Archive of all Food Standards Agency articles – Page 12
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Analysis & FeaturesGuide for SMEs: What you need to know when diversifying your food business
Are you a food business that had to adapt to stay afloat during Covid-19? We asked the FSA for some tips on doing things correctly to keep everyone safe and your business compliant.
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NewsFuture of CBD in Grocery webinar: meet the panellists
The webinar will pull together top experts in retail, food safety and manufacturing to discuss the opportunities, threats and challenges surrounding this complex but exciting area.
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NewsMounting concerns over poultry sector Covid transmission after Banham cases rise
Processors were concerned over the ’huge amount of social interaction’ between staff at the region’s several poultry plants, said the BPC
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NewsCBD food and drink experts to assemble for The Grocer’s webinar
The Grocer is pulling together the top experts in retail, food safety and manufacturing to look at the future for CBD
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NewsFSA launches new campaign to help businesses adapt to the ‘new normal’
The guide contains advice for companies who diversified into food delivery, takeaway or online sales during the pandemic
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Analysis & FeaturesGuide for SMEs: starting a new food business – what you need to know
The FSA’s head of regulatory compliance Michael Jackson outlines the steps new food and businesses need to take to keep customers safe and ensure they are compliant
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere does the scrapping of PHE leave the obesity strategy?
The government is scrapping PHE over its ‘failures’ to handle the pandemic. So what next for the PM’s new war on obesity?
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NewsFSA in the frame to handle reformulation strategy
Food Standards Agency a potential contender to take over PHE reformulation strategy
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NewsFood waste set to reduce as caterers accept short dates
It follows campaigns by Wrap and Defra to try and avoid a predicted £10m food waste bill due to the shutdown of hospitality
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NewsWaitrose recalls chicken satay over sauce mix-up
The upmarket grocer included a sauce made with fish and peanuts rather than the sweet chilli variety listed on the label
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NewsMedia Bites 10 August: Tate & Lyle, WH Smith, M&S/Ocado
Brexit backers Tate & Lyle are set to gain £73m from end of EU trade tariffs
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NewsBread Spread recalls 21 chicken sandwich products over listeria fears
The recall affects a total of 21 product lines
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NewsEx-FSA chief confirmed as chair of new trade commission
Other members include former trade ministers, food industry representatives and NGOs
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NewsFood hygiene inspection backlog ‘massive and mounting’, experts warn
More than 60,000 scheduled inspections have not happened due to the pandemic, according to hygiene rating platform Scores On The Doors
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News2 Sisters Llangefni site reopens as Young’s confirms first coronavirus case
2 Sisters has implemented 30 additional Covid-safe measures to strengthen existing controls
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NewsTrade unions slam rocketing number of Covid-19 cases at UK food manufacturing plants
Cases in UK food manufacturing plants have rocketed to more than 600 over the past week
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NewsFSA slammed by Unison over handling of Covid-19 in meat plants
The regulator’s ‘hands-off approach’ was putting workers at risk of contracting Covid-19, the union warned
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NewsRuth Hussey to take over as deputy chair at FSA
The former chief medical officer for Wales replaces Laura Sandys as FSA deputy chair
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NewsCalls for suppliers to extend best-before dates to save £1m of food a week
Wholesalers are struggling to convince catering customers to accept stock with short BBE dates
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Promotional FeaturesCBD will be removed from shelves next year, are you prepared?
Retailers may be surprised to learn that companies selling CBD products as food are operating in a grey area and many could even be illegal due to the amount of controlled substances they contain