All Food safety articles – Page 60
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NewsFSA sanctions 1% DNA tolerance level in meat
The new UK meat testing regime agreed by the FSA and industry will allow for a 1% tolerance for DNA of other species…
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NewsHorse meat: Tests ‘demanded’ by FSA are voluntary
The Food Standards Agency has clarified the comprehensive tests on all beef products it “demanded” last night will, in fact, be voluntary, and that it does not have legal powers to compel companies to test products.
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Analysis and FeaturesWhy the meat supply chain must adopt a 'criminal' mentality
Stopping another scandal will involve more than lab work…
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NewsHorse meat: Findus pulls 380,000 lasagnes after horse meat discovery
Findus UK has withdrawn from sale or destroyed about 380,000 of its frozen beef lasagnes, after the meat content of some was found to be 100% horse instead of beef.
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Comment and Opinion
Horse burger scandal should be a wake-up call to government
News that horse meat and traces of pig have been found in burgers should be a wake-up call…
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NewsHorse meat scandal: ABP orders major operations changes
ABP Food Group has announced a major shake-up of its Irish and UK operations in response to the horse meat scandal…
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NewsHorse meat: The Co-op ditches Silvercrest after finding 17.7% horse in burger
The Co-operative Group has ditched Silvercrest as a supplier after finding 17.7% horse DNA in a frozen own-label burger produced by the ABP Food Group plant.
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NewsABP understands Tesco's Silvercrest delisting and vows to become DNA testing leader
Tesco will continue to source fresh beef from ABP despite dumping subsidiary Silvercrest Foods as a supplier because of the horse burger scandal.
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Comment and Opinion
The source of the horse?
So now we know where that horse DNA came from. Except not really…
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Comment and Opinion
Stop horse play with food (and that includes GM)
Groundhog day. Two decades on from BSE, we’re still discussing the dubious provenance of processed meat products….
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NewsHorse DNA found in more samples by 'inundated' test lab
Retailers and processed meat suppliers are bracing themselves for a potential new wave of damaging horse DNA revelations…
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Analysis and Features
Why DNA testing is no quick fix for horse meat scandals
As the horse DNA scandal gallops into its third week…
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NewsSainsbury's launches investigation after salmonella is found in thyme
Sainsbury’s has launched a supplier investigation after salmonella was found in a packet of its own label lemon thyme.
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Horse meat scandal: Liffey Meats burgers horse DNA-free in new tests
New tests on burgers produced by Liffey Meats – one of the Irish companies implicated in the horse meat contamination scandal – have found no traces of horse DNA, according to Ireland’s department for agriculture, food and the marine.
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Horse meat: Investigations remain focused on Europe, says ABP
ABP Food Group has said its investigations into how some of its burgers came to be contain horse DNA remain focused on third-party suppliers from the Continent, despite reports over the weekend that the source of the DNA may not be imports after all.
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NewsHorse meat scandal: Tesco tweet criticised
Tesco came under fire late night last night after its customer services team tweeted a comment to followers referring to hay – a staple food source for horses.
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Horse meat scandal: ABP suspends production at Silvercrest
Anglo Beef Processors has suspended all production at its Silvercrest site in Ireland, one of the meat processing plants implicated in the horse meat contamination scandal.
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Horse meat: ABP vows to introduce routine DNA tests
ABP Food Group – one of the companies embroiled in the horse meat scandal – has pledged to introduce routine DNA testing for its meat products.
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NewsHorse meat: Tesco boss Clarke looks to regain "lost trust"
Tesco today launched a major damage limitation blitz in the national media in a bid to regain what CEO Philip Clarke admitted was “lost trust” following the horsemeat scandal.
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NewsHorse meat: FSA announces UK-wide study on food authenticity
The Food Standards Agency and Defra are to conduct a UK-wide study on food authenticity in processed meat products following the discovery of horse and pig DNA in beef burgers sold in the UK and Ireland.