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The number of Danes who contracted a salmonella infection reached a historic low level in 2013. More than half of those infected became ill during a trip abroad. For...
In its role as EU reference laboratory, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has organised, for the first time, a comparative test, a so-called...
The Danish food safety system bases itself on independent scientific work, which is now provided by Technical University of Denmark, explains Director of Institute Jørgen...
There is a connection between previous consumption of cephalosporin antibiotics and the amount of ESBL bacteria in pigs. At the same time, there is an increased occurrence...
TRiMiCri is a new software tool for setting and evaluating risk-based microbiological criteria for Campylobacter in broiler meat. The software was developed at the National...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, invites you to Mathilde Bylov Kristensen’s PhD defence on the influence of early bacterial colonization on...
The nutritional factor that has the greatest impact on the development of a child's gut flora is whether the child is breastfed, according to a new study by the National...
DTU and the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will strengthen knowledge exchange between Denmark...
When lactic acid bacteria are used in salami production to ferment and extend the shelf life of salamis, they also help inhibit Salmonella bacteria’s ability to cause disease...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, invites you to Mette Theilgaard Christiansen’s PhD defence on methods for studying MRSA in pigs. The defence...
Quantitative methods for assessing food and estimating disease burden are significant for understanding the combined effect of hazardous and beneficial substances in...
People who have been treated with antimicrobials are at increased risk of a subsequent infection with antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella and Campylobacter. A previous treatment...
Bisphenol A, used in plastic packaging and paper, is suspected of having health-damaging effects in humans. The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark...
This summer 80 students are offered an in-depth introduction to the One Health concept and how it is used to tackle challenges related to food safety and zoonoses. Experts...
Food products are either labelled with shelf-life “Best before ...” or ”Use by”. It is producer’s responsibility to label food products correctly. A brief from the National...
Denmark's systematic and scientific strategy for combatting antimicrobial resistance in food has been internationally recognised, and Denmark is now considered a world...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, invites you to Sidsel Henriksen’s PhD defence on how Salmonella bacteria are affected by process parameters...
The National Food Institute invites you to Firew Lemma Berjia’s Ph.D. defence on method development in risk-benefit assessment and burden of disease estimation of food...
The harmful phthalates, which have been used as softeners in e.g. plastic toys and food packaging, will possibly be replaced by a plastic softener produced from sunflower...
It is difficult and expensive to collect the type of data on which food producers and public authorities base their risk assessment of foods. A PhD project at the National...
This book includes practical advice and guidance to the food industry on how to manage food allergens in production and deliver safe foods to food allergic consumers. The...
Danish fruits and vegetables contain fewer pesticide residues than similar foreign foods. Furthermore, more than one residue was more frequently found in samples of foreign...
Biocides, e.g. disinfectants, are used to fight disease-causing bacteria in hospitals and in the food industry, as well as to fight pests and fungi. A PhD project at...
In future, food authorities worldwide get another tool which can support them in decisions about food safety. So-called risk-based microbiological criteria have been...
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q3 2013 from the Danish...
On 10 and 11 December 2013 an international conference was held in Paris on the research and risk assessment challenges posed by chemical mixtures. The goal of these...
Danish researchers from National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Systems Biology and Hvidovre Hospital have demonstrated how—within the space of a...
Poultry is a significant source of infection with campylobacter in humans. In connection with a Ph.D. project at the National Food Industry, Technical University of Denmark...
The new biotech company Saxocon offers companies direct access to the high-quality knowledge of researchers at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark...
Together, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, ANSES, French Institute for Risk Assessment, and BfR, Germany's Federal Institute of Risk Assessment...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites to Ana Belén García Clavero’s PhD defence on the development of tools for selection of vaccination...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, invites to Paw Dalgaard’s inaugural professor lecture on Friday 22 November 2013. Paw Dalgaard will give...
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites as co-organizer to a international conference on challenges and risk assessment of simultaneous influence...
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q2 2013 from the Danish...
More and more scientific studies indicate that perfluorinated substances are carcinogenic or otherwise hazardous to health. In the Nordic countries, new per- and polyfluorinated...
Contamination in packages and in package printing inks may set off on food. A new analysis concept helps printing houses document whether carton packages meet legal requirements...
Since 2011, the level of resistant ESBL bacteria has increased in broiler meat imported into Denmark and Danish produced broiler meat still contains ESBL bacteria. In...
The increase in the number of Danes infected with MRSA bacteria continued in 2012, and the total number of those infected has almost doubled since 2009. The vast majority...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites to Ana Sofia Ribeiro Duarte’s PhD defense on new methods to assess the numbers of bacteria in food...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites to Maria Seier-Petersen’s PhD defence on natural bacteria’s sensitivity to biocides and if the usage...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites to Trine Hansen’s PhD defence on a new approach to characterize and detect foodborne pathogens in water...
In 2012 the number of Salmonella cases increased slightly after the record low incidence in 2011. Nearly half of the Danes who contracted Salmonella were infected abroad...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, in its capacity as co-organiser, invites you to the international workshop on fluorinated compounds in materials...
In general, Danes have no reason to worry about unwanted chemical compounds in the food they put on their table - especially not if they eat a varied diet. However, a...
Foreign fruit generally has a higher content of pesticides than Danish fruit, and fruit has a higher content of pesticides than vegetables. Danes’ intake of pesticide...
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q1 2013 from the Danish...
A new risk model makes it safer for consumers to eat food prepared outside the home. The model, which was developed in a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical...
One of the most important developments in controlling microorganisms and infectious diseases in more than 100 years; this is the perspective of the new Global Microbial...
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q4 2012 from the Danish...
