Food businesses in the UK will be required to put in place practical steps to manage acrylamide within their food safety management systems under new EU legislation which will apply from April 2018.
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The guidance has been produced in association with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Defra. It will be used by food manufacturers, retailers and brands as the industry standard and brings together recommendations that ensure food is safe and adhere
The top nine retailers have published their results on campylobacter contamination in UK produced fresh whole chickens (covering July to September 2017) in line with a FSA protocol agreed with them.
Environment, Foods and Rural Affairs Committee publishes report into 2 Sisters Food Group and Standards in Poultry Processing as Ranjit Singh Boparan confirms wide-ranging food standards commitments in writing.
The UK Food Standards Agency and the British Standards Institute have published revised guidance for food and drink businesses on how to protect against adulteration, counterfeiting and other attacks on food and food supply.
The Advisory Committee for Novel Food and Processes (ACNFP) has reviewed two applications from companies seeking authorisation for their products in the European Union (EU). The ACNFP, which is an independent committee of scientists appointed by the
Ranjit Singh Boparan, the multimillionaire boss of 2 Sisters Food Group, has apologised for the scandal engulfing his company as he pledged to fund the cost of independent inspectors to police all 12 of his UK chicken sites.
The tenth report on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland covers the targeted, risk-based, sampling and testing of food carried out by local councils in Northern Ireland across the food supply and retail chain.
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.
The full year’s results show that on average, across the entire market, 6.5% of chic
The Food Standards Agency has announced a change to its advice about eating 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 has decided to extend its investigations to other 2 Sisters poultry plants in England and Wales. This follows an initial inspection by the FSA, working with the local authority, into the food hygiene and labelling concerns r
Reusable “bags for life” can spread deadly food poisoning bacteria if they are used to carry raw foods such as fish and meat, consumers have been warned by the government’s food safety watchdog.
The Food Standards Agency is making changes to its campylobacter retail survey of fresh shop-bought UK-produced chickens.
The FSA has today published official statistics on food law enforcement by local authorities for the year 2016/17. The information provided by local authorities and compiled by the FSA, gives a detailed breakdown of enforcement activity across the UK
The FSA has published its annual report on progress towards implementation of the UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan (MANCP). The report, which is based on data collected for 2016, shows that overall level of compliance in all sectors in the UK wa
The FSA continue to trace egg products which might contain Fipronil. Since their previous update, 26 additional products have been withdrawn, as detailed in thier updated withdrawal list. These include cake mixes and liquid egg products.
Location: Belfast, although subject to business need there may be the option to work flexibly.
About the job: The FSA is offering a 12 month secondment from October 2017 for senior advisor in dietary health. As a senior advisor within the FSA you wi
Food Standards Agency - 10 August 2017
Investigations into the Fipronil incident in Europe continue. We have now established that more eggs from affected farms than previously identified came to the UK. It is very unlikely that these eggs pose a risk
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