The FSA is a non-ministerial department of over 1300 people, with a big vision – to drive change in the food system so that it delivers “food we can trust” - as the country has now left the EU, the scale of this challenge cannot be underestimated. Mo
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Guidance on hygiene and food safety requirements for food businesses to reopen and operate safely during COVID-19.
Fahad Ismail pleaded guilty to obstructing an FSA officer from collecting evidence.
What you need to know about coronavirus and food
It is very unlikely that you can catch coronavirus (COVID-19) from food.
Cooking thoroughly will kill the virus.
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness. It is not known to be transmitted by exposure to f
The FSA has today published guidance to assist food businesses in responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
The new guidance has been developed with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and covers a range of areas i
The total burden from foodborne illness was about £9 billion ($11.2 billion) in 2018 in the United Kingdom, according to a new report.
Based on 2018 figures of 2.4 million foodborne cases per year, the burden for the U.K. from foodborne illness was e
This guidance will assist employers and businesses in providing advice to staff on:
- the novel coronavirus, COVID-19
- how to help prevent spread of all respiratory infections including COVID-19
- what to do if someone with suspected or confirmed to have
Facebook should "take responsibility" for people using its website to sell food from their own homes, the Food Standards Agency has said.
The watchdog is warning that sellers who have not registered with or been inspected by their local councils coul
A scientific review by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) estimating that around 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness occur every year in the UK has been published. This is up from the 2009 estimate of approximately one million.
The two annual surveys tested fresh chicken on sale in the UK, with one looking at certain types of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) E. coli, and the other at AMR campylobacter. The results are from Year 4 of the surveys (2017 to 2018).
A number of seafood and products of animal origin (predominately raw cut chicken, beef knuckles and frozen prawns) supplied by The Chicken Guy Ltd. have not been produced in accordance with food hygiene and legislative requirements.
These products ar
The FSA today published a consultation on updates to its existing technical guidance to reflect changes to food allergen labelling legislation in England which comes into effect on 1 October 2021.
Businesses are not given a zero food hygiene rating for "bad paperwork" and "filthy" premises can be shut down immediately, a food safety officer has said.
Peter Cole, lead environmental health officer in food safety at Pembrokeshire council, said my
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In advance of the introduction of the current legislation on food labelling for non-prepacked food (which came into effect in 2014), the FSA commissioned work to establish a baseline on the provision of allergen information by fo
FSA is issuing precautionary egg safety and handling advice to consumers in relation to a limited number of British Lion Eggs with flock code 1UK11871 and three best before dates because a very small number of these eggs may be contaminated wi
A number of ready-to-eat products supplied by Café Class Ltd have not been produced in accordance with food hygiene.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has stated that a number of ready-to-eat products (including all varieties of sandwiches, wraps and
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued two alerts warning of potential listeria contamination and a processor supplying products “that have not been produced in accordance with food hygiene and legislative requirements".
This year’s FSA Symposium of Social Science will be held in Cardiff on November 4th 2019 as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Heather Hancock has announced the appointment of Professor Bill Keevil as independent Chair to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF).
The top nine retailers across the UK have today published their latest testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK-produced fresh whole chickens (covering samples tested from April to June 2019).
