Food safety insight and analysis – Page 19
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Comment and Opinion
Lessons from the horsemeat scandal
It’s a year since the horsemeat scandal broke. In our research, half of consumers say they have changed shopping habits…
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Comment and Opinion
It's time the FSA started treating us like grown-ups
I do wish our public health bodies would stop treating us all like kids…
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Profiles and QandAs
FSA chief Catherine Brown on lessons from the Horsegate scandal
A year on from Horsegate and FSA CEO Catherine Brown wants to talk not about beef, but poultry…
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Analysis and Features
Why Horsegate is yesterday's news
One year on, Horsegate is as good as forgotten. How has public confidence been restored?…
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Analysis and Features
What's the long-term impact of Horsegate on suppliers?
Consumers may have moved on from Horsegate, but the legacy for the supply chain could be more permanent
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Analysis and Features
Horsegate scandal: why are the criminals still at bay?
No companies or individuals have yet been prosecuted over Horsegate, while private litigation is thin on the ground…
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Analysis and Features
Can new faces fight food industry's corner at downgraded Defra?
After last year’s sacking of Jim Paice as food and farming minster, Noble House has again been hit with key changes…
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Analysis and Features
Horsegate: first impressions from the Elliott Review round table
Time is of the essence in securing a positive legacy for Horsegate…
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Analysis and Features
What poor meat sector margins tell us about Horsegate
A recipe for trouble? What poor meat sector margins tell us about Horsegate…
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Comment and Opinion
Horsegate: heed economics of the cold chain
Sir: The supermarket business model is based on shoppers trusting what retailers put on their shelves…
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Comment and Opinion
Let's make 'Frankenburgers' redundant
When a lab-grown ‘beef burger’ was unveiled to the world last month it divided opinion…
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Analysis and Features
Botulism or not? Making sense of the Fonterra tests
The botulism whey scare in New Zealand has turned out to be a false alarm. How did the experts get it so wrong?…
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Comment and Opinion
GM feed: supermarkets are talking tosh
What tosh supermarkets talk about listening to their customers…
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Category Report
How to clean up your reputation in the digital age
Online reputation management companies can limit bad publicity… but they come with a health warning…
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Category Report
Horsegate: Who are the winners?
Four months on from the horsemeat scandal, how has shopper behaviour changed? Who has taken the biggest hit in sales and who is best placed to turn ‘Horsegate’ to their advantage?
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Profiles and QandAs
ABP: A fresh start after 'Horsegate'
In his first interview since ‘Horsegate’, ABP CEO Paul Finnerty spells out what went wrong in his company…
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Category Report
A new era for meat supply: Trust but verify
Meat suppliers can carry out DNA tests, but they are beset by challenges in their efforts to ensure authenticity…
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Analysis and Features
Horsemeat: The European web
Since ‘horsegate’ erupted, EU countries have issued more than 50 alerts about horsemeat adulteration of meat products. Our maps show the European spread…
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Analysis and Features
How reliable is DNA testing in the wake of new revelations?
As Aldi and Asda are caught up in new horsemeat revelations experts say occasional contradictions are par for the course…
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Comment and Opinion
Reject UK manufacturing at your peril
Following the decline of the British Empire, we have overseen a similar decline in British manufacturing…