All Food safety articles – Page 54
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NewsOutbreak of bird flu in Lancashire confirmed
A suspected case was first reported on Friday, prompting the start of a precautionary cull of 170,000 birds
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NewsEFSA clarifies fish storage advice
Current EU legislation does not define a specific temperature for transport or storage of fishery products
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NewsLondon shopkeeper fined over rotten produce
Rural Payments Agency operations director Paul Caldwell said prosecution was only used by the HMI as a “last resort”
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NewsFSA opts against wider availability of raw milk
While raw milk risks are “acceptable”, FSA says not enough evidence for wider sales
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NewsFSA considers telling shoppers to avoid retailers with poor campylobacter rates
Move comes as the industry is set to fail its 2015 targets for reducing the food poisoning bug in chicken
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NewsMcVitie’s Toasting Waffles withdrawn over recipe change info
The supplier altered the recipe after switching to a different manufacturing site, and the waffles now contain milk and lupin
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NewsBart Ingredients 'vindicated' as FSA overturns recall
Bart Ingredients has welcomed the “vindication” of its supply chain after the FSA this week overturned the recall
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NewsIreland moves to calm buyer nerves over 'isolated' BSE case
Ireland has insisted a shock new case of BSE – the country’s first in two years – is an isolated case
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NewsFood fraud has knocked authenticity confidence, study claims
The survey of 500 shoppers revealed 43% of respondents were not confident that meat-based chilled and frozen ready meals contained the species on the label
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NewsNestlé Maggi noodles given UK food safety all-clear
The Food Standards Agency had ordered tests on Maggi noodles in the UK following reports that products sold in India contained high levels of lead
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NewsSupplier pleads guilty to putting beef hearts in burgers and halal mislabelling
The company was fined a total of £42,500 and ordered to pay over £70,000 in costs
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NewsNut protein contamination recall is overturned
The Barts Ingredients Company cumin recalled in January after testing positive for undeclared almond protein did not, infact, contain any
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NewsMilk from cannabis seed-fed cows declared safe
Hemp, which contains very low levels of active chemical in cannabis, ‘unlikely’ to pose health risk
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NewsIreland announces first BSE case for two years
DAFM stresses the animal was not sold for slaughter and did not enter the food chain
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NewsGenius: winning back free-from trust will be 'a big job'
Genius Foods CEO Roz Cuschieri apologised to consumers and retailers for the incident
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NewsMRSA in pork products: government and pig industry react
Government and industry have moved to reassure consumers about the safety of supermarket pork after the superbug MRSA was found in products on sale in major retailers.
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ProfilesGenius Foods gluten contamination: CEO Roz Cuschieri speaks out
In an exclusive for The Grocer, Genius Foods CEO Roz Cuschieri explains how the contamination took place
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NewsSainsbury's and Tesco recall more free-from products over gluten fears
Muffins sold at Sainsbury’s and Tesco have today (10 June) joined the 20 lines recalled by supplier Genius Foods at the weekend
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NewsGluten contamination recall for branded and own-label free-from lines
Twenty free-from products including crumpets and pizza bases have been pulled from shelves over fears they may contain gluten.
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NewsEU poultry still being affected by avian flu, Rabobank warns
Major outbreaks of bird flu last autumn in the UK, Netherlands and Germany, followed by instances this spring in Hungary, indicated there was still “disease pressure”