All Food safety articles – Page 39
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NewsFSA insists fipronil egg tests were robust
A European laboratory that tested eggs during the scandal might have given false results, a report by the EC’s Joint Resea…
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News‘Easy to game’: MPs deliver damning verdict on UK food audits after 2 Sisters scandal
MPs on the Efra committee say accreditation bodies need to take the scandal as a ‘wake-up call’ and tighten up their standards
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NewsLidl defends its record on cutting antibiotics
The discounter came bottom in a league table published by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics this week
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NewsBrazil poultry at heart of recall spikes
There were 137 poultry recalls from July to September, down from 223 during Q2
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NewsUK to back total ban on use of bee-harming pesticides
Tougher restrictions justified by “growing weight of scientific evidence” that neonicotinoids are harmful to bees, says environment secretary
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NewsLiam Fox concedes Brits 'won't stand for' chlorinated chicken
Softening in rhetoric by international trade secretary applauded by British Poultry Council CEO Richard Griffiths
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News2 Sisters slumps into the red in fourth quarter
The company has also warned the recent food safety scandal at its West Bromwich factory would impact its Q1 results
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NewsShrinkflation now 'endemic' in food and drink
Three-quarters (76%) of 200 manufacturers surveyed in August and September 2017 under pressure to cut prices
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News2 Sisters reopens scandal-hit West Bromwich plant
Sainsbury’s said it would not be accepting stock from the West Bromwich site…
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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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NewsChlorinated chicken back in spotlight as Fox reignites debate
The trade secretary said he saw no issue with the British public consuming chlorinated chicken…
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NewsLidl recalls Sol & Mar squid SKUs over safety concerns
They may contain struvite, a naturally occuring crystal that “may cause injury”
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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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NewsFSA probe finds widespread addition of undeclared sugar in coconut water
The investigation was part of a wider crackdown on substandard and counterfeit food
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NewsNoble Foods faces Humane League attack over caged eggs
Animal welfare group is calling on the owner of the Happy Egg Co to commit to eradicating caged hen eggs by 2025
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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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NewsFSA extends investigation to other 2 Sisters factories
The FSA said its investigation had highlighted issues requiring management attention…
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NewsThird of shoppers vow to change chicken buying habits after scandal
A food safety scandal enveloped 2 Sisters Food Group last week…
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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