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Taking on e-commerce food crime
Julie Pierce, FSA Director for Wales, Information and Science, responds to Prof Chris Elliott’s call to share what the government is doing to regulate the online food industry.
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Recall Roundup: Listeria, Cyclospora and plastic pieces…
This week's Recall Roundup features Listeria monocytogenes and Cyclospora alerts, plus undeclared allergen recalls and a warning over plastic pieces.
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Coca-Cola to use bottles made from recycled plastic
Coca-Cola is transitioning to recycled plastic bottles across several of its big-name brands in the US in a bid to cut down on waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
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The case for vaccinating key food workers
It’s difficult to know who should be next in line for the Covid vaccination. Here, Chris Elliott considers the case for food workers and highlights the ways in which China is managing outbreaks linked to frozen and imported food.
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Cadbury’s Bournville factory given £15 million production boost
Cadbury’s famous Bournville factory will be on the end of a significant investment from parent company Mondelēz International to increase production at the site.
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Recall Roundup: E.coli, Salmonella and glass pieces…
This week's Recall Roundup features multiple E.Coli and Salmonella alerts, plus undeclared allergen recalls and a warning over glass pieces.
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Nestlé to reduce packaging across breakfast cereals in the UK
Nestlé says it’s reducing the amount of packing used in its cereals in the UK in a bid to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Virtual reality supermarkets could be a game changer for product testing
VR technology could enable food manufacturers to quickly test things like on-pack claims and even shelf positioning against consumer shopping habits – without the need for a large gathering on people.
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Poundstretcher fined for incorrectly labelled food
A retailer in Wales has been fined by a court after incorrectly labelled food was discovered on its shelves, something which prosecutors deemed “unsafe” in Swansea Magistrates’ Court.
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Global food recall roundup
This week's Recall Roundup features multiple Listeria monocytogenes alerts, plus undeclared allergen recalls and a warning over apple stalks.
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Global food recall roundup
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls includes several foreign object incidences, an undeclared allergen report, and more...
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Adapting to food delivery during lockdown
Peter Quigley, Head of Chemical Safety Policy at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), informs businesses of the help the agency is providing to assist with the move many are having to make to takeaway and delivery services.
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Our plastic dilemma
With little knowledge of how COVID-19 transmits, consumers have returned to single-use plastics. Here, Dr Sylvain Charlebois looks at how food protection measures have been affected.
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Seven challenges and trends the food industry can expect in 2021
As 2020 finally ends and the world welcomes (a hopefully brighter) 2021, Joshua Minchin of New Food outlines the major challenges and trends that the food industry can expect over the next 12 months.
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Industry self-regulation not the answer to obesity, according to BMJ
The BMJ has weighed-in on self-regulation of the food industry, which it claims is failing to deliver on targets to make food more nutritious.
