The report describes the outcome of an audit carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in New Zealand from 6 to 19 May 2011. The objective of the audit was to evaluate the capacity of the New Zealand authorities to implement and to enforce the sanitary measures and…
A report published by the Department of Health and Human Sciences has found inadequacies in the FDA’s oversight of inspections of state food facilities. The review was requested by the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies following the 2009 salmonella…
If you want your children to eat more vegetables then reward them with little stickers. That is the findings of Remington et al. published ahead of print on the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) website last week.
Luis A. Tortajada-Genaro and colleagues from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and the Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain, have developed a DNA microarray allergen detection method using DVDs. The technique immobilises probes that will detect the gene sequences of allergens on the surface of the DVDs and the…
Parents beware! Some popular cereal brands aimed at children contain as much sugar as servings of cakes and cookies. That’s the warning from a report published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit and advocacy organisation based in the US.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) published the statistical data available for the deadly US cantaloupe listeria outbreak. The good thing is: the outbreak can be considered to be over. The number of deaths would have been higher had it not been for an effective, coordinated response by the…
The objective of the audit was to evaluate the actions taken by the Irish competent authorities in order to control Salmonella, in particular concerning the implementation of the Salmonella National Control Programmes for various poultry populations.
The objective of the audit was to evaluate the actions taken by the Cypriot competent authorities in order to control Salmonella, in particular concerning the implementation of the Salmonella National Control Programmes for various poultry populations.
American consumers increasingly rely of goods manufactured in foreign countries: in Fiscal Year 2011, roughly 24 million shipments of FDA-regulated products were imported into the US. Regulating that large volume of varied shipments is a complicated and unending task, and one of great importance in the realm of consumer protection….
The report describes the outcome of a Food and Veterinary office (FVO) audit in Denmark which took place from 8 to 18 March 2011. The objective of the audit was to evaluate the official controls on food safety and process hygiene criteria.


