Page 14 of articles about food safety

The new regulation (400/2014) establishes the coordinated multiannual Community programme for 2015, 2016, and 2017 aimed to ensure the compliance with the maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on foods of plant and animal origin. Regulation (EU) No 788/2012, should be repealed in the interest of legal certainty. It should, however, continue to apply to samples taken in 2013 and 2014.

The Ministry of Agriculture will work together with the abattoirs to reduce the cost of the public control in the next four years.

By the end of March, the Chinese authorities gave the green light to the imports of Italian cooked meats.

Producers of pigmeat may apply for the aid in respect of animals slaughtered from 26 February 2014 until 25 May 2014.

Bacteria most frequently causing food-borne infections, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, show significant resistance to common antimicrobials.

The new voted Decision reduces the areas under severe restrictions and also modifies the restrictions put on the pig meat trade.

The cooperation will be carried out in the areas of agriculture and livestock health, food harmlessness, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, institutional modernization, and emerging issues and emergencies related to the subject.

EFSA also concluded that palpation or incisions used in current post-mortem inspection should be omitted in pigs subjected to routine slaughter.

The proposed regulatory amendments will enable the issuance of monetary penalties for violation of these laws.

450 million pesos will be directed towards the subprogramme for the support of the slaughterings of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs.

It was agreed to work together regarding the preservation of animal health, the promotion of the competitiveness of the sector for its development by means of the quality...

The National Institute of Consumption and the Food Safety Agency have been combined into the Spanish Agency of Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN).

The focus of a new German-Icelandic twinning programme supported by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is to strengthen food safety in Iceland.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the availability of a compliance guideline for official establishments to control and reduce the spread of Salmonella in hog slaughter facilities.

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a Commission's amendment to annex I to regulation 854/2004 as regards the specific requirements for post-mortem inspection of domestic swine.

The Never Fed Beta Agonists Program provides confirmation to customers that require verification of a marketing claim that beef and pork meat is derived from animals that were never fed beta agonists and is free of beta agonist residues.