Certain process stages and regions in smoked fish processing plants appear to be more susceptible than others to persistent colonisation by Listeria monocytogenes, an FSA in Scotland (FSAS) literature survey has found. These regions include drains, skinning machines, brine injection units and fish slicers.
A Leeds city centre restaurant has been fined for serious food safety offences found in an unannounced inspection after reports of salmonella food poisoning that left 19 people ill (Full Foodborne Outbreak Report Included).
Health Protection Scotland, on behalf of the Incident Management Team, have published the final report into an outbreak of foodborne botulism in Scotland in November 2011.
Recently published scientific opinion by the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) suggests that traditional poultry meat inspection may not suffice to fully address the most relevant biological hazards to public health: Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp. and ESBL/AmpC gene-carrying bacteria.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has produced a summary of its research published in June 2012. This includes a comparison of aflatoxin levels between Brazil nut kernels and their shells, and a study evaluating the levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in samples of fruit and vegetables grown in the UK.
The Food Standards Agency saw an increase in the number of food incidents it investigated last year. These included reports of contaminated or illegal food entering the food chain, with some potentially harmful to the public.
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