Archive of all Food Standards Agency articles – Page 29
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NewsWaitrose warns of higher levels of campylobacter in chicken
M&S was the worst performer, with 10% of the retailer’s chicken samples testing positive above 1,000cfu/g in Q3 2017
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Comment & OpinionTime for a new approach to food assurance
Five years on from ’Horsegate’, we are dealing with yet another meat industry scandal and no one is any safer
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Analysis & FeaturesUK food assurance is broken. So how do we fix it?
More audits and inspections are not the answers, say experts. We need to start asking smarter questions of UK food businesses
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NewsFSA insists fipronil egg tests were robust
A European laboratory that tested eggs during the scandal might have given false results, a report by the EC’s Joint Resea…
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News‘Easy to game’: MPs deliver damning verdict on UK food audits after 2 Sisters scandal
MPs on the Efra committee say accreditation bodies need to take the scandal as a ‘wake-up call’ and tighten up their standards
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NewsCCTV recording mandatory in English slaughterhouses next year
Defra move doesn’t include mandatory CCTV in cutting plants despite 2 Sisters scandal
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News2 Sisters slumps into the red in fourth quarter
The company has also warned the recent food safety scandal at its West Bromwich factory would impact its Q1 results
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News2 Sisters reopens scandal-hit West Bromwich plant
Sainsbury’s said it would not be accepting stock from the West Bromwich site…
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NewsChlorinated chicken back in spotlight as Fox reignites debate
The trade secretary said he saw no issue with the British public consuming chlorinated chicken…
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NewsLivestock antibiotics sales fall to lowest level since records began
A Defra report found sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals have fallen by 27% between 2014 and 2016
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News'It's time to change' says 2 Sisters boss as he faces MPs over chicken scandal
Ranjit Singh also offered to pay for FSA inspectors as he seeks to rebuild confidence in his company following the scandal
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Comment & OpinionFood plant audits need a rethink
I was one of the commentators on the 2 Sisters video footage obtained by the ITV/Guardian newspaper investigation
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NewsCampylobacter levels fall as supermarkets make progress
Some 54% of 3,980 chicken samples taken from August 2016 to July 2017 tested positive for campylobacter, down from 73.2% in 2014/15
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NewsLaid in Britain scheme slams FSA runny egg advice update
Scheme is just as safe as British Lion eggs, says secretary David Spackman, who has urged the FSA to reconsider its advice
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Analysis & FeaturesPlain packaging: who's next?
One colour. One font. Oh, and grim and grisly health warnings. Is the future plain for food and drink packaging?
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Comment & OpinionUrgent action is needed to protect coconut water's success
Gert van Manen is arguably the original whistleblower on the coconut water boom
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NewsFSS fears devolved powers may be watered down after Brexit
The FSS has often pursued much more aggressive and radical policies than bodies such as the FSA and PHE
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NewsFSA probe finds widespread addition of undeclared sugar in coconut water
The investigation was part of a wider crackdown on substandard and counterfeit food
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News2 Sisters boss Ranjit Singh summoned by Commons Committee
Singh, the FSA, Red Tractor and the British Poultry Council have all been called to give evidence to the Efra Committee on 25 October
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NewsRunny eggs 'OK for children, pregnant women and elderly'
Regulator has changed advice in wake of new guidelines by Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food last July