The coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and resource issues severely challenged the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in 2020, according to the agency’s annual report. Food inspections, sampling and enforcement orders all declined but food and allergen alerts rose compared to 2019. Inspectors served businesses with 31 closure orders, two improvement orders and nine prohibition orders,…
A group of people affected by a large poisoning outbreak in Spain from adulterated olive oil several decades ago have tried to raise awareness of the incident, according to media reports. Reuters reported the survivors went into Madrid’s El Prado art gallery on Tuesday and threatened to commit suicide. They were removed by security officials…
Today we’re talking our first real look at Windows 11 performance with some Intel Core processors. There’s a few reasons why we wanted to test using Intel’s 10th and 11th gen CPUs first — of course, to see how much difference there is when compared to Windows 10 — but also to establish some baseline…
CALL IT THE multiplication of the metaverses. Ever since Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook—sorry, Meta—laid out his vision in late October for immersive virtual worlds he thinks people will want to spend lots of time in, new ones are popping up all over. An entertainment metaverse will delight music fans, influencers will flock to…
Get a sleek new pair of earbuds with early Black Friday deals. Getty Images Thanks to all the early Black Friday sales,…
Alberta is seeing a growing number of court cases come forward challenging the science behind COVID-19, public health restrictions and vaccines.Anti-vaccine protesters gather outside the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton in September. (Scott Neufeld/CBC)Over the last 19 months, Alberta has seen church leaders, business owners and others challenge public health restrictions in the court system.…
With the news that the United States will have two rounds of the 2022 Formula One schedule to call their own, it…
In brief: Tesla’s Model 3 has become the first EV to be a monthly top seller in Europe and the first non-European-built car to reach the milestone, beating cars such as the Renault Clio, Volkswagen Golf and Dacia Sandero. That’s not surprising considering the fossil fuels market in Europe, as prices are hitting record highs.…
sponsored content In the first installment of this series with Sterilex, Food Safety News explores what biofilms are and their unique resistance to attempts to kill the pathogens they protect. Food processors and manufacturers know the environments in which they operate are friendly to organisms that can taint their products, potentially leading to foodborne illness…
Julio Cortez / AP The longest partial lunar eclipse in centuries was visible overnight across all of North America and parts of…