Latest News Rice is yet another example of food fraud An interesting article in New Food Magazine describes the results of a collaborative project between Queens University (Belfast), Mars Global Food Safety Center and Agilent Technologies on detection of fraud in the rice production sector.Soaring prices for rice during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to fraud in …
Publication Highlights Adulteration of bee pollen, Royal jelly and propolis Bee products other than honey are prized for their health-care and medicinal benefits, but their high value and being in short supply means they are subject to deliberate adulteration. A recent article in Food Additives & Contaminants by Ziying Wang and co-workers provides new insights into this …
RASFF RASFF notifications on pathogenic microorganisms In the first two months of 2021 there were 102 RASFF notifications of the presence of pathogenic micro-organisms. All but five of these notifications related to detection of Salmonella to a large extent in poultry meat from various sources but also in turkey, sausages, eggs, seafood, cheeses as well …
EFSA News EFSA news on food poisoning in the EU On February 21st 2021 EFSA published a report on Campylobacter and Salmonella cases in EU. Human cases of illness caused by Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria across Europe appears to be stabilising over the past 5 years. In 2019 Campylobacteriosis affected more than 220,000 people whilst Salmonellosis affected …
