Food safety insight and analysis – Page 15
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Comment and Opinion
Are we getting campylobacter by the scruff of the neck – or not?
Just how much progress really has been made in fighting this incredibly complex bug?
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Comment and Opinion
Learning lessons from the fake oregano scandal
Science can play a major role in detecting problems of product integrity
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Comment and Opinion
We should make a right song and dance about food fraud
Food Crime The Musical. As ideas go, it’s pretty out there.
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Comment and Opinion
Barcode vigilance is vital
The familiarity we all have with barcodes and their ubiquity mean that how they are used is critical in business operations
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Analysis and Features
Glyphosate reprieve eases food price fears
A motion to renew market approval for the controversial herbicide was passed this week by 374 votes to 225
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Analysis and Features
Break silence on food crime, industry told
Not enough intelligence sharing, warns National Food Crime Unit
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Comment and Opinion
National Food Crime Unit must be unleashed from the FSA
The FSA felt like an organisation re-energised and plucky enough even to mention the ‘N’ word - nutrition - again
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Analysis and Features
Would Brexit make food fraud better or worse?
Brexit would end the obligation for the free movement of goods. So would the UK be better placed to fight food fraud?
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Comment and Opinion
Stand up for Fairtrade farmers but spare us the sympathy
“The Fairtrade mark ensures decent payment for hard work at least; and at best true empowerment”
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Comment and Opinion
Why government is intensifying its efforts to take on alcohol fraudsters
13% of the beer we drink is untaxed and in total untaxed alcohol alone costs the taxpayer over £1 billion per year
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Comment and Opinion
Mars recall was swift but its communications proved hit and miss
No one could accuse Mars of doing things by halves. Because a small piece of red plastic was found in a Snickers bar in Germany…
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Comment and Opinion
Fingerprint the food fraudsters says Chris Elliott
”During a normal working week I get details of two to four major food fraud incidents being uncovered somewhere in the world”
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Comment and Opinion
Mars choc recall highlights the need for gutsy communications strategies
No one could accuse Mars of lacking decisiveness with its chocolate recall, but its PR has been more hit and miss
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Comment and Opinion
Sorting the Beef from the Bull: a considered food fraud take
Other food fraud scandals have been far nastier than Horsegate
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Comment and Opinion
Asda must look to availability basics
The recent job losses at Asda are a veneer over the main issues
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Comment and Opinion
Fewer inspections may lead to 'catastrophic consequences'
Some people relax by reading the newspaper. I indulge myself with a good look at Food Standards Agency Board papers
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Comment and Opinion
FSA warning on food safety checks should give serious pause for thought
Purcell’s paper marks a potential sea change in the FSA’s attitude to budget cuts
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Comment and Opinion
Horsegate three years on: we must remain vigilant
The horsemeat scandal of 2013 thrust into the mainstream media an issue that had long plagued the industry
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Comment and Opinion
The long road to 'antibiotic free' meat
What is to blame for the rise of Antimicrobial Resistance?
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Analysis and Features
Where can a cash-strapped Food Standards Agency make cuts?
Last week’s Autumn Statement revealed the FSA’s budget would remain at £85.4m a year during the current parliament