Testing of plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy products in England has found the majority of them are safe from a microbial point of view. A study assessed the microbiological safety and ...

Manual sampling techniques such as hand scoop and spigot sampling are common methods with food and beverage producers and processors. These convenient and low-cost, direct methods are widely accepted ...

There has been a significant reduction in food sampling across Scotland in the past few years, according to a report. An analysis of information from the Scottish Food Sampling Database (SFSD) ...