All Food safety articles – Page 65
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Category ReportA new era for meat supply: Trust but verify
Meat suppliers can carry out DNA tests, but they are beset by challenges in their efforts to ensure authenticity…
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NewsEdwina Currie: 'no regrets' over egg comments
Almost 25 years after her comments on salmonella, Edwina Currie has told The Grocer she had no regrets…
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NewsHorsemeat: Government weighs calls for new FSA powers
The Food Standards Agency could be given statutory powers to require retailers and suppliers to carry out quality tests on their products, the government has said.
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NewsHorsemeat: Irish agency faces MP scrutiny over tip-off claim
A committee of MPs has questioned the Food Safety Authority of Ireland over whether it acted on a tip-off when it began testing for horsemeat in beef products.
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NewsABP sells Silvercrest frozen burger plant linked to horsemeat scandal
ABP Food Group has sold Silvercrest – the frozen burger plant that produced the 29.1% horse Tesco burger – to Kepak Group, and announced its exit from the Irish frozen burger market.
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NewsEU finds horsemeat in 5% of tested beef products
Random tests for horse DNA in European beef products found that less than 5% contained horsemeat, the European Commission announced today.
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NewsFSA closes down Welsh meat plant Farmbox Meats
The Food Standards Agency is to close down Welsh meat plant Farmbox Meats.
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NewsHorsemeat: Eight UK businesses linked to Dutch beef recall
Eight UK businesses may have received beef from the Dutch traders implicated in the Europe-wide horsemeat recall.
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NewsFSA: No lead risk in rice following US study
Rice products in the UK do not pose a threat to consumers, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said, following a US study that found high levels of lead in US rice imports.
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Analysis & FeaturesHorsemeat: The European web
Since ‘horsegate’ erupted, EU countries have issued more than 50 alerts about horsemeat adulteration of meat products. Our maps show the European spread…
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NewsUK better than most at labelling fish correctly
The UK seafood industry is, comparatively, better than many of its peers when it comes to labelling seafood accurately, the lead scientist behind yesterday’s fish mislabelling revelations has claimed.
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NewsHorsemeat false alarm costs Welsh burger company £250,000
A false alarm on horsemeat contamination from the Food Standards Agency has caused losses of up to £250,000…
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Analysis & FeaturesHow reliable is DNA testing in the wake of new revelations?
As Aldi and Asda are caught up in new horsemeat revelations experts say occasional contradictions are par for the course…
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Comment & Opinion
Reject UK manufacturing at your peril
Following the decline of the British Empire, we have overseen a similar decline in British manufacturing…
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Comment & Opinion
Collaborate to end risk
The horsemeat scandal shows the time has come for supermarkets to map out their shared supply chain…
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NewsMeatballs return to Ikea after horsemeat scandal
Meatballs will be back on shelves at Ikea tomorrow after being pulled a month ago at the height of the horsemeat scandal.
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NewsHorsemeat: British sheepmeat causes fresh alert at Spanghero
The meat processor accused by French authorities of selling 750 tonnes of mislabelled horsemeat has hit the headlines again, after illicit mechanically separated sheepmeat from the UK was found on its premises.
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NewsBRC: no comment on GM in animal feed
Calls to stop members using meat from animals fed on GM crops without proper labelling have been dismissed by the BRC…
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NewsHorsemeat: Lidl withdraws chilli as precautionary measure
Lidl has taken the ‘precautionary measure’ of removing a range of beef chilli con carne from its UK stores after the product’s…
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NewsHorsemeat: Aldi pulls Oakhurst frozen meatloaf
Aldi has withdrawn a meatloaf after testing positive for horsemeat.