Food safety insight and analysis – Page 19
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Comment & Opinion
Chris Elliott's food fraud report must face no more delays
Horsegate may seem a long time ago, but it doesn’t take much to reignite public concern…
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Comment & Opinion
FSA campylobacter move is regulatory capture, says Tim Lang
Back in 1955, the US academic Marver Bernstein coined the phrase ‘regulatory capture’ to describe how regulatory bodies can become subservient to the industry they’re set up to regulate.
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Comment & Opinion
FSA must lead the way on campylobacter: Which
Last week, the FSA board backtracked on plans to publish quarterly results for campylobacter in supermarket chickens…
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Comment & Opinion
FSA CEO Catherine Brown urges industry to act on campylobacter
I have been wondering how long it would take the media and consumers to wake up to campylobacter
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Comment & Opinion
Ranjit Singh: 2 Sisters is leading the war on campylobacter
There’s an old saying that goes: “Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.” There was never a more appropriate turn of phrase to use when you look at the recent press coverage on campylobacter.
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Comment & Opinion
FSA U-turn is a Pyrrhic victory for industry
The poultry industry has successfully lobbied the FSA into U-turning on plans to ‘name and shame’ companies in its campylobacter survey, but it shouldn’t rejoice.
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Analysis & Features
FSA delays decision on widensing raw milk availability
A decision on whether to permit the widening of raw drinking milk sales has been delayed by the Food Standards Agency pending further research.
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Analysis & Features
Free-from set to cause foodservice 'explosion'
Some condemn it as a bureaucratic nightmare that will stifle chefs’ creativity…
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Comment & Opinion
At last some light relief from the supermarket price war
At last some light relief from the price war, but just how wise were the confessions of the supermarket bosses?…
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Analysis & Features
Is Tesco's food labelling policy completely nuts?
Retailer insists it warns only when there is risk of contamination…
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Analysis & Features
What UK seafood suppliers are doing to combat fraud
… and why fish was most implicated food in Interpol investigation…
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Comment & Opinion
How to restore consumer confidence in food provenance
The horsemeat scandal led to a huge dent in public confidence in the global supply chain. Here’s how we can restore confidence…
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Comment & Opinion
Lessons from the horsemeat scandal
It’s a year since the horsemeat scandal broke. In our research, half of consumers say they have changed shopping habits…
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Comment & Opinion
It's time the FSA started treating us like grown-ups
I do wish our public health bodies would stop treating us all like kids…
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Profiles
FSA chief Catherine Brown on lessons from the Horsegate scandal
A year on from Horsegate and FSA CEO Catherine Brown wants to talk not about beef, but poultry…
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Analysis & Features
Why Horsegate is yesterday's news
One year on, Horsegate is as good as forgotten. How has public confidence been restored?…
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Analysis & Features
What's the long-term impact of Horsegate on suppliers?
Consumers may have moved on from Horsegate, but the legacy for the supply chain could be more permanent
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Analysis & Features
Horsegate scandal: why are the criminals still at bay?
No companies or individuals have yet been prosecuted over Horsegate, while private litigation is thin on the ground…
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Analysis & Features
Can new faces fight food industry's corner at downgraded Defra?
After last year’s sacking of Jim Paice as food and farming minster, Noble House has again been hit with key changes…
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Analysis & Features
Horsegate: first impressions from the Elliott Review round table
Time is of the essence in securing a positive legacy for Horsegate…