All Regulation articles – Page 18
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Comment & OpinionA 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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News‘Enforcement squad’ to crack down on underage vaping
The squad will be led by Trading Standards and will share intelligence with regional networks and local authorities
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Comment & OpinionWhy 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
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Analysis & FeaturesSmokers to get free vape kits to help them quit cigarettes
Almost one in five smokers will be given devices in the ’swap to stop’ initiative, the Department of Health & Social Care said
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Comment & OpinionThe blame game has started over the meat fraud scandal
With the industry desperately hoping it’s a case of one bad apple rather than a systemic failure, who’s at fault?
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NewsMeat scandal: FSA CEO warns local authority cuts affecting food safety
Emily Miles suggested a fall in the number of local authority officials was affecting the integrity of supply chains
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the Food Standards Agency and its National Food Crime Unit fit for purpose?
With the industry far from certain how deep the meat fraud scandal runs, serious questions have been raised about how it has been dealt with
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NewsSomerset Cheese Company product tests positive for listeria
The supplier has recalled the batch of contaminated goats cheese, which had been sent to wholesalers
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NewsSlices of bread found to contain more salt than a bag of crisps
Research showed that 75% of loaves sold in UK supermarkets contain the same amount of salt per slice as a 25g packet of crisps
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NewsTesco tries to calm suppliers in row over fulfilment fee
Tesco has not withdrawn its plans and new details emerged suggesting the cost to branded suppliers could be higher than originally outlined
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NewsFraud-linked meat supplier Loscoe Chilled Foods placed into administration
The supplier was linked a fortnight ago to a National Food Crime Unit probe into the passing off of imported beef as British
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NewsHumza Yousaf urged to delay Scottish deposit return scheme until 2025
Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey told MPs yesterday she hoped Yousaf could be persuaded to abandon the 16 August deadline
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NewsEPR: Thérèse Coffey urged to delay ‘blank cheque’ recycling plans
This week the leaders of the BRC, FDF and packaging umbrella body Incpen wrote a stinging 1,500-word letter to Coffey calling for ministers to “take the time needed”
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NewsMola and Pause add CBD soft drinks under novel foods exemption
It comes as thousands of CBD novel food applications are set to be validated by the FSA
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NewsSupermarkets sign up to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration on climate change
It comes with estimates that food and drink consumed in the UK is responsible for around 35% of the country’s emissions
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NewsOne person dead from listeria outbreak, FSA confirms
Three cases of listeriosis have now been confirmed by food safety watchdogs
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Analysis & FeaturesShould the FSA standardise the safe daily CBD dosage?
The Food Standards Agency seems unlikely to recommend specific dosage levels
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Analysis & FeaturesIn his own words: Henry Dimbleby on why he quit government health role
National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby has quit as the UK’s food tsar, furious at Whitehall’s lack of a strategy. But he’s not giving up on major change
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NewsThe Old Cheese Room recalls lines due to presence of listeria
The cheese manufacturer has had to recall the 1kg Baronet Soft Cheese, its 200g Baby Baronet Soft Cheese and its 270g Mini Baronet Soft Cheese
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NewsHealth tsar Henry Dimbleby quits slamming ‘shocking’ obesity
Dimbleby accused ministers of abandoning its plans for health after the departure of former PM Boris Johnson