Onken Wholegrain Yogurt in UK Mislabeled as Gluten Free
Onken yogurt by Emmi mislabeled as 'gluten-free' while containing whole grains - no recall issued by UK Food Standards Agency
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Oats could hold the key to a healthier Christmas meal
A study carried out by Aberdeen scientists involving more than 200 volunteers has revealed that eating three portions of whole-grain foods, such as wholemeal bread or porridge, every day can lower the risk of developing cardiovascular disease because blood...
New hygiene ratings assigned to food outlets in Europe
Many food outlets in the UK including pubs, shops and restaurants are being ordered to adhere to new food hygiene standard ratings in an effort to reduce the one million cases of food poisoning each year. The Food Standards...
Good News! Cloned meat and milk have now been deemed safe for eating
According to government advisers in the UK, meat and milk derived from cloned cattle and their offspring is no different to conventional produce and is safe to consume. This discovery may allow food safety authorities to give the green...
Food Hygiene Best Practices
How do I report bad food hygiene in a restaurant?
You may want to report bad food hygiene standards to the relevant authorities, especially if you’ve suffered from food poisoning as a result of a restaurant’s incorrect food handling practices.
Balloon Tree Expands Safely
Catering, Hospitality and Retail food businesses in Yorkshire and Humberside looking to improve their food safety controls are set to benefit from a new initiative being introduced by deliciouslyorkshire. This latest deliciouslyorkshire service has been specifically developed to help...
NBA: "Cloning Debate is About Ethics, Not Food Safety"
In a statement yesterday, the National Beef Association argued that if the UK doesn’t allow for meat and milk from animals with cloned grandparents, farmers across the UK will be denied the advantages of breeding technology that is already used, without any market access restraint, in competing countries like the United States, and could eventually be taken up in almost all non-EU countries.
FSA Reveals Three Clone Descendents Entered Food Chain
Following its investigation, the Food Standards Agency has established that meat from three animals has entered the food chain without authorization under the Novel Food Regulations. However, the Agency restated that there is no evidence to suggest meat from cloned animals or their offspring are dangerous to eat.
Cloned Meat Has Been Eaten, Say FSA
The investigation, which was sparked by an admission from an anonymous farmer that he used milk from the offspring of a cloned cow, traced two bulls born in the UK from embryos harvested from a cloned cow in the U.S.
FSA to Investigate Sale of Cloned Cow Milk
The farmer, who admitted to using milk from a cow bred from a cloned animal, did so in an interview with The International Herald Tribune newspaper. Milk from the animal was sold without being labeled or identified as to its origins. The farmer has said he is selling embryos from the same cow to breeders in Canada.
Food Standards Agency’s Future Made Clear
Under its new remit, the Food Standards Association will lose its responsibilities for nutrition and labeling, instead focusing on issues of food safety. Nutrition and labeling issues will instead be dealt with by the Department of Health.
Food Industry Supports Food Standards Agency
Food industry bodies have come forward in support of the Food Standards Agency after it emerged earlier this week that the Health Secretary was planning on scrapping the organization.
Anger at Food Standards Agency Abolition
It emerged last night that the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is planning to abolish the Food Standards Agency alongside many other quangos in an attempt to cut down on bureaucracy.
MEPs Block Traffic Light Labeling
The traffic light system, which is supported by the UK’s Food Standards Agency, the British Heart Foundation and many consumer groups, will instead give way to the Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) system, preferred by retailers Tesco and Morriso
The GM Food Maze
When the Food Standards Agency set up a steering group for “Food: The Use of Genetic Modification – A Public Dialogue”, its aim was to “provide an opportunity to discuss with members of the public their understanding of GM in food and what they think are its potential risks and benefits”.
2nd academic resigns from FSA’s GM food dialogue
The steering group was commissioned by the UK’s Labour government to shape and manage a public dialogue on food and the use of genetic modification.
Food hygiene ratings delay causes concern
A consumer watchdog has claimed that a scheme to grade food outlets across Wales on their hygiene levels will not be up and running in the timescale planned. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) intends to offer a limited form of Scores on the Doors later this year.
Honest Labeling
Last December the group IGD released the results of a survey of 1,091 shoppers.
Among the questions the survey dealt with, was the question “How much of a positive impact do shoppers feel they can make with their choices?”
British retailers speak out against labeling change
UK retailers reacted negatively to the Food Standards Agency’s Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labeling briefing paper, published Friday. The British Retail Consortium said retailers in the UK were the first to adopt easy to understand front-of-pack nutritional labeling to help customers make more informed choices.
BPEX launches new pork labelling scheme
The new voluntary code, which was announced at the National Farmers Union Conference by Hilary Benn, will be adhered to by supermarkets including Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, the Co-operative and Waitrose, as well as several restaurant chains.
