Archive for January, 2010

Celebrity chef launches sixth form survivor competition

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Celebrity chef James Martin has launched a ‘Sixth Form Survivor Competition’, which is a Northern Ireland-wide recipe challenge to find the ‘Ultimate Sixth Form Survivor’.

Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland to host obesity conference

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The FSA Northern Ireland and the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety are holding a conference for food businesses on how they can help tackle obesity in Northern Ireland.

Agency welcomes US salt targets

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The Agency welcomes today?s publication of voluntary salt targets by the New York City Health Department, which are part of the National Salt Reduction Initiative in the US.

Views wanted on magnolia bark extract

Monday, January 11th, 2010

A US company has applied to the Food Standards Agency for approval to market magnolia bark extract as a novel food ingredient. A novel food is a food or food ingredient that does not have a significant history of consumption within the European Union before 15 May 1997.

Scores on the Doors Steering Group agenda published

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The Food Standards Agency has published the agenda and papers for the meeting of the UK-wide Scores on the Doors Steering Group on Wednesday 13 January.

Scottish Food Sampling Report for 2008 published

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

The Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee’s Research Working Group has today published an annual report of the food sampling data collected by Scottish local authorities (LAs) and their partner laboratories during 2008.

Commissioning social science research workshop

Friday, January 8th, 2010

The Food Standards Agency is holding a workshop with social scientists, on Thursday 28 January 2010, to develop ideas on how the Agency can improve the process of commissioning social science research in the future.