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
The USDA's Prospective Plantings report released on March 31 revealed that U.S. producers intend to plant 91.7 million acres of corn and 81.5 million acres of soybeans. The soybean acreage was near market expectations but the corn acreage ...
Tags: 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
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia, today repeated his appeal to livestock producers affected by natural disasters such as the drought in the West and the unexpected winter ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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
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 USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released final estimates of planted and harvested crop acreage for 2013 in the Crop Production 2013 Summary report on January 10. The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) released its ...
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
Each year, more than $400 million in tax-free income is wasted when flexible spending account (FSA) holders don't spend FSA funds, or fail to submit expenses to be reimbursed by an FSA. While recent U.S. Treasury Department changes give ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
Tags: Contaminated Milk, Food
The FSA and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), under the multi-agency Global Food Security programme, are inviting research proposals for projects related to understanding the challenges of the food system. Joint funding of up ...
Tags: Food System, Global Food Security
Sainsbury's, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Kids 20 Pork Cocktail Sausages as some of the packages might have been labeled with an incorrect 'use by' date of 25 December 2013. The products should have been labeled with a ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, Recall, Kids 20 Pork, Cocktail Sausages