The National Food Institute invites to Leonardo Victor de Knegt’s PhD defense on the proportion of Salmonella infections in humans in EU, derived from animals. The defense...
On 4-5 April 2013, in its capacity as EU reference laboratory for antimicrobial resistance, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, hosted the annual...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has prepared a summary of key results achieved from the co-operation with the Danish Veterinary and Food...
The European network for zoonoses research, MedVetNet, is organizing an international conference on challenges for combating zoonotic diseases. The conference is held...
The European Commission has asked the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, and the European Medicines Agency to carry out an assessment of the risks to human health...
The National Food Institute invites to Paul D’Alvise’s PhD defence on use of probiotics to prevent disease in marine fish larvae. The defence takes place 18 March 2013...
From 27 to 28 February 2013, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark hosted an international meeting and welcomed 170 global disease control experts...
The National Food Institute invites to Henna Lu Fung Sieng’s PhD defence on the applicability of marine phospholipids intended for food enrichment. The defence takes place...
Topic: ”Strategies for chemically healthy public swimming pools”. Date: Friday 1st March 2013, at 1 p.m.
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q3 2012 from the Danish...
There is no absolute correlation between the stability of proteins to digestion in the gastrointestinal tract and their capacity to induce food allergy. Even very small...
Several European institutions have evaluated the much spoken-about French study of the effect on rats’ consumption of genetically modified corn and the herbicide Roundup...
New mass spectrometer in the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)-National Food Institute will support research in relation to the EU Commission's standards for arsenic...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has studied the occurrence of Salmonella in Danish slaughter pigs in the period 1993-2011. The study shows...
31 October 2012 the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, and the University of Copenhagen hosted a seminar on One Health in a developing country...
On behalf of the Steering Committee of the Global Microbial Identifier, GMI, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites you to participate in...
Denmark has taken a leading role on the international stage in relation to combating salmonella and limiting the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. These...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark has assessed a French study on the impact on rats fed genetically modified maize and the Roundup herbicide...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark has for the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration completed an evaluation on the efficancy of heat treatment...
Vegetables and vegetable products are expected to be the cause of an increased number of foodborne disease outbreaks within the next decade. This appears from a questionnaire...
The Danish Society for Food Science and Technology invites to a debate event 29 November 2012 regarding the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, celebrating the 10-year...
In connection with the European Antibiotic Awareness Day, the parties behind the Danish monitoring programme DANMAP invite you to attend a seminar on 16 November 2012...
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q2 2012 from the Danish...
In 2011, more Danes became infected with MRSA bacteria, and the number was the highest in over 25 years. The increase was primarily seen in otherwise healthy people without...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen invite you to a one-day seminar on 31 October 2012 on One Health in a developing...
The Danish surveillance report, DANMAP, for 2011 report shows an increasing occurrence of multiresistant bacteria in Danish patients. The increase is seen for both the...
Our food products contain various nutrients necessary to us humans, but some foods might contain harmful substances as well. Before sounding the alarm, the authorities...
Mathematical tool quickly detects and identifies the source of pathogenic Salmonella bacteria in slaughterhouses. Researchers from the National Food Institute, Technical...
The total consumption of antimicrobial agents per pig is significantly lower in 2011 than in 2010. But at the same time, consumption of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents...
In 2011, the overall human consumption of antimicrobial agents remained at the same high level as in 2010. From now on doctors have to specify why they prescribe antimicrobial...
Flemming Bager and Dorte Lau Baggesen are new heads of divisions at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. They will be leading the two new microbiological...
Some salmonella types have greater success than others, when it comes to surviving the production process in for instance the slaughter line in a slaughterhouse and later...
A computer model developed at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark can contribute to the evaluation of chemical safety in food, drugs and consumer...
Marine bacteria that produce antimicrobial agents have been found as part of a PhD project at National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. The project suggests...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, in cooperation with the German and French sister organisations BfR and ANSES invite you to an international...
New research conducted at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark shows that novel antimicrobial agents have the potential to combat multiresistant...
None of the pesticide residues detected in fruit, vegetables and corn constitute a health risk, show the results of the Danish pesticide control in Q1 2012 from the Danish...
In 2011, the number of Danes suffering from Salmonella infections fell to the lowest level since the 1980s. For the first time in 17 years, no human Salmonella cases...
Professor Erik Huusfeldt Larsen from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has gained wide recognition for his food chemistry research, which in...
The global consumption of antimicrobial agents for animals is almost twice the size of human consumption. Since the mid-1990s, Denmark has reduced animal consumption of...
The National Food Institute invites to Anna Charlotte Schultz’s PhD defence on identification and inactivation of norovirus in raspberries. The defence takes place 2...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark invites you to a seminar on foodborne diseases on 14 June 2012. The seminar is being held to mark the publication...
The National Food Institute invites to Katrine Lindholm Bøghs PhD defence on which allergenic capacities of proteins from peanuts and cow’s milk, that prompt the ability...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, would like to invite you to an open seminar on risk assessment of feed on 31 May 2012. Some of the most...
The National Food Institute invites to Katrine Uhrbrands PhD defence on the development and evaluation of standard methods for recovery of norovirus from food, water...
The National Food Institute invites to Line Hein-Kristensen’s PhD defence on new types of antimicrobial substances that have potential asfuture treatment of infectious...
The National Food Institute invites to Louise Boysen’s PhD defence on the development of the campylobacter situation in the Danish broiler production to the benefit to...
From 23 to 24 April 2012, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, DTU, will host the annual workshop in its capacity as EU reference laboratory...
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark has assessed the possible toxic effects of eating ramson, which in recent years has become a popular plant...
National Food Institute invites to Karoline Müller’s PhD defense of her thesis: ”Genetic and phenotypic characteristics of importance for clonal success and diversity in...