All Food safety articles – Page 35
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Comment & OpinionA more empowered FSA should name and shame failing businesses
Anonymity spares the blushes of those who cut corners and taints good businesses with the stink of scandal
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NewsFSA urged to 'take ownership' of adulterated meat testing
A fifth of meat samples tested by local authorities last year contained DNA from other species
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Comment & OpinionAfrica's food fraud problem is immense. But we can help
Counterfeiting and high levels of mycotoxins are endangering the lives of nearly a billion people, says Professor Chris Elliott
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NewsErrington Cheese lays off remaining staff over e.coli dispute
”I simply cannot afford to pay their wages,” said owner Selina Cairns
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Comment & OpinionFipronil scandal one year on: still not enough action on egg standards
Suppliers and retailers are still taking unnecessary risks, says Ian Jones of British Lion egg processors
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NewsGlyphosate essential for UK food production, say farmers
British farming bodies have stressed the necessity and safety of glyphosate after the US Monsanto ruling
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NewsKTC to launch ‘UK first’ legally edible mustard oil
The oil is made with a blend of rapeseed, reducing the erucic acid content to less than 5%
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NewsPoundworld fined £350k over mouse infestation
The branch, which closed in July, was found by Slough Borough Council to have been infested on two separate occasions
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Comment & OpinionFresh produce scares show food safety starts with properly trained workers
Evidence in the US suggests that cases of fresh produce-related food poisoning are often due to contamination with human waste, says Professor Chris Elliott
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NewsEgg council to push for British eggs due to Brexit concerns
The BEIC will urge retailers and manufacturers to switch to British eggs for processing in a new marketing push
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Comment & OpinionHow BRC Issue 8 seeks to encourage a culture of food safety
As part of new food safety guidance, manufacturers will be required to show they are creating a safety-conscious culture, explains Derek Watson of the University of Sunderland
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Comment & OpinionTrust the Tractor? The evidence is not exactly reassuring
Time after time trust in the Red Tractor scheme is being eroded
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NewsAntibiotic use in agriculture sees continued decline
The game bird sector reduced antibiotic use by 36% in 2017 amid other drops in usage across poultry and pigs
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Analysis & FeaturesAfter a series of breaches, can Red Tractor be trusted again?
Red Tractor CEO Jim Moseley’s bullish call for the government not to “reinvent the assurance wheel”, will no doubt be ringing in his ears this week after the scheme hit the headlines - and not for the first time this year - for all the wrong reasons
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Analysis & FeaturesSuperfoods meet science: is GM on the verge of acceptance?
A raft of new GM and gene-edited products are in development, designed purely with the consumer in mind
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NewsCrops produced through mutagenesis subject to GMO regulation
Verdict puts the trial of gene-edited camelina plants approved by Defra earlier in the year into question
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Comment & OpinionFood safety: how can small companies defend themselves?
Errington Cheese has faced a ‘guilty until proven innocent’ approach, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionThe UK is fighting back on food crime
I spend a relatively large amount of time on the nasty topic of food crime
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NewsDutch fipronil report slams ‘inadequate’ egg supply chain
The report found evidence that the Dutch Control Authority for Eggs may have been aware of the possible presence of fipronil in eggs six months before supply from affected farms was halted
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Comment & OpinionFood safety hearing throws up unexpected bombshell
Lord Rooker seemed to suggest Liam Fox had made some rather controversial comments about the future of food manufacturing post-Brexit