Talking turkey on HACCP
What does the Turkish dairy industry have in common with the FSA? More than you might think…A new law in Turkey means that the dairy industry has recently implemented HACCP-based food safety management...
View ArticleLet's make a risk-based resolution
'What a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of any hypothesis'.Mary Wollstonecraft I came across this quotation in my Christmas reading and it seems as apt now as it was in the 1790s. It...
View ArticleIt’s a free-for-all
I was extremely pleased to see the Government recommending that all research funded by Research Councils UK be posted on a new open-access website, freely available to anyone and everyone. The...
View ArticleRecipes for disaster
How do you feel about the idea of going home this evening and cooking a lovely seared chicken breast – lightly cooked so it’s pink and bloody in the middle? Not tempted? I should hope not! We know a...
View ArticleBrazilian football legend is victim of food poisoning
I woke up this morning to hear that one of my great footballing heroes, Socrates, has died aged just 57 years. Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, to give him his full name, was...
View ArticlePregnancy health risk from coffee shop caffeine?
Caffeine is certainly sending our pulses racing this week – or at least those of the headline writers. More seriously, some Glasgow University researchers have found that pregnant women could...
View ArticleWhen it comes to norovirus we're not shucking our responsibilities
I was on BBC Breakfast earlier this week discussing the findings of our research into norovirus in oysters. And although it may sound alarming that 76% of the oysters tested contained norovirus (and...
View ArticleIs a problem shared a problem halved?
I’m not sure whether to be reassured or despondent at the results of the Republic of Ireland's latest campylobacter in chicken survey. The results show 84% of shop bought chicken is contaminated with...
View ArticleCall for clearer allergy labelling
There is a lot of ongoing discussion in the British Medical Journal following an article calling for a standardised approach to allergy labelling. The article raises concerns that misunderstandings...
View ArticleCould your fridge kill you?
The perils of not taking enough care of how we use our domestic fridges were highlighted in an article in today’s Daily Mail. Although the headline may be rather extreme, in the article Professor Tom...
View ArticleWhat's green, furry and horrible?
“Today I’m a few spots on your Cheddar, but tomorrow your whole kitchen will be full of fur. You will only escape by burning the house down”. What is it Phil Daoust was describing, with Halloween-esque...
View ArticleScience is key to building trust, but it's not an absolute
Last week, I was fortunate to be asked to speak at the European Food Safety Authority about independence and scientific decision-making – and how we’ve used this to build trust in food safety in the...
View ArticleNo room for a slip up in science
The idea of using bananas as a measure of radiation is all a bit much to get my head around on a Monday afternoon, but this BBC article makes for an interesting if not mind-boggling read. Did you know...
View ArticleThink you know how to wash your hands?
A new study publicised today shows that it’s not only our hands that are dirtier than they should be, but also the everyday things we touch and use regularly, like our mobile phones.We’re talking...
View ArticleCome and join the debate
We love a good robust debate here at the FSA and few subjects bring out the ‘robustness’ of people’s views like a discussion on GM crops. So to ensure that a range of views get an airing our latest...
View ArticleGene foods
I can assure you that my interest in a new ‘dietary treatment that promises to shrink wrinkles from inside’ is purely professional. Called ‘gene foods’, the supplements developed at Unilever use...
View ArticleDemanding evidence
The launch of the new Ask for Evidence campaign from Sense about Science is timely given the subject of Terrence’s blog yesterday.Ask for Evidence aims to get more people challenging those who make...
View ArticleBalancing the risks
Judging by its press release it seems we’ve upset the National Farmers’ Union. The Agency’s Board decided not to support relaxing the ban on processed animal proteins (PAP) in feed, and the NFU is...
View ArticleAre ‘sell by’ dates headed for the bin?
Sometimes I feel like a broken record trying to defend the importance of sticking to the humble ‘use by’ date and, conversely, reassuring people they won’t drop dead from eating a can of beans that’s...
View ArticleNow wash your hands!
A woman coughs on a flight from Hong Kong. The next thing you know, a lethal unknown virus is shooting round the globe and scientists from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are racing...
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