Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards, with the support of the Food Standards Agency, has successfully prosecuted One Foods Limited ? the company behind an organic food scam worth more than half a million pounds.
Mars Food UK is recalling some of its Dolmio Express Creamy Carbonara Pasta Sauce, because it might contain small pieces of hard plastic. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Information.
The Food Standards Agency is pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 Food Champion Awards, which are open to all local authorities in England and Wales.
The Agency has today published three monitoring reports on sheep at farms remaining under post-Chernobyl restrictions in England, Scotland and Wales.
The Food Standards Agency in Scotland is seeking a contractor to produce and supply 4,500 eatwell.gov.uk floor mats for use in Scottish primary and secondary educational establishments. The eatwell site provides practical healthy eating and food safety tips for consumers.
Asda has withdrawn its own-brand Chocolate Delights because the product contains soya that is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone who is allergic to soya. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert.
The Food Standards Agency has today updated its fish and shellfish advice to help consumers make informed, sustainable choices as part of its commitment to taking sustainability into account in all of its policy making.
The Food Standards Agency has drawn up an action plan to address recommendations from the third annual Simplification Stakeholder Event held in June. Stakeholders wanted to see positive action as a result of this event and, as promised, an action plan has now been published.
The video and podcast of the September open Board meeting are now available. The agenda included discussions on the Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee Chair’s report, FSA Northern Ireland Director’s report, future meat controls ? programme to deliver more risk-based proportionate controls, and results of stakeholder research and actions to improve stakeholder engagement.
At today’s Agency open Board meeting, Tim Smith, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency, announced that Professor John Curtice of the University of Strathclyde, is to chair the independent steering group that will advise the Agency on its forthcoming consumer engagement work on genetic modification (GM).