All Food safety articles – Page 66
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's Mike Coupe on horse meat and high streets
Sainsbury’s group commercial director Mike Coupe discusses the horse meat scandal, high streets and the ‘bus’…
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NewsOwen Paterson: Irish watchdog acted on 'local intelligence'
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland acted on specific intelligence when testing frozen burgers for horse DNA…
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NewsHorse meat: The DNA results as they happen
We will keep you posted here as news of the FSA tests on supermarket meat products come through. The FSA is set to hold a news conference at 13,30.
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NewsWhy should we pay for your mess, consumers ask
Any thoughts that outrage over the horse meat scandal might encourage shoppers to pay more for food can be forgotten…
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NewsHorsemeat: Morrisons reports booming fresh meat sales
Morrisons has reported rocketing sales of fresh meat since the horsemeat scandal blew up.
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NewsHorsemeat: FSA 'needs more power'
A cross party committee set up to investigate the horse meat scandal has called for more power to be handed to the Food Standards Agency.
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NewsHorse meat: Makro confirms 'trace of horse' found in Unger burger
Makro has confirmed one of the products it withdrew from sale last month has tested positive for horse meat.
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NewsHorse meat: Scandal unleashes lawsuits across Europe
The widening horse meat scandal has triggered a wave of legal action across the EU, as companies implicated in the issue declare they have been defrauded and vow to take legal action against their suppliers.
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NewsHorse meat: Public warned to expect more revelations as scandal escalates
As retailers, processors and local authorities embark on a widespread testing regime of processed meat products, the government has warned yet more horse meat could be discovered in food on sale in the UK.
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NewsFSA sanctions 1% DNA tolerance level in meat
The new UK meat testing regime agreed by the FSA and industry will allow for a 1% tolerance for DNA of other species…
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NewsHorse meat: Tests ‘demanded’ by FSA are voluntary
The Food Standards Agency has clarified the comprehensive tests on all beef products it “demanded” last night will, in fact, be voluntary, and that it does not have legal powers to compel companies to test products.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy the meat supply chain must adopt a 'criminal' mentality
Stopping another scandal will involve more than lab work…
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NewsHorse meat: Findus pulls 380,000 lasagnes after horse meat discovery
Findus UK has withdrawn from sale or destroyed about 380,000 of its frozen beef lasagnes, after the meat content of some was found to be 100% horse instead of beef.
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Comment & Opinion
Horse burger scandal should be a wake-up call to government
News that horse meat and traces of pig have been found in burgers should be a wake-up call…
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Horse meat scandal: ABP orders major operations changes
ABP Food Group has announced a major shake-up of its Irish and UK operations in response to the horse meat scandal…
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NewsHorse meat: The Co-op ditches Silvercrest after finding 17.7% horse in burger
The Co-operative Group has ditched Silvercrest as a supplier after finding 17.7% horse DNA in a frozen own-label burger produced by the ABP Food Group plant.
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NewsABP understands Tesco's Silvercrest delisting and vows to become DNA testing leader
Tesco will continue to source fresh beef from ABP despite dumping subsidiary Silvercrest Foods as a supplier because of the horse burger scandal.
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Comment & Opinion
The source of the horse?
So now we know where that horse DNA came from. Except not really…
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Comment & Opinion
Stop horse play with food (and that includes GM)
Groundhog day. Two decades on from BSE, we’re still discussing the dubious provenance of processed meat products….
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NewsHorse DNA found in more samples by 'inundated' test lab
Retailers and processed meat suppliers are bracing themselves for a potential new wave of damaging horse DNA revelations…