15-May-2006 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has accepted the gauntlet thrown down by manufacturers to let the public decide what form of competing 'front of...
15-May-2006 By Rick Pendrous
Fortification of bread in the UK with folic acid could be mandatory by next year if proposals about to go out for consultation get government...
20-Mar-2006 By Elaine Watson
A new food safety scheme is being developed to help small food and drink manufacturers meet customer requirements and comply with the law without...
06-Mar-2006 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been asked to look into legalising the manufacture of ‘smokies’ under controlled hygienic conditions to meet...
Benzene tests confirmed on UK drinks
01-Mar-2006
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed it is investigating claims that benzene, a known carcinogen, could be present in soft drinks.It comes...
01-Mar-2006 By Sarah Britton
Industry is making a mockery of agency's hopes for harmony as brands go own way
Tougher rules on product endorsement on the way
01-Mar-2006
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to introduce guidelines on food endorsements, having argued for their inclusion in Europe's forthcoming regulation...
FSA to recruit interim boss as search for new ceo continues
24-Feb-2006 By Elaine Watson
The Food Standards Agency is working with specialist recruitment agencies to find an interim manager able to hold the reins at the FSA until a...
01-Feb-2006
Response to food safety scares is bearing fruit, claims FSA body
12-Jan-2006
Additives are again hitting the headlines, particularly in relation to the sweetener product aspartame.Media attention was certainly focused on...
FSA's nutrient model is 'fundamentally flawed'
12-Jan-2006
The final nutrient profiling model designed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to improve children's diets by reducing the amount of junk food...
Food safety qualifications get a revamp
09-Jan-2006
Moves are afoot to revamp food safety qualifications in a bid to help manufacturers comply with new European hygiene regulations, which came into...
Cadbury joins rejection of traffic light nutrition labelling
05-Dec-2005 By Sarah Britton
Confectionery giant Cadbury is the lastest company to reject an official recommendation that food products declare their nutritional content by means...
Salt target is pie in the sky
05-Dec-2005
Speciality products, such as cured bacons and hams, should be excluded from Food Standards Agency (FSA) targets on maximum salt levels in meat,...
21-Nov-2005 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Standards Agency expects this year to meet its target of reducing outbreaks of food poisoning by 20% from 2000 levels, according to the...
News In Brief
04-Nov-2005
Geest gets greenerBakkvör Group has moved into the fresh cut vegetable market with the £44m acquisition of prepared vegetable and convenience...
News In Brief
04-Nov-2005
Noni no or yes?The Independent Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes has been asked by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to review an...
Nichols hunting more Pandas as acquisitions boost performance
06-Sep-2005 By Elaine Watson
Soft drinks group on the look-out for new bolt-on opportunities
06-Sep-2005
In October 2005, the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) comes into force in member states. This enables traditional herbal...
FSA intervenes to allay vegetarian concern
10-Aug-2005
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued new draft guidelines on the use of the terms vegetarian and vegan following concerns that they are not...
10-Aug-2005
A quick glance at the supermarket shelves shows an unprecedented amount of information on food packaging. As well as the rows of numbers analysing...
Over thirty month (OTM) rule to end this autumn
18-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Rules preventing the use of cattle over thirty months old - the so called OTM rule - in the food chain are expected to be replaced with a Bovine...
30-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Euro safety body distances itself from UK's mass Sudan 1 recall
13-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
MHS inspectors' union fears haccp will not be good enough
Too many signposts lead consumers on road to nowhere, warns FSA
23-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Retailers and manufacturers won’t do shoppers any favours if they all roll out proprietary front-of-pack nutritional ‘signposting’ labels, the...
09-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
The food industry could face an unsustainable bill for product recalls if the Food Standards Agency continues to adopt a zero tolerance approach to...
Sudan 1 slanging match erupts as latest recall baffles supplier
04-Apr-2005 By Elaine Watson
Regulator defends strategy as fdf president demands answers
04-Apr-2005 By Elaine Watson
Nutrient profiling dismissed as ill-judged and counter-productive
07-Mar-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Experts question whether costly recall was justified in risk terms
07-Feb-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Manufacturers and retailers could be on a collision course with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) unless agreement can be reached on product recalls...
It's the season to be sensible
07-Jan-2005 By Claire Allen
With every type of fruit and vegetable on our shelves all year round, it's hard to know what's in season when. But until 30 years ago, you could no...
'Name and shame' unfair to firms
07-Jan-2005
The chairman of the Society of Food Hygiene Technology (SoFHT), Neil Griffiths, has hit out at the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) policy of naming and...
Older beef could soon be back on the menu
07-Jan-2005
Meat from cattle over 30 months old, which have been banned from entering the food chain since 1996, may be available to processors by the end of the...
Manufacturers promised food forum to cut back on red tape
07-Jan-2005
Government attempts to head off problems through "open dialogue"
Ready, steady, go for traffic light labels by 2006
13-Dec-2004
Food and drink companies will be expected to display 'traffic light' labelling on products by 2006 under plans by the government.In its long-awaited...
A flavour for change
13-Dec-2004
Flavouring substances have recently been subject to significant legislative changes and 2005 will be a very significant year for the flavour industry...
Meat inspectors accuse FSA of 'back-door' privatisation plan
17-Nov-2004
New hygiene rules produce opposition from official inspectors
Education or exploitation?
17-Nov-2004
Trans fats are the latest food story to hit the headlines. Cereal bars and biscuits are in the spotlight as consumers learn of the dangers associated...
Sid slugs it out
17-Nov-2004
Attempts by the food industry to squash Sid the Slug's low-salt advertising campaign have failed.The 1.8m tall, animated mollusc was created for the...
Industry struggles to find the words for allergic consumers
06-Oct-2004 By Susan Birks
Manufacturers want the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to consider introducing graded risk allergy warnings to clear up confusion surrounding catch-all...
10-Sep-2004
With childhood obesity rising, school meals have come under the spotlight. Kathy Watson talked to the industry about the issues
Salt campaign adds to pressure for cuts
09-Sep-2004 By Susan Birks
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to start a high profile awareness campaign on salt this month, running until November. It aims to communicate to...
Trading standards demands clearer labelling on water-injected pork
29-Jul-2004 By Rick Pendrous
Inspectors claim shoppers are being duped into paying more
Time for BSE testing to replace over 30-month ban, says MLC
29-Jul-2004 By Rick Pendrous
Older british beef could replace 175,000 tonnes of imports
Minister gives industry September deadline for action plans on salt
15-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
Government moves closer to imposing controls on salt levels
