campylobacter

More action on campylobacter needed, say consumers

Consumers want the food industry to continue action to tackle campylobacter on chickens, according to new research by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Food safety, Regulatory

Packaging to eliminate bacteria

Flexible packaging with built-in antimicrobial technology to reduce bacteria growth on the outer packaging of fresh poultry has been developed by Parkside.

Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory

Chicken inspection

Loma Systems has supplied two X5 Spacesaver x-ray machines to Crown Chicken’s processing plant in Norfolk, UK.

Food safety, Packaging

Campylobacter Q3 results published

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the latest results from its survey of campylobacter on fresh shop bought chickens.

Food safety, Regulatory

FSA suspends campylobacter testing

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published an update on its one-year campylobacter retail survey and announced its intention to suspend sampling.

Food safety, Regulatory

Experts gather to tackle foodborne viruses

More than 130 experts on viruses in the food chain gathered at the first International Workshop on Foodborne Viruses at the Royal Society of Science in London.

Food safety, Regulatory

Campylobacter reduction progress continues

The latest results from a survey of campylobacter on fresh, shop bought chickens have been published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Food safety, Regulatory

Campylobacter shows signs of progress

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the first set of results from its second year survey of campylobacter on fresh shop bought chickens.

Food safety, Regulatory

Chicken struggles in UK poultry market

The UK poultry market is being threatened by recent revelations regarding the prevalence of campylobacter in supermarket chicken, according to a report by Key Note.

Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory

Technology reduces meat bacteria by 97%

Dax Airscience whole room disinfection technology Airsteril is working with a large UK beef supplier to further reduce already acceptable bacteria levels on beef carcasses.

Food safety, Ingredients

FSA campylobacter report 2015

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) publishes its final report of its year long survey of campylobacter levels on UK fresh shop bought chickens.

Food safety, Regulatory

This time last week we were looking ahead to the publication of the full set of results from the FSA’s retail survey on levels of campylobacter on chicken. The 12-month survey, running from February 2014 to February 2015, looked at the prevalence and levels of campylobacter contamination on fresh whole chilled chickens and their packaging. […]

Food safety