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Issue #4 2017 – Digital Version
In this issue: The impact of Brexit on the UK food and beverage industry, emerging organisms and when to start testing, lifelong food nutrition, UK country profile and much more...
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Recalls of UK’s favourite meat at highest since 2002
Recalls of chicken and other poultry meats are at their highest level since 2002 according to a report from Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS, just as it was revealed that chicken has overtaken red meat as the most popular meat in Britain¹.
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Transparency and data quality: new cross-cutting EFSA guidance in a nutshell
Two new guidance documents – on the weight-of-evidence approach and biological relevance assessment – will help to further harmonise methodologies across the areas in which EFSA works.
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IFST responds to the FSA’s “Regulating our Future” programme
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently published a paper outlining progress with the “Regulating our Future” programme*. Institute of Food Science & Technology, the independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe, recognises the paper reflects the FSA’s current evolution in the thinking, rather than a finished design of the…
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More evidence on link between agricultural antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance
The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned about the impact of use of antibiotics on the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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EU votes in favour of reducing acrylamide presence in food
EU Member States representatives voted in favour of European Commission's proposal to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food.
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10 priorities for Brexit from leaders in UK food and drink supply chain
In a joint letter, signatories from 26 representative bodies from across the UK food and drink supply chain have agreed 10 key priorities for the negotiations with the EU to protect the UK’s food security and our world leading food and farming sector.
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Hard Brexit could make food 22% more expensive
If the UK doesn't secure a trade deal with the EU then imported food will become 22% more expensive, according to a recent report.
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Reading it right on novel foods
On 1 January 2018, Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 on novel foods and novel food ingredients will cease to apply, and Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283 on novel foods will take its place. Although the incoming Regulation 2015/2283 has the same ‘cut off’ date of 15 May 1997 for defining a novel…
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EFSA reviews safety of glutamates added to food
EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after re-evaluating their safety.
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Get ready for new food hygiene legislation, UK businesses warned
The NFU Mutual Food Hygiene Ratings Report, published today, reveals that 44% of people would turn away from even their favourite places to eat and try somewhere else instead, if a food hygiene rating of less than four out of five was on display.
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Dairy should be high priority in Brexit negotiations
It is vitally important that the UK dairy industry is recognised and prioritised during Brexit negotiations, Dr David Dobbin, chairman of Dairy UK, asserts.
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UK Food and Drink Federation respond to Queen’s Speech
Responding to the Queen’s Speech, FDF Director General Ian Wright CBE said:
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Food labelling: A natural opportunity to reducing sugar intake
The International Stevia Council offer an insight into how stevia might present a natural solution to the sugar intake problem and the role of food labelling in this.
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Food Safety In-Depth Focus 2017
In this in-depth focus: Huub Lelieveld discusses improving and harmonising food safety regulations; Validating food safety: the process control measures for making safe food; and an essential guide to food safety challenges in the 21st Century...
