Food safety insight and analysis – Page 13
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Comment & Opinion10 takeaways for food and farming from the Conservative and Labour party conferences
As the Tory conference draws to a close, here is the Grocer’s take on events in Brighton and Manchester
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Comment & OpinionPrioritise British in public procurement
Prioritising British food in public procurement is an idea the BPC has been trying to get traction on
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Comment & OpinionAs 2 Sisters is fingered over food safety, is FSA still right to let retailers mark their own homework?
There will be a lot of red faces in the industry right now over the 2 Sisters Food Group exposé that broke last night.
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Analysis & FeaturesFSA reveals its hands-off tactics with campylobacter
Self-regulation for the mults has stirred up food safety fears
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InterviewsBig Interview: Heather Hancock, the new chair of the FSA
As the new chair of the Food Standards Agency, Heather Hancock has ambitious and controversial plans for the regulator
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Comment & OpinionGo to work on your own egg
After fipronil, the FSA assures us there’s no need to change the way we buy eggs or egg products. I beg to differ
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Analysis & FeaturesFipronil scandal hits European egg prices
Just over a month after the fipronil scandal broke, the volatility in the European egg market shows no sign of abating
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Analysis & FeaturesIs chlorinated chicken the tip of the Brexit iceberg?
As post-Brexit Britain seeks new global trade deals, could our new food safety standards be worlds apart?
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket X saga is like something out of a breathless spy novel
A cautionary tale for public health bodies… and supermarket CEOs
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Comment & Opinion‘Supermarket x’ and the ethics of food risk disclosure
Food safety recalls are always either too early or too late so how should regulators approach public comms during such scares?
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Analysis & FeaturesPHE's hepatitis E report: the key facts and lessons
The ‘Supermarket X’ drama dominated headlines this week
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Comment & OpinionThe time has come to commit to UK supply for processing eggs
Research for The Grocer reveals a third of UK consumers have pledged to buy only British eggs and products made with British eggs
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Comment & OpinionKnow the origins of food with shorter supply chains
Sir, Is it too much to ask for food to come with provenance?
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Comment & OpinionSalt, sugar & fat colour coding encourages food fear culture
Sir, It is insulting people’s intelligence to think they need colour codes for salt, sugar and fat on the front of pack…
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Comment & OpinionShort supply chains are crucial common sense
Will processors be good eggs? That’s the question we posed back in April, when we investigated egg sourcing standards
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Analysis & FeaturesFipronil egg contamination scandal: what you need to know now
Millions of eggs have been removed from supermarket shelves on the continent over fears they might be contaminated with pesticide
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Analysis & FeaturesFood fraud: catch them - if you can?
With horsemeat back in the dock, the fight against food fraud is once more top of the agenda. But as Brexit looms, is the UK ready to beat the crooks?
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Comment & OpinionHorsegate has put fraud much higher up businesses' agendas
This week’s conviction in the Horsegate trial brings at last a degree of closure…
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Comment & OpinionStep up the food fraud fight
I generally spend the first week of July in South East Asia discussing food security in the region
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Comment & OpinionFood safety efforts must never be compromised by complacency
Sir, Companies must ensure they are doing all they can to remove any threats to products