Food Standards Agency
UK’s FSA releases list of permitted CBD products
The UK has become the first country in the world to regulate the market for safe, orally consumed legal cannabis extracts, following the release of the Food Standards Agency’s public list of cannabinoid products permitted for sale to consumers.
CBD sector on standby for FSA list
While the Food Standards Agency is set to release its public list of cannabinoid (CBD) products permitted for sale, the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry develops an online resource for consumers, retailers & health practitioners.
Food Standards Scotland and the Food Standards Agency publish assessment of food crime in the UK
Evidence and intelligence-based approach identifies key areas of concern targeted by criminals.
Charlie Bigham’s extends range with four new dishes
Bigham’s has boosted its vegetarian line with Paneer Tikka Masala and added its popular Thai Green Chicken Curry recipe to its world cuisine range.
Campden BRI highlights fridge temperature as an issue in new shelf-life guidance
The guidance has been updated to align with recent developments in the area of shelf-life evaluation, including the implementation of new EU microbiological criteria regulation and EU recommendations for setting a shelf-life.
Food Standards Agency provides safety advice to CBD consumers and sets industry deadline
As well as releasing new precautionary health advice, the FSA is giving the CBD industry a deadline of 31 March 2021 to submit valid novel food authorisation applications.
FSA appoints new chief executive
The Food Standards Agency has appointed Emily Miles as its new chief executive.
UK to introduce ‘Natasha’s Law’ for allergen labelling
A new law will require food businesses to include full ingredients labelling on pre-packaged foods, in a drive to protect the country’s two million food allergy sufferers.
Increase in fines and prosecutions for food safety and hygiene
Fines for food safety and hygiene offences and prosecution of directors and senior managers have increased following the introduction of new sentencing guidelines in England and Wales.
On the right tracker? It would appear not…
The latest Food Standards Agency (FSA) Public Attitudes Tracker Survey results have just been published.
Food standards delivery review published
The Food Standards Agency has published the results of a survey of local authorities (LAs) across three countries designed to assess how they plan and prioritise their food standards work, the resources and capacity they have and how they measure the success of their programmes.
Review of UK meat processing plants reveals need for improvement
The UK’s two food regulators – the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland – have published a draft review launched in the wake of a number of high profile non-compliance issues identified at meat cutting plants.
Shop-bought chicken bug levels ‘hold steady’
The top nine retailers across the UK have published their latest testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK-produced fresh whole chickens (covering samples tested from April to June 2018).
FSA announces National Food Safety Week
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched National Food Safety Week, with the focus this year being on the work of FSA staff and thousands of others across the food supply chain working behind-the-scenes to ensure that food is safe and what it says it is.