Jenny Bell

Groundswell, The No-Till Show and Conference is taking place THIS WEEK, Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire

Expansion of risk forecasting service will provide real-time data for sustainable pest and disease management

Fera Science have recently commissioned research into public awareness of food safety issues and to understand some of the real threats to food safety worldwide and created new ISO/IEC 17043/2010 accredited specific target proficiency tests to support industry.

FSA find no evidence of fipronil in eggs in UK as Germany recalls contaminated Dutch eggs in fipronil scare

Our website takes a step into the future: easy online ordering now available with the opportunity to buy food and crop tests ‘anytime, anywhere and on any device’.

Fera and CHAP are pleased to announce that CropMonitor will be launching a new pest and disease risk forecasting service for potatoes in May. We are looking for volunteers to be part of a network of surveillance to report appearance of first symptoms in crops. Data will be collected from registered users via a mobile phone during the decision period for potato blight disease management. All data will be plotted in real-time on a map of the UK.

12th European Pesticide Residue Workshop will take place from May 22nd to May 25th 2018 in Munich, Germany under the patronage of the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL - Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit). In attendance will be representatives from government and commercial laboratories, public authorities, regulatory bodies, food producers, processors, retailers, agrochemical manufacturers and all other interested parties.

As of the 11th April 2018 Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 came into force which outlines that food business operators must work to tighter controls for determining the level of acrylamide in foodstuffs and in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III.

Fera Launches New Wine Fapas Proficiency Tests in Partnership with StarEcotronics & Isvea

Food Fraud 2018 reunites Food Manufacturers, Supermarkets, Processors, Suppliers, Technology Companies, and Academia from around the globe for an unmissable day of sharing best practices, lessons learned and detection & prevention methods.