UK-based supermarket chain Asda is recalling ‘Choco Sprinkles’ as the product may contain milk, which is not mentioned on the label, according to Food Standards Agency (FSA). This makes the product a possible health risk for ...
UK-based The Fine Seafood Company has recalled 'Whiskey Cured and Oak Smoked' Smoked Salmon due to the presence of high levels of Listeria monocytogenes, a a bacterium that can cause illness. The affected product includes all date of ...
Tags: Smoked Salmon, Fine Seafood
British retailer Sainsbury's is recalling some jars of 'by Sainsbury's' pitted green olives due to the possible presence of small pieces of glass in a limited number of jars. The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is issuing a Product Recall ...
Tags: Pitted Green Olives, Sainsbury
Mars Food UK is recalling certain packs of Uncle Ben's Special - Chinese Style Rice as some packs may contain Uncle Ben's Special – Special Fried Rice, which contains milk and egg. The recalled product comes in 250g pouch with 'Best ...
Tags: Mars Food, Uncle Ben's Special
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has kicked off an additional program to ensure priority testing of lamb dishes from takeaway restaurants across the country, and prosecute the businesses if found to be deliberately mislabeling foods. ...
Tags: Lamb Meat, Substitution Testing
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today confirmed details of a new round of tests of beef products for horse meat contamination. The tests have been requested by the European Commission as part of the follow-up to last year's horse meat ...
Tags: FSA, certification, Agriculture, Food
Scottish government is set to launch a new food safety regulator, Food Standards Scotland (FSS), which will takeover the operations carried out by UK organization, the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The announcement comes as Food (Scotland) ...
Tags: food safety, Food, Agriculture, Drink
Asda, a UK-based retailer, is withdrawing its own brand 4 Breaded Alaska Pollock Fillets as some of the packages may contain Lightly Dusted River Cobbler, which contains milk that is not mentioned on the label. The recall affects Asda 4 ...
Tags: Milk Allergen, Food
Tests carried out by a council laboratory in West Yorkshire found that over third of 900 food samples were not what they claimed to be or were improperly labeled. Public are buying fake or mislabeled food, including mozzarella that is ...
Tags: Food Products, food samples
UK supermarket chain Harrods is withdrawing various bags of its own brand Chinese New Year Gold Coins as they contain milk and soya, which are not mentioned on the label, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. The products being recalled ...
Tags: Gold Coins, Harrods, correct allergen
The Food Standards Agency is seeking a contractor to carry out research to explore a model where plant staff acting as spotters identify and flag up defects on carcases and offal. This will happen before the official meat inspection is ...
Tags: meat inspection, Food
Last week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the U.K. published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2014, outlining priorities for the coming year. The plan is meant to draw the attention of potential research funders and inform stakeholders. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Food Safety
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued an alert on turkey butterflies from Severnside Provisions in Newport, South Wales, as they have been processed in an unapproved establishment. On 21 December, the agency alerted local ...
Tags: Food Standards, turkey butterflies
A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Village Park Meats is recalling batches of its vacuum packed, cooked, and sliced meat products in Scotland over safety issues. The recall was initiated after an inspection revealed that the company failed to take adequate actions to ...