from the Republic of Ireland.

A "Top Ten" list identifying the food-borne parasites of greatest global concern has been released by FAO, and new guidelines are being developed to control them.

A revision to China's Food Safety Law had its first reading on Monday and pledges tough sanctions for offenders, promising the strictest food safety supervision system.

Pork and pork products must be derived from lots of hogs that have negative test results for ractopamine.

Of the 3 205 original notifications transmitted in RASFF in 2013, the vast majority (2 710, 84.6%) concerned food, 272 concerned feed (8.5%) and 223 notifications concerned food contact materials (6.9%).

The abattoir has a slaughtering capacity of 3,800 cattle heads and 5,600 pigs per month.

The Ministry of Agriculture has created the Hazards Analysis Division.

The new regulation (400/2014) establishes the coordinated multiannual Community programme for 2015, 2016, and 2017 aimed to ensure the compliance with the maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on foods of plant and animal origin. Regulation (EU) No 788/2012, should be repealed in the interest of legal certainty. It should, however, continue to apply to samples taken in 2013 and 2014.

The Ministry of Agriculture will work together with the abattoirs to reduce the cost of the public control in the next four years.

By the end of March, the Chinese authorities gave the green light to the imports of Italian cooked meats.

Producers of pigmeat may apply for the aid in respect of animals slaughtered from 26 February 2014 until 25 May 2014.

Bacteria most frequently causing food-borne infections, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, show significant resistance to common antimicrobials.

The new voted Decision reduces the areas under severe restrictions and also modifies the restrictions put on the pig meat trade.

The cooperation will be carried out in the areas of agriculture and livestock health, food harmlessness, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, institutional modernization, and emerging issues and emergencies related to the subject.

EFSA also concluded that palpation or incisions used in current post-mortem inspection should be omitted in pigs subjected to routine slaughter.