Archive of all Food Standards Agency articles – Page 16
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Comment & OpinionByron allergen tragedy is troubling because it is so hard to rectify
It isn’t just a legislative challenge. This tragic case also highlights troubling behavioural issues that need to be tackled
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NewsArla to encourage ‘sniff-test’ by ditching use-by dates
The dairy co-op will change to best before dates by the end of the year
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NewsLabour plans animal welfare commissioner in far-reaching policy pitch
The 50-point ‘animal welfare manifesto for government’ also includes bans of sow farrowing crates and foie gras imports
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NewsMeat wholesaler fine increased after failed appeal against food safety offence
The severity of Bowland Foods’ offence was upgraded at its appeal hearing
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can smaller retailers catch up on campylobacter?
Levels of contamination have fallen in supermarkets, but remain high at independents
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NewsEgg sales continue soaring on back of 2016 change to FSA advice
Egg sales have surged past the 6.5 billion mark
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Comment & OpinionPicnic warning is a reminder industry must step up on salt reduction
Suppliers have cut sugar and satfat effectively: now to apply their expertise to salt
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Comment & OpinionIt’s time the FSA heeded calls for tighter ‘free from’ labelling
The latest labelling outcry is over Halo Top’s vegan variants reportedly containing traces of dairy. It’s time the FSA clamped down on free-from claims
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NewsDutch meat trader Jan Fasen arrested over link to horsemeat scandal
Fasen was arrested by Spain’s Guardia Civil at the request of French authorities late last month
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Comment & OpinionWhat the hospital meal furore tells us about frozen food perceptions
The tabloids are getting worked up over hospital meals that have been cooked ’months before they’re served’. Which shows frozen food has an uphill battle on its hands
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s in the new health green paper for food and drink?
New post-Brexit health labelling is just one suggestion – but will Boris Johnson have the appetite?
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NewsPret a Manger appoints M&S’s Kate Stein as global tech director
Stein has been with M&S for 20 years – most recently as head of food technology for convenience
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NewsStudy links stalled salt reduction with cardiovascular disease and cancer
Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Liverpool analysed the salt intake of the population in England
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NewsJust Eat publishes food hygiene ratings for all restaurants
A link accompanying menus on Just Eat’s website and app leads to the FSA’s rating
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NewsFSA appoints Emily Miles as new CEO
Miles joins the regulator from Defra, and replaces Jason Feeney, who retired last month
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NewsCuts to local authority budgets ‘increasing meat fraud risk’
The Mirror published an article this week claiming one in five meat products in Britain contained animals not stated on the label
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Comment & OpinionThe latest meat fraud outrage is exaggerated. But the risk isn’t
The claim ‘one in five meat products contain animal not stated on the label’ is untrue. But there’s no doubt we must be more vigilant in the fight against meat fraud
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Category ReportFull of, not free from: free-from category report 2019
Today’s free-from products are shouting as much about what they do contain as what they don’t
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NewsListeria outbreak: sandwich firm ceases trading
One hundred and twenty-five jobs will be lost following the liquidation of The Good Food Chain
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NewsListeria outbreak: FSA lets sandwich firm resume production
However, The Good Food Chain says it is undecided about whether it is “viable” to start making food again