Listeria legislation not broken – don’t fix it!

20 October, 2021

CFA, its members and their retail customers, have long been at the forefront of the development of best practice, control and regulation of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in the UK, Europe and beyond. CFA’s various Listeria guidance documents are available as free downloads. CFA’s unique members-only dataset of more than three million food and production area data points, collected over the past 12 years, is the most comprehensive in the world. CFA and its members use the data to benchmark performance and to verify efficacy of hygiene control measures and that shelf lives are appropriate. European listeriosis data consistently show UK […]

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SUSSLE database sussed

20 October, 2021

In response to increased demands being made on its SUSSLE software and Listeria and B. cereus databases, CFA has consolidated all three systems into one and improved the administration of the system to make it easier to use. CFA hopes that these changes will meet the needs of current users and also encourage others to input their information which gives an invaluable picture of the efficacy of control of Listeria and B. cereus. Access to the system is restricted to CFA members and Licensees.

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CFA presents evidence on Brexit effect

20 October, 2021

In April, CFA’s Karin Goodburn gave evidence to the UK Trade and Business Commission on the impact of Brexit on a variety of business sectors. Karin, who established and chairs the SPS (Sanitary & Phytosanitary) Certification Working Group (comprising more than 25 trade and professional organisations throughout the food chain, EHOs and Official Vets), outlined the problems faced when exporting to the EU or moving food to Northern Ireland – including the reams of time-consuming complex paperwork (see CFA News 55). Her quote: “We’re dealing with archaic paperwork, Byzantine process and Kafkaesque differences of interpretation.” was widely repeated in the […]

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