All Food Standards Agency (FSA) articles – Page 2
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News
Bernard Matthews slams Channel 4 Dispatches over ‘scare story’ investigation
The documentary series is due to air an exposé claiming major food safety breaches at a Bernard Matthews’ turkey plant at 7.30pm tonight
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Comment and Opinion
FSA’s desperation exposed in uphill battle for food safety reinvention
Food safety is anything but as simple as ABC, as the FSA has found out to its cost
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News
FSA under fire for ‘misleading’ post-Brexit precision breeding proposals
A post-Brexit bill changed the way genetically edited organisms in food and feed goods are regulated
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Comment and Opinion
Why the FSA is taking a proportionate approach to CBD
If you are using CBD products every day over a long period of time, we can confidently say a dose of less than 10mg is safe, says Emily Miles, CEO of the Food Standards Agency
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Comment and Opinion
FSA causes confusion with its new CBD guidance… again
The maximum daily dosage has suddenly and unexpectedly been reduced from 70mg to just 10mg
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News
Food crime costing up to £2bn per year, FSA research shows
Food crime costs the UK economy between £410m and £1.96b per year, which adds a ’heavy burden’ on businesses and local authorities
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Comment and Opinion
How ongoing CBD legal limbo has created winners and losers
Latest CBD industry legal heave shows massive disparity in the market
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News
Food standards agencies warn of higher listeria risk in smoked fish
The agencies have advised that pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system should avoid eating ready-to-eat cold smoked or cured fish
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News
CK Foodstores selling out of date meat and poultry, finds TV show investigation
The retailer had sold or displayed almost 50 items past their use-by date over the course of a year, the investigation claimed
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Comment and Opinion
Britain’s meat supply chains remain vulnerable to antibiotic failure
Back in 2015, we were waking up to a world facing an impending ’antibiotic apocalypse’ due to the overuse of critical antibiotics in animals and people. Have we come far enough?
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Analysis and Features
How the FSA's novel foods rule could shake up the road to bug burgers
The FSA has mooted a number of new ideas in its regime review
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Comment and Opinion
Slashing supermarket FSA inspections is playing with fire
The FSA’s move to cut supermarket food safety inspections as part of a shake-up doesn’t show lessons from the past have been learnt
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Comment and Opinion
Delay to bonfire of EU laws merits a major sigh of relief
The government has reneged on plans to scrap thousands of retained EU laws by the end of the year
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News
Bonfire of EU red tape delayed after backlash
The government is scrapping the Retained EU Law bill’s ‘sunset’ clause
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News
Revived Farmison starts phased reopening of meat business
The upmarket online butcher was rescued from administration by ex-Asda boss Andy Clarke last month
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News
FSA pledges to improve approach following meat fraud scandal
The regulator plans to improve whistle-blowing, intelligence-sharing and auditing in the wake of the scandal
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News
Müller and Lactalis recall dairy products over listeria concerns
The recalls are the latest in a growing number of dairy products to have been pulled from sale over listeria concerns this year
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Comment and Opinion
Europe must speed up the route to market for novel food technologies
Food innovations are crucial to feeding a growing population in a healthy and sustainable manner, says Sue Garfitt, CEO of The Protein Brewery
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Comment and Opinion
A stronger, better supported FSA would benefit the whole food system
Food businesses should do more to push for a better funded FSA with a wider remit and sharper teeth, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment and Opinion
Why we must take a balanced approach to precision breeding
If regulations disable innovation they delay mainstream use of the technology, says Robin May, FSA chief scientific adviser