Defence ministry: food complaints are ‘isolated cases’
The defence ministry has described ready-made army meals found at temperatures below food safety requirements as an “isolated case”, as it responded to a series of findings by the Audit ...
Cyprus food safety tested by drought, FMD and imports
There is a certain comfort in never having to think about where your next meal comes from or whether it is actually safe. It is a comfort that Cypriots have ...
Delivery platforms defend food distribution procedures
Foody and Wolt have both assured they have procedures and mechanisms in place to maintain high standards of hygiene and safety in food deliveries.
On Friday, Foody clarified that there ...
Health services plan checks on delivery drivers
State health services said on Thursday they plan to launch inspections of food delivery drivers to examine the conditions under which food and beverages are transported.
“The point is to ...
Consumers at risk of food poisoning from deliveries
Consumers ordering food to be delivered to their door are at risk of poisoning due to poor cool box sanitation and Cyprus’ high temperatures encouraging pathogens, with proper packing during ...
Cyprus setting up food safety authority to promote data-based solutions
The government is promoting a National Food Safety Authority, which will be tasked with coordinating and supervising official controls by services and laboratories, and drafting a unified national strategy for ...
Former FDA commissioner and US health secretary launch attack on ultraprocessed foods
The Food and Drug Administration will consider a petition to revoke the safety status of dozens of processed refined carbohydrates unless food companies can prove they are safe and not ...
Panayiotou to stress importance of food security at EU meeting this week
Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou is travelling to Luxembourg to participate in the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, which will take place on Monday, in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of ...
Govt to launch food safety authority
The government has announced plans to create a food safety authority, with the health ministry currently aiming to submit a bill for its creation by the end of the year.
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Ready to discuss reduction of pesticide use, says health commissioner
Commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said there is a need for EU member states to promptly agree on regulations for agricultural pesticide use. Speaking on Monday in ...
EU plans to ease crop rotation rules as global food risks mount
The European Commission on Friday proposed a temporary suspension of EU crop rotation rules to increase cereal production and help head off a global food security crisis due to the ...
EU council of agriculture and fisheries discusses markets, food security and over-fishing
The director of the ministry of agriculture, rural development and environment, Andreas Gregoriou, represented Cyprus at the EU council of agriculture and fisheries on Monday.
The focus of the meeting ...
Yellen to convene high-level panel on food security crisis on Tuesday
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will convene a high-level panel on Tuesday to discuss the global response to an ongoing food security crisis ...
Support coming for animal breeders to help ensure food security
The agriculture ministry is working on proposals to support livestock breeders that will go to the cabinet for approval the soonest possible, the ministry said as it welcomed a European ...
Greek farmers on tractors protest ‘unbearable’ fuel, fertiliser costs
Hundreds of Greek farmers, some on tractors, protested in Athens on Friday, demanding more tax cuts and subsidies to combat high fuel and fertiliser prices which have soared since Russia’...