New rules from Brussels implemented this week on the labelling and formulation of gluten-free foods could signal a rise in costs for the bakery industry.
A Japanese bid to introduce a new black bean extract to Europe to block the absorption of carbohydrates has received a boost, as the FSA has issued a draft positive opinion.
UK ministers have agreed with a Food Standards Agency proposal on voluntary phasing out of the ‘Southampton six’ food colours by the end of 2009, according the agency’s chief executive.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has formalised a commitment to bring its decision-making process more in line with the government’s policy on sustainable development, meaning it will have to reconsider some of its advice.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency is introducing a programme of industry secondments for its staff, so it can have better understanding of how compliance might work when it is developing or negotiating regulations.
New labelling guidelines were issued this week by the UK Food
Standards Agency (FSA) to help manufacturers in present vital
product information in a clearer way.
Cadbury Schweppes has pledged to remove all artificial colorings
from its confectionery products by the end of the year in response
to concerns over their possible effects on behavior.
Artificial colours linked to hyperactivity in children by the
Southampton study should be phased out in Europe, said the UK Food
Standards Agency today.
A snapshot survey of consumer perceptions of food risk in the UK
indicates that many people are way off the mark, prompting the FSA
to seek out constructive ways of engaging with the public over
concerns.
Researchers at the UK Institute of Food Research have warned that
fortifying flour with folic acid may lead to a range of health
problems, a finding that calls into question the Food
Standard Agency's approval of the move earlier...
The UK's FSA has issued its harshest judgement on the food
industry's use of artificial colour and preservatives yet,
following the publication of the Southampton study at the beginning
of the month, and is calling for action...
More than a thousand new food products claiming to be additive- and
preservative-free have been launched in the UK this year, according
to Mintel, representing almost a quarter of all launches and nearly
three times as many as any...
Whole milk will not be blacklisted as a product unsuitable to be
advertised on children's television in the UK, the Food Standards
Agency has revealed.
UK consumers rate the issue of food safety as one among the lowest
of their concerns, behind even house prices and traffic congestion,
according to the results of a new survey released yesterday.
A case of mistaken identity has led to another breach of the UK's
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) regulations, the country's
food regulator said yesterday.
A panel of independent experts will review the UK's regulator
research programme for the year in a bid to ensure these help lower
the presence of food borne pathogens in the supply chain.
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 battle of wills between the UK food watchdog and industry
heavyweights over nutrition labelling threatens to destabilise the
balance of power between industry and government.
The UK food safety watchdog has revised its guidance on dairy
hygiene in an attempt to defuse pending legal action from the EU,
after allegations UK officials failed to protect the public from
contaminated milk.
Regulation, training and public information campaigns are having a
dramatic effect on thereduction of foodborne diseases in the UK,
with the number of cases of people getting sick fallingby 1.5
million over the five years to the end...
A meeting between the EC's directorate general for health and
consumer protection and the UK's food safety watchdog was 'positive
and constructive', according to FSA chair Deirdre Hutton.
A number of food safety and nutrition research studies up for
funding by the UK regulator could result in new codes of practice
or regulation for the industry.
Newly published salt reduction targets have been cautiously
welcomed by the UK food industry as being 'more realistic than the
2005 proposals', though health campaigners are furious.
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.
Like its counterparts across the EU, the UK's food regulator has
started inspecting meat plants, threatening to close those that do
not comply with the bloc's new hygiene laws.
Consumer watchdog Which? has revealed that most readymade chicken
sandwiches contain a hidden blend of additives - but Food Standards
Agency (FSA) chicken labelling policy lacks muscle to enforce
better practice.
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.
Chicken consumption in the UK could suffer a temporary setback
after a BBC report indicates chicken are highly contaminated with
antibiotic resistant E. coli bacteria.
Improving communication between food scientists working on the
harmful chemical acrylamide identified in starch-rich fried foods
two years ago, Europe's food agency this week publishes an
'information base' with updated...
The British arm of Nestlé has become the latest food producer to
revamp its nutrition labels, yet the country's food industry is on
rocky ground by entrenching its support for guideline daily amounts
against the government's...
Part of a global effort to clarify consumer exposure to harmful
chemical identified in starch-rich fried foods two years ago,
findings from a new survey by the UK food watchdog reveal
acrylamide 'consumption' levels at least...
Food makers continue with their commitment to reduce salt levels in
processed foods, but more is work required, shows new survey from
the UK food agency.
Traffic light labelling would be a primitive, unworkable and
pointless way of highlighting unhealthy foods according to the UK
food industry, speaking in reaction to the newly published
government policy paper on public health. Chris...
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.
The UK food industry has backed a new campaign launched today by
the country's food agency to slash salt levels in food products and
reduce overall salt consumption in the consumer diet.
The thorny issue of the way in which the food industry promotes its
products to children is to be addressed by the UK's Food Standards
Agency. But will the latest government action plan - which is still
based on voluntary action...
A slice of nut and nut products on sale in the UK today, including
peanut butter and marzipan, were found to contain harmful toxins,
said the UK's food watchdog this week, following an annual survey.
Retailers rush to amend the...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning to commission new
research comparing the nutrient value and pesticide residue content
of key organic and non-organically produced fruit and vegetables.
Following the results of a recent survey, the UK Food Standards
Agency (FSA) this week advised parents to give no more than three
beakers (approximately 180ml each) per day of dilutable soft drinks
or squashes containing the sweetener...
