All Food safety articles – Page 46
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NewsEdible insects face tougher EU rules
The Food Standards Agency has warned whole edible insects could soon be subject to stricter controls…
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Comment and OpinionFood fraudsters be warned: science is closing in on you
The technology does now exist to provide a comprehensive picture of the genetic content of any foodstuff…
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NewsSIBA launches accreditation scheme for UK breweries
Trade body the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has launched a quality accreditation scheme and is hoping to sign up 500 of its 820 members within two years.
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NewsCook rice in a percolator to protect kids from arsenic, parents told
Parents serving rice to their children should cook it not in a pan but a coffee percolator
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NewsTesco sets chicken suppliers 5% campylobacter target
Tesco is stepping up its efforts to fight campylobacter with a tough new contamination target for its fresh chicken suppliers.
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NewsCampylobacter: FSA board rejects plans to tell consumers where to shop
The Food Standards Agency has backed away from controversial proposals to tell consumers where to buy chicken based on campylobacter rates.
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NewsOutbreak of bird flu in Lancashire confirmed
A suspected case was first reported on Friday, prompting the start of a precautionary cull of 170,000 birds
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NewsEFSA clarifies fish storage advice
Current EU legislation does not define a specific temperature for transport or storage of fishery products
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NewsLondon shopkeeper fined over rotten produce
Rural Payments Agency operations director Paul Caldwell said prosecution was only used by the HMI as a “last resort”
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NewsFSA opts against wider availability of raw milk
While raw milk risks are “acceptable”, FSA says not enough evidence for wider sales
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NewsFSA considers telling shoppers to avoid retailers with poor campylobacter rates
Move comes as the industry is set to fail its 2015 targets for reducing the food poisoning bug in chicken
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NewsMcVitie’s Toasting Waffles withdrawn over recipe change info
The supplier altered the recipe after switching to a different manufacturing site, and the waffles now contain milk and lupin
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NewsBart Ingredients 'vindicated' as FSA overturns recall
Bart Ingredients has welcomed the “vindication” of its supply chain after the FSA this week overturned the recall
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NewsIreland moves to calm buyer nerves over 'isolated' BSE case
Ireland has insisted a shock new case of BSE – the country’s first in two years – is an isolated case
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NewsFood fraud has knocked authenticity confidence, study claims
The survey of 500 shoppers revealed 43% of respondents were not confident that meat-based chilled and frozen ready meals contained the species on the label
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NewsNestlé Maggi noodles given UK food safety all-clear
The Food Standards Agency had ordered tests on Maggi noodles in the UK following reports that products sold in India contained high levels of lead
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NewsSupplier pleads guilty to putting beef hearts in burgers and halal mislabelling
The company was fined a total of £42,500 and ordered to pay over £70,000 in costs
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NewsNut protein contamination recall is overturned
The Barts Ingredients Company cumin recalled in January after testing positive for undeclared almond protein did not, infact, contain any
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NewsMilk from cannabis seed-fed cows declared safe
Hemp, which contains very low levels of active chemical in cannabis, ‘unlikely’ to pose health risk
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NewsIreland announces first BSE case for two years
DAFM stresses the animal was not sold for slaughter and did not enter the food chain