food standards
Horsing around
Earlier this month I visited Doncaster Racecourse. Whilst I wasn’t there to watch any races, horses were certainly on the agenda – it was Highfield ABC’s Fighting Food Fraud event and, of course, ‘horsegate’ was one of the buzzwords of the day.
FSA appoints new deputy chair
Heather Hancock has been appointed as deputy chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) with immediate effect and is expected to take up the post from 1 April 2016.
“There does seem to be a growing move among consumers to buy British food”
Alan Botham, chair of the Chilled Food Association and technical services director at 2 Sisters Food Group, discusses food standards, sustainability plans and buying British.
FSA campylobacter report 2015
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) publishes its final report of its year long survey of campylobacter levels on UK fresh shop bought chickens.
FSA calls for research
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is inviting expressions of interest for research proposals in five areas.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Food fraud strikes again
Following the horse meat and nut and spice contamination scandals in recent times, evidence of a new food fraud case – this time, oregano contamination – is a fresh blow to the industry.
Consumer attitudes survey results published
The FSA has published the latest results of its Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker survey.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Report urges sugar reduction
There has been mixed response to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN) final report on carbohydrates.
Maggi Noodles safe in UK
Test results from samples of Maggi Noodles in the UK reveal that levels of lead in the product are well within EU permissible levels and would not be a concern to consumers, says the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Damage control
In the same week that Nestle announced plans to destroy more than $50 million (£32 million) worth of its Maggi noodles, after India’s food safety regulator found the product contains unsafe levels of lead, the presence of a strain of superbug MRSA in UK supermarket pork was also making headlines.
FSA publishes Strategic Plan
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published its Strategic Plan, setting out how it will work over the next five years to deliver the goals of the FSA Strategy 2015-20.
ROUND-UP: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of Ingredients news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at [email protected]. Arla Foods Ingredients has launched Nutrilac Ageless, a new whey protein plus calcium ingredient that will enable dairy companies to create yogurts and desserts for active […]
Aspartame study findings published
The UK Food Standards Agency has published the findings of a study carried out by Hull York Medical School, determining reactions to aspartame in people who have reported symptoms in the past compared to people with no reported symptoms. The study concluded that the participants who were self-diagnosed as sensitive to aspartame showed no difference […]
IFST appoints new president
Maureen Edmondson OBE is the new president of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST). Edmondson was invested as president during IFST’s annual general meeting on 12 March 2015. Of her appointment, Edmondson says, “I am truly honoured to be appointed president of IFST. A highly successful jubilee year has brought the institute into fresher focus. I […]