In France, 21 people have been sickened and two have died in a listeriosis outbreak linked to pasteurized milk cheeses produced by the Chavegrand company. Additionally, one person in Belgium has been infected with the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes.
FAO’s new Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (RVDF) Tool is designed to help national authorities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by improving their monitoring and risk management of veterinary drug residues in food products.
The new LOMA Online Training Academy provides UK businesses with a smart and sustainable way to train their teams. Operator, supervisor, and quality assurance courses are designed to help manufacturers meet stringent food safety standards and obtain certification required for audits.
There are many trends and happenings in food safety that will greatly affect the future of our markets. This article takes a look at the ones we are watching and the impact we think they will have.
First established in 2022 with the goal of making scientific advances to improve food safety, the Quadram Institute has received an award of £650,000 to continue the work of the Food Safety Research Network (FSRN) for a three-year second phase.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is offering a training course, titled, “Navigating the FDA Food Code: A Course for Industry Professionals” on September 9–11, 2025.
The UK Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit (FSA’s NFCU) have arrested four people involved in the distribution and sale of mixed rice in counterfeit “premium basmati” packaging.
This episode of Food Safety Five discusses a new study that leverages a novel quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) model that suggests that half of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses linked to romaine lettuce are caused by contamination via untreated overhead irrigation water.
Beginning September 1, the “Failure to Prevent Food Fraud” corporate offence under the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act will make it so that large businesses can be held criminally accountable for acts of food fraud committed by an individual within the organization.