Euro Freeze (Ireland) has received a £13,000 (€19,000) fine after
being prosecuted in a UK court for illegally putting false health
certificates on meat products.
Baby food processors are breathing easier today after the UK
industry regulator released a study showing that levels of arsenic
and mercury in their products are below legal limits.
A new round of court hearings against two processors, and the
possible consideration of chargesagainst a third, indicates that
the UK regulator is taking a tougher approach to breaches of
foodsafety law.
The UK's food watchdog will next year present a project on ways to
share information internationally among industry and regulators in
a bid to prevent future outbreaks of disease.
Processors have had limited success in reducing the migration of
benzophenone from packaging to foods, with 17 per cent of samples
testing positive for the printing chemical, according to a UK
study.
A new two-year pilot scheme requiring food establishments to post
hygiene information on their doors was launched this week in a bid
to drive up standards.
There is a huge gap in the food industry's understanding of how
nutrition information on label actually influences buying behaviour
in the supermarket, according to a EUFIC study.
A new Which? report on cereal nutrition, has found many popular
breakfast cereals including those for the more health conscious
palette to be high in salts, sugars, and fat.
A coalition of UK food, soft drink and advertising industries have
signed and submitted a response to Ofcom's consultation on food
marketing to children.
The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) has
urged Scots to improve food hygiene standards to tackle what it
calls the 'annual food poisoning epidemic'.
The decision by Unilever to slash the salt content of its
ubiquitous Pot Noodle snack underlines the current trend in the UK
- but is this trend based on sound science or just political
pressure?
The announcement that eating too many bitter apricot kernels
presents a possible health hazard has led to a voluntary withdrawal
of the ingredient in the UK.
The radioactive fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant
accident means sheep at 374 farms in the UK are still restricted
from entering the food chain.
Testing soft drinks to reflect the effects of storage and transport
conditions will be crucial to realistically monitor benzene
formation in different drinks, a former industry scientist told
BeverageDaily.com.
Owen Warnock, partner and food law expert at law firm Eversheds,
believes that UK plans to simplify the regulation and legislation
of the food industry are to be welcomed.
The search for mislabelled meat products in the UK continues, with
the country's food regulator calling on buyers to be on the lookout
for frozen chicken wings originally sourced from Euro Freeze
(Ireland) Ltd.
A report into the mass outbreak of E. coli in Wales calls on the
UK's food regulator to look into whether there should be more
legislation and guidance on plant inspections.
The exiting chief executive of the UK's Food Standards Agency will
leave behind an organisation well equipped to deal with crises, and
make difficult but necessary decisions.
The FSA's backing of a 'multiple traffic light' (MTL) labelling
initiative comes a day after the UK food industry promised a
voluntary guideline on daily amounts (GDA).
Nutrition profiling proposals from the UK's food watchdog would put
milk in the same health bracket as diet coke and make breast milk
unsuitable for children, claims a dairy industry body critical of
the scheme.
Ongoing steps to reduce the risk of foodborne illness in the
European food chain sees the region's umbrella food agency calling
for scientists to contribute to solutions.
The UK government has announced a regulation overhaul across many
industries, including the food sector, promising less inspections
and more incentives for firms with a good record on quality
standards, but a crackdown on those breaking...
Despite firm traceability rules and constantly improved food safety
systems the threat of litigation hangs in the air for the food
industry: in the UK a prepared foods firm faces up to €1.4 million
to settle a food poisoning court...
Against the backdrop of tighter traceability rules the UK's food
watchdog will focus on the relationship between food ingredients
and the final food label, at an upcoming seminar between
stakeholders next month.
Speciality oil firms will have the chance to voice their concerns
on global food codes as 100 government delegates meet to discuss
the fats and oil industry at a week-long session, kicking off in
the UK next week.
Tightening up traceability rules to slice away risk to the food
chain, with the entry of 2005 food industry firms are now required
to notify local authorities, suggesting food alerts may rise this
year.
Driving research in the area of chemical contaminants, nutrition
and microbiology the UK's food agency is calling for scientists to
fulfill a batch of new research requirements.
UK retailer Sainsbury will be the first of the country's four large
grocery chains to launch 'traffic light' healthy eating labelling
in January, according to reports.
A Food Standards Agency survey suggests that a legal loophole is
being used by manufacturers to mislead UK consumers over the amount
of fat in packaged mince.
Pushed by a UK minister, food makers handed in plans at the weekend
to slash the salt content in processed foods but the industry has
criticised the government move, suspecting political
spin,reports Lindsey Partos.
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising people not to eat
a limited number of jars and packets of pickles, sauces and
preserved vegetables imported from Bangladesh, China, Pakistan and
India, following a survey that...