Food safety insight and analysis – Page 11
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Comment & OpinionPoland’s ‘sick cow’ scandal is a reminder of the EU’s food safety net
If these practices turn out to be more widespread, this will be the biggest meat scandal in Europe since Horsegate
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Analysis & FeaturesFood allergen labelling consultation: what are the options?
Smaller businesses fear they could struggle to meet new requirements
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Analysis & FeaturesCould social selling be the next food safety scandal?
As an increasing number of entrepreneurs start offering food and drink for sale online, established food safety systems are struggling
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Comment & OpinionHow can the food industry help solve the allergen problem?
Clearer labels, better training and a traffic light system would improve matters, says Professor Chris Elliott
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Comment & OpinionM&S vegan labelling scandal shows urgent need for consumer education
Ensuring everyone understands that ‘vegan’ isn’t shorthand for ‘allergen-free’ must be a priority
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Comment & OpinionWhat fmcg can learn from the pharmaceuticals industry on labelling
The claim that packaging is too small for sufficient information is not a defence, says Julie Vargas, head of technology for grocery at Avery Dennison
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Comment & OpinionIs Pret making sufficient progress with its allergy labelling overhaul?
CEO Clive Schlee announced on Friday the company had finally rolled out its first full ingredient labelling pilot
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Comment & OpinionWatchdog shows determination with food allergy investigation
The tragic consequences of inadequately flagging up allergens in food has come under heavy scrutiny in recent months
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Comment & OpinionWhy small businesses are on Professor Chris Elliott’s food safety watchlist for 2019
Food hygiene and allergy control must be rolled into a single system of monitoring and enforcement, says Professor Chris Elliott
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Comment & OpinionIndustry must unite on allergen data or face more preventable deaths
It will take industry-wide collaboration and support from government to collate allergen information, says Coral Rose, managing director of Country Range Group
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Comment & OpinionGenome editing could change the way the UK does fresh food
After Brexit, the UK has the opportunity to become a world leader in genome-edited produce, says Dr Agustin Zsögön
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Comment & OpinionPret must rebuild trust but Smith hire marks decisive action
The sandwich chain seems to have finally woken up to its responsibilities
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Comment & OpinionTim Smith must make Pret take full responsibility for its supply chain
After months of questionable handling of its rapidly emerging allergy crisis, Pret has finally taken a sensible step
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Comment & OpinionFood Unwrapped: Kate and Jimmy revisit a perennial question
”Do we really know what we’re putting on our plates?” The question presenter Kate Quilton asked in Food Unwrapped has been raised numerous times
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Analysis & FeaturesHow are rivals reacting to Pret's allergen labelling woes?
Two allergy-related deaths have raised consciousness of allergen labelling to fever pitch. So how are Pret and other operators responding?
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Comment & OpinionBritish farmers can’t relax yet on antibiotic use in livestock
Farmers should be commended for their efforts to reduce antibiotic use in livestock, but there is much more to be done
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Comment & OpinionIngredients labelling is in urgent need of review
Our food labelling regulations have been an accident waiting to happen, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionI love Pret a Manger, but it clearly has serious issues
The tragic death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse has exposed clear weaknesses in its food labelling policies
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Analysis & FeaturesHow serious is food and drink's allergy problem?
As Pret a Manger is linked to a second allergy death, can it get itself off the hook by blaming a supplier? And what are the wider implications?
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Comment & OpinionBeware food safety risks when cutting salt, sugar and plastics
Salt and sugar have been used as food preservatives for hundreds of years and there are microbiological risks of reducing them in food, says Professor Chris Elliott