food standards
Happerley ever after
There’s a great provenance initiative underway this week courtesy of provenance champion Happerley.
Public Attitudes Tracker survey results published
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker (November 2017) results have been published.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Production resumes at Russell Hume’s Liverpool site
The enforcement action preventing Russell Hume from processing and distributing meat products has been lifted at its Liverpool, UK site.
FSA to review meat cutting plants and cold stores
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have announced that they will be undertaking a review of meat cutting premises and cold stores.
FSA orders Russell Hume meat recall
Due to concerns about non-compliance with food hygiene regulations, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has taken action to stop any products from leaving sites operated by meat supplier Russell Hume.
Happerley to become member-owned entity to validate UK food provenance
Food provenance organisation Happerley has held its inaugural Advisory Board meeting. I
Teenagers skipping dairy, says survey
The Hippocratic Post website reports that Britain’s teenage girls are ditching dairy, according to a survey among 2,000 UK adults, including over 1,000 parents, which showed that almost 1 in 5 teenage girls aged 13-19 are drinking less milk than two years ago, and one in six have cut it out of their diets altogether.
Scotland remaining in single market is ‘vital’
Michael Russell, minister for UK negotiations on Scotland’s place in Europe, has said that staying within the single market is vital for securing Scotland’s future workforce.
Opportunities and risk for UK food standards
Further to a new report from the Food Ethics Council highlighting that Brexit could pose a threat to UK food safety standards, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has echoed the warning but pointed to the opportunities to improve standards that Brexit offers.
WRAP presents new labelling guidance
Waste reduction charity WRAP has published new labelling guidance to give consumers more consistent storage and date label advice.
FDF publishes shelf life guidance document
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published Industry Guidance on Setting Product Shelf Life.
Stericycle Expert Solutions announces Q3 2017 Recall Index
Correlating with new reports that Brazil exported more chicken than ever in August, the latest Recall Index from Stericycle Expert Solutions reveals that recalls of chicken and other poultry meats in Q3 in Europe were higher than any other food category for the second quarter in a row, and Brazil was the top country of origin.
Final results from FSA survey show campylobacter levels plummet
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the last set of results from its third survey of campylobacter contamination in fresh shop-bought UK-produced chickens.
New advice on eating runny eggs
Infants, children, pregnant women and elderly people can now safely eat raw or lightly cooked eggs that are produced under the British Lion Code of Practice, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) says.