All Food safety articles – Page 39
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Comment & OpinionThe FSA's ROF plan threatens consumer protection
There is growing concern about the FSA’s Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme
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NewsBrexit could raise risk of salmonella in eggs, warns Sustain
A UK and US free trade deal would mean having to bow to American food standards, says food campaigner
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NewsFSA to go ahead with controversial inspection reforms
The FSA board will stick with plans in its Regulating Our Future programme.
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NewsFSA ‘remains committed’ to mandatory display of FHRS
FSA report finds a “continuous improvement” in food hygiene standards since the scheme was first introduced
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Comment & OpinionA healthy buzz from posher bangers is helping dispel the carcinogen cloud
Back with a bang: sausage sales are starting to rise again, thanks to a raft of healthier NPDs
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NewsNational Food Crime Unit will need an extra £5m
It is vital to move into Phase 2 before the UK leaves the EU, boss Andy Morling has warned
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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 & 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 & 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