FSA Report Ranks Foodborne Pathogens by Detrimental Effect

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The UK FSA report on 13 foodborne pathogens and their detrimental effect on UK society has ben published.  They classified the pathogens according to 6 weighted criteria: Estimated Number of Annual Cases Quality Adjusted Life Years per Case of the Pathogen Public Concern Total Cost to Society per Annum Estimated Number of Annual Fatalities Scientist … Read more

RQA Sponsor Glen Eyre Lost Boys Rugby Team

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RQA Group are pleased to announce that we are main kit sponsor for the rugby union team, Glen Eyre Lost Boys, a team made up of University of Southampton, UK, undergraduates.  Glen have got off to a great start to the season and are currently top of their league. RQA Group fully supports the Rugby … Read more

RQA Group recognised by Financial Services Qualification Scheme

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RQA Europe (trading as RQA Group) is proud to have been approved by the Financial Services Qualification System (FSQS).  The FSQS Registered Mark is valued by some of the largest purchasers in the financial sector and it indicates that RQA Group has gone through the rigorous process required to demonstrate its commitment and credentials to … Read more

RASFF Report 2020 shows highest number of alerts on record

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]The 2020 RASFF report has been published.  This is the report on the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and it is starting to get very complicated. RASFF has now integrated with AAC, the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation network.  This means RASFF is now reporting “investigations on non-compliance” and there are now 6 … Read more

Up to 50% of food recalls could be prevented – Never Events update

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We are continuing our campaign to reduce unnecessary recalls, that we call Never Events, a concept from the healthcare sector. In this latest update we have been looking at the recall numbers for 202o and 2021 so far, and unbelievably, almost half of all UK, and almost 20% of US FDA, food recalls would be … Read more

New European Regulation will impact consumer product manufacturers

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The European Commission is in the final stages of consultation on a revision to the General Product Safety Directive (published in 2001) covering the safety of non-food consumer products, which would result in it becoming a regulation.  In the initial roadmap consultation document from 2020, the EC described the reasons for the need to revise … Read more

Pandemic Effect on Food Recalls – What’s happening in 2021 so far?

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Following our analysis of the pandemic effect on product recalls in 2020,  we were interested to see how 2021 is shaping up, and have now compiled the latest food recall numbers up to the end of May 2021. We have also extrapolated these numbers to year end to see how it looks compared to previous … Read more

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