All Food Standards Agency (FSA) articles – Page 22
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Central England Co-op extends food waste scheme to all stores
A pilot in nine Leicester stores delivered enough redistributed food for more than 12,000 meals
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FSA trials blockchain for meat inspection audits
The regulator launched a pilot two months ago with IBM
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Analysis and Features
Meat in vegan ready meals: how worrying are claims?
A vegan macaroni meal from Tesco’s Wicked Kitchen range supposedly contained traces of turkey
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Calls to test imported eggs as new European fipronil scandal brews
The emergence of a potential new fipronil scandal was “not a surprise” said British Egg Industry Council chairman
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National Food Crime Unit wins funding for 'upgrade'
The FSA unit will see its headcount grow from 22 to 82 and will become fully operational, with full investigatory powers, from next March
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Fresh fipronil contamination scandal as Germany recalls 73,000 organic eggs
The eggs are believed to have come from an organic egg supplier in the Netherlands
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FSA launches probe after ‘meat traces found’ in vegan meals
A Telegraph investigation found traces of turkey in a Tesco Wicked Kitchen product, while traces of pork were found in meat free meatballs sold by Sainsbury’s
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Comment and Opinion
How 2 Sisters has gone from bottom of the class to star pupil
2 Sisters is out of FSA-imposed emergency measures. So how did it turn things around since last year’s high-profile scandal?
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Media Bites 5 June: Sainsbury's/Asda, 2 Sisters, Walmart
The £14.1billion Sainsbury’s-Asda merger will push up prices at smaller retailers, industry experts have warned, writes The Daily Mail.
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FSA teams up with 2 Sisters for information sharing trial
The regulator has partnered with 2 Sisters for a pilot information sharing scheme that could provide the ‘template’ for the sector
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Addo pulls 59 pastry SKUs over metal contamination fear
Wall’s, Tesco and Nisa among those hit by the recall of pies, pasties, slices and rolls
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Analysis and Features
What’s on Ronald Kers’ to do list as the new CEO of 2 Sisters Food Group?
What kind of company will Kers be taking over, what are the key challenges he faces and what can he bring to the business?
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Meat suppliers' trade body AIMS resigns from Red Tractor board
Rift follows disagreement over future direction of Red Tractor, and lack of focus on eating quality by the scheme
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Comment and Opinion
Attitudes to GM food & drink are changing
When the public is asked what they believe are the biggest food safety issues, genetically modified foods are often mentioned
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FSA defends reduction in number of abattoir inspections
An FOI request by The Times found the number of inspections undertaken by the regulator had fallen from 2,917 in 2011 to just 1,725 last year
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FSA defends Regulating our Future scheme against criticism
The FSA boss also refuted suggestions the move would cut local authorities out of the loop
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Coconut water sales slump as smoothies rebound
A sharp loss in secondary feature space in the mults is a key driver behind the decline
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Iceland denies temperature control problems ahead of exposé
“We are entirely refuting every piece it,” says Iceland joint MD Nigel Broadhurst
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2 Sisters to close Cambuslang plant with loss of 450 jobs
The poultry giant said its loss-making factory would close in August after a consultation failed to present any ‘credible proposal to change our view’
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City snapshot: Russell Hume creditors hopeful of returns from collapsed meat wholesaler's £23.2m assets
Creditors of scandal-hit meat wholesaler Russell Hume are set to receive 60p-80p in the pound on their debts as the collapsed business had assets of £23.2m before its collapse.