All Food Standards Agency (FSA) articles – Page 15
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News
Food and drink leaders meet Michael Gove to urge Brexit chaos prevention
Gove met with industry bosses and business secretary Andrea Leadsom on Wednesday
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Analysis and Features
Is an ‘Owen’s Law’ needed to address allergens on menus?
Byron concedes current rules and requirements are ‘not enough’
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News
Peanut allergy research reveals impact of sleep deprivation
The FSA-funded research has been described as “hugely significant” for peanut allergy sufferers
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Comment and Opinion
Byron allergen tragedy is troubling because it is so hard to rectify
It isn’t just a legislative challenge. This tragic case also highlights troubling behavioural issues that need to be tackled
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News
Arla to encourage ‘sniff-test’ by ditching use-by dates
The dairy co-op will change to best before dates by the end of the year
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Labour plans animal welfare commissioner in far-reaching policy pitch
The 50-point ‘animal welfare manifesto for government’ also includes bans of sow farrowing crates and foie gras imports
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Meat wholesaler fine increased after failed appeal against food safety offence
The severity of Bowland Foods’ offence was upgraded at its appeal hearing
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Analysis and Features
How can smaller retailers catch up on campylobacter?
Levels of contamination have fallen in supermarkets, but remain high at independents
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News
Egg sales continue soaring on back of 2016 change to FSA advice
Egg sales have surged past the 6.5 billion mark
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Comment and Opinion
Picnic warning is a reminder industry must step up on salt reduction
Suppliers have cut sugar and satfat effectively: now to apply their expertise to salt
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Comment and Opinion
It’s time the FSA heeded calls for tighter ‘free from’ labelling
The latest labelling outcry is over Halo Top’s vegan variants reportedly containing traces of dairy. It’s time the FSA clamped down on free-from claims
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News
Dutch meat trader Jan Fasen arrested over link to horsemeat scandal
Fasen was arrested by Spain’s Guardia Civil at the request of French authorities late last month
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Comment and Opinion
What the hospital meal furore tells us about frozen food perceptions
The tabloids are getting worked up over hospital meals that have been cooked ’months before they’re served’. Which shows frozen food has an uphill battle on its hands
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Analysis and Features
What’s in the new health green paper for food and drink?
New post-Brexit health labelling is just one suggestion – but will Boris Johnson have the appetite?
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News
Pret a Manger appoints M&S’s Kate Stein as global tech director
Stein has been with M&S for 20 years – most recently as head of food technology for convenience
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News
Study links stalled salt reduction with cardiovascular disease and cancer
Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Liverpool analysed the salt intake of the population in England
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News
Just Eat publishes food hygiene ratings for all restaurants
A link accompanying menus on Just Eat’s website and app leads to the FSA’s rating
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News
FSA appoints Emily Miles as new CEO
Miles joins the regulator from Defra, and replaces Jason Feeney, who retired last month
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News
Cuts to local authority budgets ‘increasing meat fraud risk’
The Mirror published an article this week claiming one in five meat products in Britain contained animals not stated on the label
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Comment and Opinion
The latest meat fraud outrage is exaggerated. But the risk isn’t
The claim ‘one in five meat products contain animal not stated on the label’ is untrue. But there’s no doubt we must be more vigilant in the fight against meat fraud