Food Standards Agency

The food safety watchdog slammed the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers for failing to share information

Meat suppliers group slammed for horsemeat secrecy

By Rick Pendrous

The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has been criticised by the chief executive of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for refusing to share precise details about a recent incident of horsemeat contamination in a shipment of beef.

FSA pumps £500,000 into food safety funding

FSA pumps £500,000 into food safety funding

By Rod Addy

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has injected £500,000 into funding food safety, authenticity and traceability research in collaboration with the Technology Strategy Board (TSB).

The new international study aims to establish a standardised approach to allergen management

World’s largest food allergy study launched

By Rick Pendrous

An international study into food allergies has been launched which hopes to establish a standardised approach to allergen management for companies involved in food manufacturing.

Food Standards Agency survey highlights concerns

Survey highlights food safety concerns

By Rod Addy

Consumers were most uneasy about animal cloning, genetic modification, irradiation, and nanotechnology among the new technologies used by the food industry, according to UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey results.

Lasagne is one product that horse meat has been found in

Horse meat - The latest developments

Horse meat mislabelled as diced beef sold in UK

By Joe Whitworth

Forty kilograms of horse meat labelled as diced beef has been sold in Preston and Liverpool, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Borrow Sherlock's magnifying glass to find food fraud, advised Wissenburg

‘Think like a criminal’ to beat food fraud, says Danone expert

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The issue of food fraud has traditionally taken a backseat to wider food safety threats – but Europe’s horse meat scandal has underlined the threat it poses to food businesses, according to Danone’s corporate quality projects director Petra Wissenburg.

EFSA food safety event

EFSA event marks 10th anniversary

By Nicholas Robinson

Hundreds of the world’s leading food safety experts gathered in Parma earlier this week to attend a two-day food safety event.

UK FSA isuses call for tender for food sampling projects

FSA seeks contractors to provide greater efficiency for research

By Joe Whitworth

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a call to tender for the sampling of food at retail, and different analyses of contaminants in food to provide greater efficiency and flexibility in setting up new surveys and research projects.

FSA bolsters ACNFP membership

FSA strengthens ACNFP committee

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed six members to the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP).

Imports not to blame for food incident report increase - FSA

Imports not to blame for food incident report increase - FSA

By Mark Astley

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has denied any correlation between growing imports and an increase in food incident reports in 2011, despite Salmonella-contaminated paan leaves from India and Bangladesh being a driving factor.

UK food safety incidents on rise

UK food safety incidents on rise

By Rod Addy

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) saw an increase in the number of food incidents it investigated last year, according to its Annual Report of Incidents 2011, which was issued today.

DSM is regarded as meat by the FSA and currently counts towards the meat content of meat products.

UK processors blast FSA over desinewed meat moratorium

By Mark Astley

The UK has vowed to suspend the production desinewed meat (DSM) following pressure from the European Commission (EC) – a move the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has labeled a “criminal waste of a valuable product.”

UK processors question publication of inspection data

UK processors question publication of inspection data

By Arabella Mileham

The organisation which regulates and enforces food safety and public health across the UK has caused controversy by publishing the first round of audits of approved slaughterhouses and cutting plants, as well as a list of establishments which it deems...

Call for public debate on use of nano-materials in food

Use of nano-materials in foods must be openly debated, warn experts

By Nathan Gray

The use – and regulation – of engineered nano-materials in foods must be openly debated in public, otherwise they risk facing the same fate as genetically modified (GM) foods in consumer perceptions, according to a leading group of UK experts.

Whole botulism-linked brand recalled in Ireland

Whole botulism-linked brand recalled in Ireland

By Mark Astley

Irish food safety authorities have ordered the complete botulism related recall of Bio Gaudiano brand items - over a month after an initial recall was made on olives made by the company.

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