Food safety insight and analysis – Page 13
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Comment & OpinionScandal reflects food safety progress
The National Food Crime Unit was taking an active role in the investigation
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Comment & 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 & 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 & 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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Analysis & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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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Comment & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & OpinionBritish food standards are at risk
The contrast between American and British food really hit me in a supermarket in Barbados
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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