Rising food prices, regulatory uncertainties and challenges from international trade deals post-Brexit will conspire to create a “perfect storm” that threatens to rain on the UK food industry’s parade.
Microbiological food safety, allergen risk, and novel technologies are among the top areas of priority for the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the forthcoming year.
Consumers remain concerned over the use of nanomaterials in the food industry but appear less anxious about employing the technology in packaging than ingredient formulation, a UK report has said.
The UK Food Standards Agency is consulting on a proposal from the
European Commission to amend a European and Council Directive on
sweeteners for use in food and beverages.
The UK Food Standards Agency has made recommendations to the
European Commission pushing for new measures to prevent very high
levels of unnecessary water being added to chicken and an end to
'ripping the consumer off'.
In preparation for discussions due to begin shortly in Brussels,
the UK Food Standards Agency is calling for commment on the
proposed legislation on European food and feed controls for human
consumption.
New guidance aimed at ensuring UK consumers are not bluffed into
buying rice incorrectly labelled as 'basmati' has been published
this week by the UK Food Standards Agency.
Recruitment is over for the executive director of the new European
Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with the announcement yesterday that
Geoffrey Podger has had the all clear from the European
Parliament's Environment Committee -...
Geoffrey Podger, chief executive of the UK Food Standards Agency,
has been nominated as the preferred candidate for the post of
executive director of the European Food Standards Agency.
The UK Food Standards Agency announced this week that it is
currently consulting on two proposals to amend the European
Directives on infant foods and baby foods proposed by the European
Commission earlier this year.
A series of research projects from the UK Food Standards Agency
have concluded that "it is extremely unlikely that genes from
genetically modified (GM) food can end up in bacteria in the gut of
people who eat them," the...
Consumer groups in the UK have long criticised food manufacturers
for their aggressive marketing techniques towards children, which,
the groups claim, encourage our infants to consume a less than
healthy diet. A move this week by...
A third of Welsh consumers question the accuracy of food labels,
and more than a quarter find labels difficult to understand,
according to a survey by the UK Food Standards Agency.
The UK Food Standards Agency reported this week that washing or
peeling fruit and vegetables is not required as a protection
against pesticide residues.
A new independent report published by the UK Food Standards Agency
indicates how food labels could be made clearer, more informative
and more user-friendly.
The UK Food Standards Agency is to draw together a representative
group of consumer and food-industry stakeholders with a specific
interest in BSE. The group will be asked to draft a report on BSE
and sheep for the FSA's Board...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising consumers to avoid
batches of certain specific helva products following tests that
have found them to be contaminated with the food bug salmonella.
The UK Food Standards Agency is currently seeking views from the
food industry on the European Commission's proposal to introduce
legislation controlling radioactivity in foodstuffs.
The UK Food Standards Agency issued advice recently about the food
safety implications of dioxins produced by pyres in the wake of
Foot and Mouth disease.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has adopted an AOAC
international method to authorise the labelling of inulin as a
fibre. The move comes after several...
