Active brand peanut butter, Active brand groundnut paste and peanut butter made by Jesu Aka Ltd are contaminated with excessively high levels of aflatoxins. The Active brand groundnut paste is made from peanuts (peanuts are also known as groundnuts). The products, which are made in Ghana, and are generally sold in food stores that sell African and or African-Caribbean food.
Kestrel Foods Ltd has recalled some Supervalu brand and Centra brand sesame seeds products in Northern Ireland, because of the presence of salmonella. Salmonella is a bacterium that causes food poisoning. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Information.
The Agency has received several reports over the last few months of pine nuts that have caused a bitter taste for some people who have eaten them.
The video and podcast of the July open Board meeting are now available. The agenda included discussions on the Review of the FSA?s Response to the Incident Involving Dioxins in Meat, the Annual Report of the Chief Scientist 2008/2009, the first Annual Report of the General Advisory Committee on Science, the Science Review of the FSA, and the FSA?s response to the E.coli Public Inquiry Report.
The Agency today published the most recent results of a study, carried out in 2008, looking at the levels of acrylamide, and other chemicals produced as a result of food processing, in a range of UK food products.
The Food Standards Agency has today published the agenda and papers for the 21 July meeting of the UK-wide Scores on the Doors Steering Group, which is overseeing the development of the national six-tier scores on the doors scheme (and the two-tier scheme in Scotland).
The Food Standards Agency today welcomes the announcement of the appointment of Lord Rooker as its new Chair by the Secretary of State for Health.
The next FSA open Board meeting is being held at the Food Standards Agency?s headquarters: Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH. It will begin at 1pm on Tuesday 14 July 2009 and will be chaired by Agency Chair Deirdre Hutton. You can attend in person, watch it live online or listen-in via a free phone number.
The Agency has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children. A further two retailers and five manufacturers producing product lines free of the colours have been added to the list.
The Agency has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children. A further two retailers and five manufacturers producing product lines free of the colours have been added to the list.