Food safety insight and analysis – Page 11
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Comment and OpinionLight-touch meat regulation reveals alarming complacency
We seem to suffer collective memory failure when it comes to the safety and integrity of our meat supply
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Comment and Opinion‘Ultra-processed’ study could have ramifications for the vegan revolution
The meat and dairy industries need to take a more proactive stance when it comes to defending the reputation of their products, in light of these latest findings
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Comment and OpinionLabour makes waves with detailed animal welfare proposals
Labour is at pains to outline its intention to design post-Brexit farm subsidies that move away from intensive “factory farming” and bad environmental practices
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Comment and OpinionThe Russell Hume scandal has shown how easy it is to relabel meat
The Food Standards Agency has received government signoff to properly fund the National Food Crime Unit
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Comment and OpinionA shared vision on farming
Michael Gove still holds the Defra position and his speech was quite stunning in terms of content and vision…
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Analysis and FeaturesHow can companies protect themselves against recalls?
The potential damage from product recalls is being magnified by social media and cost pressures
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Comment and OpinionResolving our food differences with the US could be nearly as tricky as Brexit
As the chlorinated chicken row rumbles on, resolving differences with our friends across the pond could become as challenging as the Brexit negotiations
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Comment and OpinionWe forget the lessons of Horsegate at our peril
It has become the reference point for anyone concerned about the integrity of our food supply chains and the integrity of the food business more broadly, so what’s changed?
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Analysis and FeaturesHorsegate: five years on
It was the biggest crisis to hit grocery in decades. Five years on, we ask six leading figures to relive their memories of watching ’Horsegate’ unfold from the front line
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Comment and Opinion2 Sisters’ transparency move could be a game-changer
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the horsegate scandal, we should welcome these first steps towards more openness in the food industry
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Comment and OpinionBoundary pushing is great. But do veggies really want bloody burgers?
Is the use of ’obscure techno ingredients’ in vegetarian food a bite too far or a bite into the future?
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Comment and OpinionWhy traditional British sausages are safe
Research has claimed that eating processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal cancer by 18% for every 50g consumed
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Comment and OpinionThe FSA's ROF plan threatens consumer protection
There is growing concern about the FSA’s Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme
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Analysis and FeaturesWill breakaway labelling system get the green light?
The Evolved Nutrition Label aims to take into account portion sizes. Will more big brands sign up to front of pack?
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Comment and OpinionA healthy buzz from posher bangers is helping dispel the carcinogen cloud
Back with a bang: sausage sales are starting to rise again, thanks to a raft of healthier NPDs
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Comment and OpinionTime for a new approach to food assurance
Five years on from ’Horsegate’, we are dealing with yet another meat industry scandal and no one is any safer
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Analysis and FeaturesUK food assurance is broken. So how do we fix it?
More audits and inspections are not the answers, say experts. We need to start asking smarter questions of UK food businesses
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Comment and OpinionTry to listen, Dr Fox. It’s a no from the public (and your fellow ministers) to chlorinated chicken
The trade secretary was back in the headlines after he told a House of Commons committee that he saw no reason why the British public shouldn’t eat chlorinated chicken from the US
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Comment and OpinionWhether 2 Sisters can rebuild confidence could define it
“I’ve never been so gripped by a parliamentary committee meeting,” said one industry insider this week
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Comment and OpinionFood plant audits need a rethink
I was one of the commentators on the 2 Sisters video footage obtained by the ITV/Guardian newspaper investigation