Food safety insight and analysis – Page 15
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Comment & Opinion
Buyers who ask smart questions are brands' greatest allies
Brands tell us alert buyers who ask smart questions about supply chains, standards and quality checks make a real difference
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Comment & Opinion
Return of the never-ending argument: the badger cull is back
Badger culling – that most inflammatory of topics – is back on the agenda this week
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Analysis & Features
Coconut water: a fair target?
Rapid growth has created vulnerabilities. So what is the sector doing to safeguard standards and keep supply chains secure?
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Comment & Opinion
Dunsyre Blue cheese case: Who polices the food police?
Artisans throughout the UK are following with horror the unfolding case of Dunsyre Blue
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Comment & Opinion
Reading between the lines of the latest FSA campylobacter report
The FSA says it doesn’t plan to change targets, but industry worries there’s a subtext to its latest research
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Comment & Opinion
Why dairy must stay vigilant to fraud and counterfeiting
We must remain vigilant to potential authenticity issues, particularly for globally traded products like dairy
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers mustn't put the egg success story at risk
Eggs have been one of grocery’s biggest success stories of recent years
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Comment & Opinion
'Killer salad': time for a more careful approach to comms
With reports of ‘killer salad leaves’ hitting the UK headlines this week, growers and packers are starting to get nervous
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Comment & Opinion
Brexit body blow for food controls
I still hope that the EU referendum result is a figment of my imagination
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Comment & Opinion
Herbs and spices guidelines show fraud prevention progress
The document Guidance on Authenticity of Herbs and Spices is an encouraging development
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Comment & Opinion
Don't underestimate the ambition of Amazon
Sir, I rather suspect Bernstein’s Richard Clarke has underestimated the impact of Amazon on grocery
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Comment & Opinion
Are we getting campylobacter by the scruff of the neck – or not?
Just how much progress really has been made in fighting this incredibly complex bug?
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Comment & Opinion
Learning lessons from the fake oregano scandal
Science can play a major role in detecting problems of product integrity
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Comment & Opinion
We should make a right song and dance about food fraud
Food Crime The Musical. As ideas go, it’s pretty out there.
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Comment & Opinion
Barcode vigilance is vital
The familiarity we all have with barcodes and their ubiquity mean that how they are used is critical in business operations
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Analysis & Features
Glyphosate reprieve eases food price fears
A motion to renew market approval for the controversial herbicide was passed this week by 374 votes to 225
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Analysis & Features
Break silence on food crime, industry told
Not enough intelligence sharing, warns National Food Crime Unit
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Comment & Opinion
National Food Crime Unit must be unleashed from the FSA
The FSA felt like an organisation re-energised and plucky enough even to mention the ‘N’ word - nutrition - again
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Analysis & Features
Would Brexit make food fraud better or worse?
Brexit would end the obligation for the free movement of goods. So would the UK be better placed to fight food fraud?
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Comment & Opinion
Stand up for Fairtrade farmers but spare us the sympathy
“The Fairtrade mark ensures decent payment for hard work at least; and at best true empowerment”