All Food Safety articles – Page 4
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Analysis and Features
Is paper packaging really more sustainable than plastic?
The massive amounts of wood required in paper’s production, plus issues around its recyclability, mean the choice to use it is complicated
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News
Lactalis UK&I launches new sourcing and sustainability programme
The new programme is designed to showcase how the company works with its farmers
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Comment and Opinion
Britain’s meat supply chains remain vulnerable to antibiotic failure
Back in 2015, we were waking up to a world facing an impending ’antibiotic apocalypse’ due to the overuse of critical antibiotics in animals and people. Have we come far enough?
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News
Sysco announces strategic partnership with Natasha Allergy Research Foundation
The research foundation was set up by Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse in 2019, following the death of their daughter Natasha three years prior
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News
Iceland franchisee owner under food traceability investigation in Ireland
Iceland sold all of its stores in the Republic of Ireland in February
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Analysis and Features
How the FSA's novel foods rule could shake up the road to bug burgers
The FSA has mooted a number of new ideas in its regime review
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News
Efra committee investigates impact of post-Brexit deals on agrifood
It comes amid growing concerns around food, animal welfare and environmental standards
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Comment and Opinion
Slashing supermarket FSA inspections is playing with fire
The FSA’s move to cut supermarket food safety inspections as part of a shake-up doesn’t show lessons from the past have been learnt
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News
Government mulls fast-track for lab-grown meat approval
It comes amid fears that existing restrictions on so-called novel foods are holding back firms from investing in solutions to the environmental and hunger crisis
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News
British Lion unveils new code of practice for eggs
Version eight of the Lion Code incorporates the latest scientific veterinary advice and industry knowledge
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News
Sweeteners ‘fine to use’ despite WHO concerns, experts insist
A recent WHO report said artificial sweeteners should not be used as part of long-term diets and could contribute to health risks
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News
FSA launches food safety guidance hub
The regulator said the Here to Help hub brings together the FSA’s most popular guidance pages in one place
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News
Bird flu: UK poultry workers test positive
The UK Health Security Agency said further investigation is under way and precautionary contact tracing had been undertaken
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Rosa Hernández, NPD manager, Bold Bean
‘As soon as I heard that there was a degree which combined food and science, I knew this was going to lead me to my dream job’
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Comment and Opinion
Delay to bonfire of EU laws merits a major sigh of relief
The government has reneged on plans to scrap thousands of retained EU laws by the end of the year
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News
Sainsbury’s faces criticism over continued Italian egg imports
The British Egg Industry Council has said consumers ’deserve better’ than imported eggs
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News
Bonfire of EU red tape delayed after backlash
The government is scrapping the Retained EU Law bill’s ‘sunset’ clause
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Comment and Opinion
As report reveals IT catastrophe, is Defra fit for purpose?
With 14 million transactions per year carried out on paper, Defra seems ill-equipped to oversee food safety, animal welfare, food shortages, air quality and water suppliers
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News
Ministers warned that axing EU laws will put supply chain at risk
Logistics UK chief David Wells has asked the PM for clarity on the Retained EU Law Bill
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News
Angelic launches ‘first’ top 14 allergen-free biscuits into Ocado
They are intended to support safer snacking policies in schools and to ‘take the worry out of kids’ snack times’, said Angelic