All Food Safety articles – Page 2
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NewsLack of clarity around looming Brexit checks leaves industry ‘apprehensive’
The Border Target Operating Model will see an array of new controls on EU food imports begin to roll out on 30 January
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Comment and OpinionWhy are so many foods with undeclared allergens making it on shelf?
Food allergen malfunctions are supposed to have vanished, but the FSA recorded 314 allergy alerts in the 2022/23 period. So what’s going wrong?
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NewsDefra budget cuts to Dover food inspections ‘serious’ risk to UK food safety
Defra is planning to introduce a 70% budget cut to the inspection team at Dover that is responsible for screening pork for African swine fever (ASF) from April
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Profiles and QandAsMy food & drink job: Stuart Cant, meat hygiene inspector, Food Standards Scotland
Meat hygiene inspector Stuart mythbusts abattoir work and advises new starters to go for roles with training opportunities
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NewsLab-grown meat set for green light under FSA plans
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will put forward options for a streamlined system of testing at its next meeting on 20 March
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NewsDover Port accuses Defra of undermining UK food safety with border checks move
Post-Brexit sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks on EU imports will take place at Sevington Border Control Post from the end of January
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NewsMars Wrigley trademarks Alert caffeinated gum in the UK
Having made its US debut in 2013, production of Alert was halted within weeks when the FDA announced it was investigating the safety of caffeine in food
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NewsBritish Lion Eggs launches £1m campaign
The marketing programme will aim to deliver trust and inspiration messages
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Comment and OpinionDispatches exposé fails to answer its own question about turkey safety
It quickly became clear the link to Christmas (and festive turkeys) was tenuous at best
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Comment and OpinionDid Channel 4 Dispatches expose Bernard Matthews safety flaws or was it a big flap?
Nothing says it’s Christmas quite like a scandal in a turkey factory – which is something Channel 4’s Dispatches attempted to convince us of last week
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NewsBernard Matthews slams Channel 4 Dispatches over ‘scare story’ investigation
The documentary series is due to air an exposé claiming major food safety breaches at a Bernard Matthews’ turkey plant at 7.30pm tonight
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NewsFSA warns consumers of salmonella risk from Polish poultry products
There is an investigation ongoing into multiple strains of salmonella linked to poultry products imported to the UK from Poland
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NewsFrozen food temperature standard overhaul urged as study reveals energy savings
Food and logistics companies say increasing the –18°C frozen food standard will create energy and cost savings in supply chains
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NewsFSA under fire for ‘misleading’ post-Brexit precision breeding proposals
A post-Brexit bill changed the way genetically edited organisms in food and feed goods are regulated
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NewsSainsbury’s trials new dedicated aisle for free-from food
The new format has combined fresh, ambient and chilled free-from products in a single aisle
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NewsFood safety at ‘critical risk’ from staffing crisis, warns FSA
The future of the UK’s food safety is being put at risk from “critical” shortages of frontline enforcement staff
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NewsSainsbury’s recalls chorizo sausage product due to listeria presence
The retailer has recalled all date codes of the product as listeria monocytogenes has been found in some of the products
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Analysis and FeaturesHow CBD safe level rethink has set off a ‘grenade’ for brands
The FSA’s move to slash the acceptable daily intake of CBD looks set to trigger confusion for retailers and consumers over what is safe
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NewsFood crime costing up to £2bn per year, FSA research shows
Food crime costs the UK economy between £410m and £1.96b per year, which adds a ’heavy burden’ on businesses and local authorities
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Analysis and FeaturesThe technology that’s transformed (and transforming) the dairy sector
From pasteurisation to machine learning, we look at the tech that has helped the industry evolve – and what might change it even further