Archive of all Food Standards Agency articles – Page 6
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News
Food safety at ‘huge risk’ as EU laws set to expire
Food safety laws carried over from the EU are set to be scrapped on 31 December under post-Brexit legislation
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Comment & Opinion
Will Susan Jebb’s cake-demonising comments sway opinion on public health policy?
Jebb’s comments don’t stop at cake. She also blasts the government u-turn on junk food advertising, accusing the food and advertising industry of overseeing a “complete market failure” that marginalised healthy products
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Analysis & Features
Horsegate 10 years on… is our food any safer?
In 2013, the horsemeat scandal rocked the nation, forcing widespread change inside the food industry. But has it been enough to stop another incident?
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Comment & Opinion
Hilarious, disastrous and frankly outrageous moments that shaped 2022
A year of political chaos, war, strikes, egg shortages, fevered cost price increase negotiations
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Comment & Opinion
Why we must simplify food date labelling and empower consumers
The food & drink industry needs to ensure consumers are informed, says Kimberly Carey Coffin, global technical director of supply chain assurance at LRQA
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Analysis & Features
What now for sugar reduction after epic fail on targets?
A new report quietly snuck out by government shows sugar levels are rising. Campaigners want mandatory measures and more levies
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Comment & Opinion
Why counterfeiting risks are ramping up this festive season
Prepare now by building resilience and transparency into your brand plans, says Ken Sickles, chief product officer at Digimarc
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Comment & Opinion
Why supermarkets must help fix the plastic recycling process
The solution must be simplified and demystified, says professor Edward Kosior of Nextek and Nextloopp
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News
Turkey production ‘may need rethink’ in light of bird flu crisis
Poultry supplier Copas Turkeys will meet its Christmas obligatgions this year, but at a cost
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News
Supermarkets go cold on Little Blue Fridge food waste logo
Backed by the FSA and Defra the logo was intended to save tens of millions of pounds-worth of household food going to waste every year
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News
Pesticide levels double in some food products in a year, says new research
The proportion of bread containing two or more pesticides has almost doubled in the past year to 50%, according to new data from the Pesticide Action Network
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News
FSA strike action not going ahead after failing to reach legal threshold
Unison told The Grocer the FSA had fallen short of the legal threshold by just one vote during the balloting, which closed on 31 October
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News
‘Unnecessary’ Defra policy threatening viability of meat exports, industry warns
New Defra rules now require additional sign-off from a vet before an export health certificate can be granted
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Comment & Opinion
Food safety must be carefully considered in Brexit Freedoms Bill
The FSA cannot simply sunset the laws for which it is responsible without a decline in food standards and a risk to public health, says chair Susan Jebb
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News
Potential FSA vet and meat inspector strike set to further pressurise festive supplies
Hundreds of inspectors, vets and office-based staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are involved in a dispute with the FSA over pay
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News
Food safety watchdog warns Brits ‘taking food risks’ due to money pressures
Four in 10 people said they were worried about being able to afford food in the next month
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Category Report
Is a shroom boom due in functional foods? Functional category report 2022
Food innovators believe medicinal mushrooms could be the next frontier of health. How do they plan to bring fungi to the masses?
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Analysis & Features
A timeline of HFSS restrictions: From nutrient profiling model to advertising clampdown
From nutrient profiling model to advertising clampdown
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Reports
Rising input costs threaten British eggs
For many years, egg sales enjoyed a bounce from the FSA’s 2017 decision that runny eggs “are suitable for all generations”
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News
UK genetic tech push now influencing EU GM lobbying, campaigners say
‘Vested interests’ are driving legislation in Britain and on the continent, according to research by campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory