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Mandatory hygiene rating display drives up safety compliance
In Northern Ireland and Wales, where it has become mandatory for food retailers to display their Food Hygiene Rating, safety compliance has risen.
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New rules for high-temperature cooking chemical to come in next year
Starting in April 2018, food businesses throughout Europe will have to take steps to cut down on acrylamide - a carcinogenic chemical produced by food in high temperatures.
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Revised guidelines to protect your business from deliberate attack
Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revised its guidelines to food and drink manufacturers on protecting their businesses from deliberate attacks.
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2 Sisters’ chief apologises at House of Commons committee hearing
The CEO of the hygiene scandal-struck 2 Sisters Food Group has apologised before the British House of Commons Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.
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2 Sisters Food Group to go before Parliamentary committee
The latest development in the saga caused by the exposure of unsafe working practices at a poultry plant, 2 Sisters' CEO will appear before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
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‘A real success story for the UK egg industry’ – British Lion eggs declared salmonella free
The Chairman of the British Egg Council has heralded new advice that British Lion eggs are now safe to eat raw as the culmination of years of hard work on the part of the nation's egg industry.
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Shamed 2 Sisters Food Group shut down West Midlands plant
The firm was struck by scandal last Friday as undercover reporters working for the Guardian and ITV exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices at one of its poultry processing plants.
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Only two days left to have your say on CCTV in slaughterhouses
Last month, Michael Gove opened a public consultation into mandatory cameras in slaughterhouses. Now time is running out to make your voice heard.
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700,000 eggs infiltrate UK as European scare crosses the sea
700,000 eggs sent to UK in European scandal but the risk remains 'unlikely' for Britons.
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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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Food Standards Agency appoints Jason Feeney as CEO
Jason has been part of the FSA since joining as Chief Operating Officer in January 2015.
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Regulation: In a global modern food system…
A new set of rules is on the horizon as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) gets underway with its restructure of food safety regulation in the UK in order to deliver on its strategic goal of ‘Food We Can Trust’ – an aim that should be applauded and welcomed by…
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Regulation: How Brexit is shaping up
30 November 2016 | By Jerry Houseago, Consulting Director, NSF International EMEA
For the food industry, nothing has changed as a result of Brexit - yet. Jerry Houseago, Consulting Director, NSF International EMEA, looks at the longer-term implications for the food industry...
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Leading Imperial researcher: Early exposure could reduce later risk of allergy
21 September 2016 | By Roy Manuell, Digital Content Producer
New Food speak to lead researcher, Robert Boyle following study by Imperial College on whether feeding babies certain allergens might lead to the prevention of risk in later life...
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Salmonella risk reduced
26 July 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food
A new report on Salmonella in eggs show that contamination risk has reduced since last report.
