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Food Standards Agency Warns 700, 000 Contaminated Eggs Distributed to UK

Aug 14, 2017

The UK Food Standards Agency said investigations into the Fipronil incident in Europe continue and it has now established that more eggs from affected farms than previously identified came to the UK. It is very unlikely that these eggs ...

Tags: eggs, processed foods

UK Watchdog Reveals Plans for Food Regulation in Future

Jul 24, 2017

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed its future plans on how it will monitor the food industry in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In this regard, FSA Chairman Heather Hancock has released a document titled ...

Tags: Watchdog, Food Regulation

Errington Cheese Drops Petition Against Scottish Watchdog's Sales Ban

Nov 14, 2016

Errington Cheese has dropped its petition against a ban of all its products by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) following a fatal E.coli outbreak. The company’s cheese products were withdrawn in mid September following investigations ...

Tags: Errington, cheese products

CIEH Rolls out Food Fraud Good Practice Guidance

Nov 10, 2016

The food and drink industry is being urged to better protect itself from fraud in order to safeguard their businesses and consumers. The warning comes from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) on the same day the ...

Tags: Fraud Good, CIEH

Majority of Scots Do Not Follow Healthy Eating Recommendations, Says FSS Survey

Oct 24, 2016

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has (14 October) published the results from its second Food in Scotland Consumer Tracking Survey, showing that while most people in Scotland are aware of healthy eating recommendations, the majority do not ...

Tags: Food Standards Scotland, food, drinks

Antibiotic Resistant E. Coli Detected in Uk Supermarket Chicken and Pork Samples

Sep 7, 2016

Antibiotic-resistant E. Coli bacteria has been found in one in four chicken samples collected from the UK’s largest supermarkets, according to a recent research commissioned by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics. It also found ...

Tags: Antibiotic-resistant E.Coli, supermarkets

FSANZ Calls for Submissions on Chemical Migration From Food Packaging

Jun 21, 2016

Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...

Tags: chemical migration, ESBO

Salt of The Earth Targets Sodium Reduction in The UK

May 23, 2016

In response to the new sodium reduction regulations in the UK market, Salt of the Earth has announced its new strategy for the UK food processing and food service markets. The company selected three well-known distributors in two UK ...

Tags: UK market, food service markets

Lessons to Be Learnt From UK Food Fraud

Apr 21, 2016

There are some serious lessons to be learnt for businesses in the food industry when examining a unique case of food fraud out of the UK this week. Facts of the fraudulent scenario The guilty culprit, Yakub Moosa Yusuf, was sentenced to ...

Tags: UK Food Fraud

FSA Advocates Food Product Safety Through New Sidel Training Services

Apr 20, 2016

With the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reporting a 78% increase in the number of food and beverage product recalls, Sidel has highlighted the importance of training to achieve effective food and beverage safety. Investing in the skills of ...

Tags: FSA, Food Product Safety, Sidel

Australia's CSIRO Develop World's First Gluten-Free Barley Beer

Apr 19, 2016

A German beverage company is launching the world’s first gluten-free barley-based beer. The gluten free grain used in the beer was developed by Australia’s leading research institution, the CSIRO. The ‘Pionier’ ...

Tags: Bverage, beer, Gluten-Free Barley Beer

Parliamentary Committee Pushes for Cooked Seafood Declaration

Mar 13, 2016

A report released by the Australian Parliament’s joint standing committee on Northern Australia last week is recommending that all food-service industry providers be forced to declare the country of origin (CoOL) of seafood served. ...

Tags: Cooked Seafood, Parliamentary Committee

FSANZ Looking to Change Infant Formula Food Standards Requirements

Feb 29, 2016

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking comments on its proposed approach to revising infant formula requirements in the Food Standards Code. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Mr Steve McCutcheon said although breastfeeding is ...

Tags: Infant Formula, Food Standards

Customers Ditch Lilydale After Discovering Chickens Are Fed GM Feed

Feb 18, 2016

A group of consumers is pledging never to buy Lilydale free-range chickens again after finding out the chickens are fed genetically modified (GM) feed. The issue arose by complaints on social media followed by a response by Lilydale on ...

Tags: Free-range chickens, non-GM food

Coles and Lion Milk Recall in WA

Feb 13, 2016

Coles and Lion have issued recalls for milk a number of milk products sold in Western Australia after discovering a microbial coliforms contamination. The two Coles branded milks are "Coles Brand Western Australian fresh hilo milk 98% fat ...

Tags: Lion Milk

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