FSA consults on Food Law Code of Practice changes
Food safety watchdog the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a consultation to canvass views on proposed changes to The Food Law Code of Practice.
Archives for June 26, 2013
Food safety watchdog considers stricter listeria controls
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is considering stricter criteria reducing the levels of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods intended for vulnerable people in hospitals and other health care settings.
Campylobacter: five key trends in food poisoning cases
Five key trends have been identified for outbreaks of campylobacter – the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK – but the reasons behind them are far harder to pinpoint, a Royal Society for Public Health conference heard.
Unilever joins Food Manufacture’s Food Safety Conference
The latest thinking on allergens will come under the spotlight at Food Manufacture’s Food Safety Conference on Thursday October 17 2013 at the National Motorcycle Museum, near Birmingham, courtesy of a top Unilever scientist.
‘Fridge with attitude’ wins Future of Food Award
Two teenagers from a school in Berkshire have won the ‘Future of Food’ category of an awards scheme, which challenges secondary school students to come up with technologies that provide a better way of doing things.