Two academics have called the Food Standards Agency’s programme of change into question, saying it is a “bad policy being rushed through when Ministers and Parliament are not paying attention”.
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The top nine retailers across the UK have now published on their websites, their testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK produced fresh whole chickens (covering October to December 2017).
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland are today publishing details of a major review into the sites where meat products are processed and stored in the UK.
Despite Brexit, Food Standards Agency boss Heather Hancock is determined to press on with an overhaul of food safety regulation.
Closing date: 2 Apr 2018
Job description
The Head of Science, Evidence and Research Division ensures that the FSA has a systematic and effective approach to identifying its evidence needs; gathering and analysing existing evidence to support policy ma
We – the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland and representatives of the meat industry across the UK – met to discuss concerns arising from the recent examples of non-compliance with food hygiene regulations
Position: Dietary Health Intern (Fixed Term 12 Months)
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
The FSA in Northern Ireland (FSA in NI) is responsible for devolved matters relating to food safety, standards, nutrition and dietary health in Northern Irelan
Birmingham Halal Abattoir Ltd has been convicted and ordered to pay more than £18, 000 for failing to undergo the required meat inspections.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have today published details of a recall of meat products by Muscle Food.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are announcing that they will be undertaking a review of meat cutting premises and cold stores. The review, which will be established later this month, comes in the wake of serious non
The FSA’s Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker (November 2017) results have been published. We conduct this tracking survey with consumers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to monitor changes in consumer attitudes towards the Agency and f
Sushi Daily is recalling a batch of its Sushigari (ginger) sold in jars at their kiosks in some Waitrose and Sainsbury’s stores because the product may contain small pieces of glass. The presence of glass makes this product unsafe to eat and presents
The Food Standards Agency has taken action to stop any product from leaving sites operated by Russell Hume because of concerns about non-compliance with food hygiene regulations. These concerns were uncovered as the result of an unannounced audit at
More big firms have been caught up in the problems of meat supplier Russell Hume. Hilton Hotels said that a "small number" of its hotels have disposed of products from the meat supplier. Derby-based Russell Hume is the subject of an investigation by
The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) would only take on investigatory powers on top of its intelligence gathering activities if it received ministerial support and between £4M and £5M a year of extra government funding, it emerged at the FSA’s Board m
Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland (FSA) welcomes your comments on the draft Condensed Milk and Dried Milk Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018.
Who will this consultation be of most interest to?
Enforcement authorities, manufacturers, wholesale
This week's open Board meeting is now available as a video-on-demand and as a podcast. It was chaired by the Food Standards Agency Chair Heather Hancock on 6 December.
At its quarterly meeting, the Food Standards Agency Board discussed the progress of the FSA's National Food Crime Unit; the redesign of its surveillance programme; an update on the Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme; and the FSA’s activities conce
The Food Standards Agency wishes to invite applications from experts to join its newly formed Advisory Committee for Social Science, and is seeking to appoint a Chair and nine members.
The FSA has published a new Science Report by its Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Guy Poppy. In his seventh Report, Professor Poppy looks at the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS), and its impact on food safety especially where the scheme is mandat
