Salmonella umbilo Outbreak - UK distribution
There is a current and ongoing outbreak of Salmonella umbilo reported both in RASFF notifications as positive tests and as public health issues . As of late Sep...
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FPC Technical Meeting 13th August Presentation and Minutes
13 August 2024
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FPC Technical Group Presentation and Minutes - 14th May 2024
16 May 2024
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EU Salmonella Strathcona Outbreak
The European Commission has issued a mandate sent to EFSA and ECDE for a rapid outbreak assessment regarding multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona inf...
FSA publishes its fourth Retail Surveillance Survey
The FSA Retail Surveillance Sampling programme is targeted at areas of known or potential food safety risk. The survey took place from July 2023 to January 2024...
New form of food hygiene regulation for Retailers and Large Food Businesses?
The FSA Board has considered proposals from the FSA Executive for a phased approach towards a new form of food hygiene regulation for large, national businesses...
2022 STEC Outbreak paper published - Eurosurveillance
In September 2022, a large outbreak of STEC O157:H7 was identified in the United Kingdom (UK). A national-level investigation was undertaken to identify the sou...
Food Crime Strategic Assessment 2024 published
It is four years since the food crime units within the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland published the 2020 Food Crime Strategic Assessment, out...
Guidelines for assessing the microbiological safety of ready-to-eat foods placed on the market - UKHSA Updated Guidance 2024
These revised guidelines were completed in 2024. Since the previous edition in 2009, the UK has left the EU and this has resulted in transfer of legal responsib...
Labelling requirements for certain products moving from GB to retail premises in NI under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme
On 9th June 2023, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published guidance on labelling requirements for certain products moving from Great Bri...
EFSA GMO Panel comment on New Genomic Techniques
EFSA was asked by the European Parliament to provide a scientific opinion on the analysis by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health &...