Manufacturers have their work cut out to keep pace with new developments in European hygiene legislation. But help is at hand, with new independent advice and training on the cards, says Rod Addy
The Food Standards Agency Board has been urged by the Unison union not to choose privatisation of services provided by the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS)...
Concerns have been raised about the safety of a smoke flavouring used in food manufacture, following evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority...
Hospital sandwiches and other ready-to-eat foods pose a high-risk from foodborne listeria contamination in vulnerable groups, particularly among the...
So the clock is seriously ticking now on new nutrition and health claims rules. Regulation 1924/2006 comes into force on July 1 2007. The Regulation...
Many millions more people than previously thought could be infected with the foodborne parasitic disease toxoplasmosis.It is estimated that up to 10M...
While doing some background research for a presentation on prebiotics I was fascinated (in a slightly juvenile 'how gross' way) to discover that the...
The problem of rising levels of listeria in the UK was reinforced last Friday when the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Health Protection Agency (HPA)...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has criticised public analysts for failing to use real-time DNA techniques to test food products.The new technology,...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has admitted that it needs to learn lessons from the way it handled the Sudan 1 contamination recalls in 2005, which...
Microbiologists on a specialist Food Standards Agency advisory committee have confirmed recommendations that pork meat should be well cooked prior to...
The risk to British Slaughterhouse and cutting plant workers of scalds from hot water used to disinfect knives, if proposals for using water at lower...
Former Food Standards Agency (FSA) chairman Sir John Krebs has urged the government to be upfront with the public, claiming that no food should ever...
More studies are needed on the cumulative health effects of different man-made toxins in foodstuffs, said the Food Standards Agency (FSA), following...
