Sterling Crew, strategic adviser at Shield Safety Group, believes the two recent Pret allergen deaths expose a ‘worrying weakness’ in food labelling rules.
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Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to introduce allergen labelling on all of its products following the death of teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperouse.
A coroner overseeing the inquest into a teenager with multiple food allergies who died after eating a baguette bought from a Pret a Manger store has expressed concern about labelling regulations.
Australia’s new Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) rules are now fully in force, with regulators set to embark on 10,000 spot checks to ensure adherence.
The consumer group is calling on the government to fix the "chaos" of food labelling standards when the UK leaves the EU. Which? says "traffic light" labelling - indicating that are foods high in salt, sugar or fat - should be mandatory.
Supermarket giant Tesco is to remove best-before date labels from selected fruit and vegetable lines, in a bid to reduce food waste.
East of England Co-op will become the first major retailer to sell food beyond its "best before" dates. The chain's 125 stores in East Anglia will sell dried foods and tinned products for just 10p in a bid to cut food waste.
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
Consumers often struggle to identify where their meat comes from due to a lack of transparency on produce, according to a new survey. The latest shelfwatch survey by NFU Scotland looked at almost 35,000 packs of pork, bacon and gammon in 47 supermark
Asian food manufacturers have been tapping into growing demand for Japanese products by mislabelling local goods to make them appear authentic.
The EU is introducing new rules to cut down on ‘food fraud’ and prevent a repeat of the horsemeat scandal, which was first uncovered by Irish authorities four years ago. However there are concerns the regulations don’t go far enough, and that a schem
From 13 December 2016 businesses selling pre-packed foods are required to display mandatory nutrition declarations.
This requirement relates to the mandatory nutrition panel on food packaging, which requires the energy value (displayed as kJ/kcal) an
