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 ...
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Mrs Macs, an Australian establishment, has recalled two Mrs Macs Microwave pies over packaging fault that may result in overheat and scorch the consumer, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand. The products associated with ...
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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 ...
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The food industry is calling on ASEAN Member States to speed up the harmonisation of food standards across ASEAN to unlock the economic potential of the agri-food sector and accelerate progress towards a single economic community by 2015. ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Tek Shing Trading is recalling 'Beijing Lui BiJu Food Co Ltd Sesame Paste' from Asian grocery stores, as they contain peanut which is not mentioned on the label, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) said. The product being ...
Tags: Tek Shing Trading, Sesame Paste, Beijing Lui BiJu Food
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Northern Ireland has launched a campaign to keep contaminated milk out of the supply. The agency conveyed 'Protect your milk supply' message to dairy farmers, urging them to keep contaminated milk out of ...
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A new trade agreement has opened the door to UK exports of beef to Singapore worth an estimated £10 million a year to the UK economy. Singapore's ban on UK beef, put in place following the identification of BSE, has been lifted ...
Tags: Beef Exports, Food
Inghams Enterprises is recalling Brannans Butchery Thai Style Chicken Breast Kebabs from Aldi Stores in New South Wales as they contain soy and sulphite that are not correctly labeled on the product. The Brannans Butchery Thai Style ...
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Inghams Enterprises is recalling Brannans Butchery Thai Style Chicken Breast Kebabs from Aldi Stores in New South Wales, as they contain soy and sulphite that are not correctly labeled on the product. The Brannans Butchery Thai Style ...
Tags: Chicken Breast Kebabs, Food
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) in the UK has identified the presence of livestock-associated Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in poultry on a farm in East Anglia, England. The agency ...
Tags: East Anglia Farm, Infectious Bacteria, UK