Food safety news – Page 18
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NewsErrington Cheese lays off remaining staff over e.coli dispute
”I simply cannot afford to pay their wages,” said owner Selina Cairns
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NewsGlyphosate essential for UK food production, say farmers
British farming bodies have stressed the necessity and safety of glyphosate after the US Monsanto ruling
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NewsKTC to launch ‘UK first’ legally edible mustard oil
The oil is made with a blend of rapeseed, reducing the erucic acid content to less than 5%
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NewsPoundworld fined £350k over mouse infestation
The branch, which closed in July, was found by Slough Borough Council to have been infested on two separate occasions
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NewsEgg council to push for British eggs due to Brexit concerns
The BEIC will urge retailers and manufacturers to switch to British eggs for processing in a new marketing push
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NewsAntibiotic use in agriculture sees continued decline
The game bird sector reduced antibiotic use by 36% in 2017 amid other drops in usage across poultry and pigs
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NewsRed Tractor urged to tighten welfare standards after exposé
The scheme has expelled a pork supplier after footage emerged of workers abusing piglets on a Bedfordshire Farm
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NewsCrops produced through mutagenesis subject to GMO regulation
Verdict puts the trial of gene-edited camelina plants approved by Defra earlier in the year into question
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NewsBottle closure worries triggers Schweppes 1783 recall
The issue is affecting bottles with a best before date of up to and including 31 March 2019
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NewsDutch fipronil report slams ‘inadequate’ egg supply chain
The report found evidence that the Dutch Control Authority for Eggs may have been aware of the possible presence of fipronil in eggs six months before supply from affected farms was halted
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NewsListeria alert as frozen veg supplier Greenyard issues recall
The recall is linked to a pan-European outbreak of listeria dating as far back as 2015
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NewsOrganics Council warning over glyphosate in organic foods
Trace levels of glyphosate were detected in Duchy Organic Farmhouse Batch wholemeal bread from Waitrose and Tesco Organic Plain Flour
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NewsRaw milk sales face tighter FSA controls
The FSA board this week agreed to proposals for a ‘staged approach’
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NewsFSA trials blockchain for meat inspection audits
The regulator launched a pilot two months ago with IBM
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NewsMoy Park creates allergen-free factory in £18m investment
It includes the creation of a fully contained gluten and dairy-free factory at its Grantham site
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NewsPHE to reconsider name and shame tactics in war on sugar
Last month the DH body revealed the industry had failed to hit its sugar reduction target
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NewsCalls to test imported eggs as new European fipronil scandal brews
The emergence of a potential new fipronil scandal was “not a surprise” said British Egg Industry Council chairman
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NewsNational Food Crime Unit wins funding for 'upgrade'
The FSA unit will see its headcount grow from 22 to 82 and will become fully operational, with full investigatory powers, from next March
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NewsFresh fipronil contamination scandal as Germany recalls 73,000 organic eggs
The eggs are believed to have come from an organic egg supplier in the Netherlands
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NewsRemoval of BBE dates could discourage shoppers: YouGov
A poll following Tesco’s pledge to remove labelling from 70 fresh produce items could affect shopper ability to judge freshness