Welsh Food Advisory Committee meeting postponed
April 7th, 2010
Following the announcement of the general election, the WFAC open meeting planned for this Thursday 8 April is being postponed.
Appointment of Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee Members
April 7th, 2010
The Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland wants to appoint two new members to Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee (NIFAC) in 2010.
Social science tender opportunity
April 2nd, 2010
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is inviting tenders for establishing a framework agreement with providers of Omnibus Surveys.
New Operations Group for the Food Standards Agency
April 1st, 2010
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced in July 2009 its intention to form a new Operations Group in 2010. This will take effect from 1 April 2010 when the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) and FSA merge.
Batches of Wester Lawrenceton Farm cheeses recalled
March 30th, 2010
Wester Lawrenceton Farm Ltd has recalled various batches of Carolla and Caerphilly cheese due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is a bacterium that causes food poisoning. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Information.
Some Murphy’s Draught Irish Stout withdrawn
March 30th, 2010
Heineken UK has withdrawn cans of Murphy’s Draught Irish Stout with a ‘best before’ date of 31 December 2010 and a batch code of L9348, because the product has been incorrectly packaged in Murphy?s Draught Style Stout Pasteurized Beer cans. The mislabelled cans do not mention that the product contains barley gluten.
Agency hosts international conference on campylobacter
March 29th, 2010
The Food Standards Agency is this week hosting an international conference to identify new ways of reducing the levels of the food bug campylobacter in UK chicken.
Reducing saturated fat and sugar in sweet foods
March 27th, 2010
Following a public consultation in the summer of 2009, the Food Standards Agency has today recommended that food manufacturers reduce saturated fat in foods such as biscuits, cakes, buns, chocolates and added sugar in soft drinks.
Advice for farmers on food and feed hygiene requirements published
March 27th, 2010
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Scotland has produced advice for the farming industry, highlighting the primary production food and feed hygiene requirements of EC Food Hygiene Regulation (852/2004) and EC Feed Hygiene Regulation (183/2005). The advice is in ‘question and answer’ format.
Response to nanotechnology report published
March 25th, 2010
The Government has today published its response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report into nanotechnologies and food. The Food Standards Agency welcomes the committee’s report and its recommendations, many of which are already being taken forward.