Food safety insight and analysis
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Comment & OpinionWhy the NFCU is gaining new powers to tackle food fraud
Enhanced powers will relieve the burden from external partners such as the police, says Andrew Quinn, head of the National Food Crime Unit
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Comment & OpinionApocalyptic scenes highlight food systems’ fragilities
A power outage across the Iberian peninsula brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill. What does that mean for our food systems’ fragilities?
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Comment & OpinionCan a UK-US trade deal avoid ‘dreaded’ chlorinated chicken?
Most UK food and farming bodies are dead against a US trade deal, with the British Poultry Council recently warning that ‘if agrifood becomes a bargaining chip, we all lose’
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Comment & OpinionAs FSA celebrates 25 years, what’s next on the agenda?
As we look to the next 25 years, the food system faces unprecedented challenges, says Susan Jebb, chair of the FSA
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Analysis & FeaturesFoot and mouth disease: how prepared is the UK?
Border authorities have revealed that banned German meat & dairy imports may have entered the UK
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Comment & OpinionTomato purée slave labour muck throwing doesn’t seem to be sticking
It’s not just the supermarkets challenging the tomato purée slave labour findings, either
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the FSA really pass food safety responsibility on to supermarkets?
Underfunded local authorities are struggling to maintain food inspections. But plans to give responsibility to businesses face huge pushback
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Comment & OpinionArla’s spot of Bovaer leaves Big Dairy crying over spilt milk
The controversy surrounding Arla Foods’ use of cow feed additive Bovaer has dominated headlines for the past week – but what does it really mean for Big Dairy?
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Comment & OpinionWhy Lindt denying its own ‘excellence’ risks shopper loyalty
It was particularly surprising when Lindt scuppered its own marketing claims about the ’excellence’ of its products in a US court last week
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Comment & OpinionLabour likely to double down as farming protest gets political
Labour has failed to set out its plans for the farming sector, but the sheer number of protesters - and their extreme views - should raise alarm bells
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Comment & OpinionFood safety Scores on Doors cannot be marked by supermarkets
Supermarkets and large food businesses must not be allowed to mark their own homework. But who will pay?
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Comment & OpinionFSA’s ‘risk-based’ food inspections are still a long way off
Tthe new programme presents significant challenges including legislative changes, political will and FSA board approval, say Katrina Anderson & Jessica Burt at Mills & Reeve LLP
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Category ReportCBD trends 2024: Can CBD finally take off?
The FSA’s positive safety assessment is a welcome boost to CBD. Will shelves soon be flooded with legally compliant products?
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Comment & OpinionFSA food safety shake-up will ultimately come down to politics
Will a new Labour government, which itself brought the FSA into being, back plans that may be perceived as a two-tier system of regulation?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy has the ‘Chicken King’ sold poultry arm to himself?
2 Sisters’ European poultry business will now be run separately
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Comment & Opinion‘Lethal’ Glen’s Vodka highlights growing food fraud concerns
It’s yet another in a long list of food fraud incidents reported this year
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Analysis & FeaturesThe FSA boss who’s bringing a ‘sense of partnership’ to Defra
Emily Miles is returning to Defra after five years as CEO at the FSA, bringing with her valuable experience of dealing with a series of crises
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Comment & OpinionTory Brexit legacy increasingly tainted by border chaos
It’s no surprise Labour has inherited a trade policy trainwreck
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Comment & OpinionWhat could the latest US bird flu findings mean for our food industry?
The threat of bird flu has largely been avoided in the UK over the past year. But will that continue?
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Category ReportFree-from trends 2024: Dull and tasteless no more
Gone are the days when free-from was often thought of as joyless. What’s driving today’s livelier approach to avoiding allergens?