All Food safety articles – Page 31
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NewsEU to introduce mandatory measures to tackle acrylamide
The “practical” measures are based on best practice guidance developed by the food industry
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NewsFDF offers updated guidance on use by and best before dates
The industry has a ‘pivotal role’ to play in slashing waste by ensuring consumers better understand date marks
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NewsGlyphosate licence to be extended by five years after EU vote
Longstanding deadlock over the reauthorisation of herbicide broken by EU member states, despite concerns over wildlife
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NewsWaitrose warns of higher levels of campylobacter in chicken
M&S was the worst performer, with 10% of the retailer’s chicken samples testing positive above 1,000cfu/g in Q3 2017
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Comment and OpinionTime for a new approach to food assurance
Five years on from ’Horsegate’, we are dealing with yet another meat industry scandal and no one is any safer
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Analysis and FeaturesUK food assurance is broken. So how do we fix it?
More audits and inspections are not the answers, say experts. We need to start asking smarter questions of UK food businesses
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NewsFSA insists fipronil egg tests were robust
A European laboratory that tested eggs during the scandal might have given false results, a report by the EC’s Joint Resea…
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News‘Easy to game’: MPs deliver damning verdict on UK food audits after 2 Sisters scandal
MPs on the Efra committee say accreditation bodies need to take the scandal as a ‘wake-up call’ and tighten up their standards
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NewsLidl defends its record on cutting antibiotics
The discounter came bottom in a league table published by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics this week
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NewsBrazil poultry at heart of recall spikes
There were 137 poultry recalls from July to September, down from 223 during Q2
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NewsUK to back total ban on use of bee-harming pesticides
Tougher restrictions justified by “growing weight of scientific evidence” that neonicotinoids are harmful to bees, says environment secretary
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NewsLiam Fox concedes Brits 'won't stand for' chlorinated chicken
Softening in rhetoric by international trade secretary applauded by British Poultry Council CEO Richard Griffiths
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News2 Sisters slumps into the red in fourth quarter
The company has also warned the recent food safety scandal at its West Bromwich factory would impact its Q1 results
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NewsShrinkflation now 'endemic' in food and drink
Three-quarters (76%) of 200 manufacturers surveyed in August and September 2017 under pressure to cut prices
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News2 Sisters reopens scandal-hit West Bromwich plant
Sainsbury’s said it would not be accepting stock from the West Bromwich site…
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Comment and OpinionTry to listen, Dr Fox. It’s a no from the public (and your fellow ministers) to chlorinated chicken
The trade secretary was back in the headlines after he told a House of Commons committee that he saw no reason why the British public shouldn’t eat chlorinated chicken from the US
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NewsChlorinated chicken back in spotlight as Fox reignites debate
The trade secretary said he saw no issue with the British public consuming chlorinated chicken…
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NewsLidl recalls Sol & Mar squid SKUs over safety concerns
They may contain struvite, a naturally occuring crystal that “may cause injury”
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Comment and OpinionWhether 2 Sisters can rebuild confidence could define it
“I’ve never been so gripped by a parliamentary committee meeting,” said one industry insider this week
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NewsFSA probe finds widespread addition of undeclared sugar in coconut water
The investigation was part of a wider crackdown on substandard and counterfeit food