Several egg packers have been fined in England for fraud and altering the best-before dates on products.
Prosecutions occurred between January and March 2025 and involved offences under the Egg Marketing Regulations. They included the unlawful re-packing of eggs with altered or extended best-before dates and breaches of labeling standards.
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Australians have been urged to look before they cook and read the safety advice on food labels.
The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) issued the call ahead of Australian Food Safety week from Nov. 9 to 16.
Lydia Buchtmann, FSIC CEO, said the charity’s research shows that only 3 in
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Foodborne illness was the most important food safety issue identified in a consumer survey in Australia and New Zealand.
The first Consumer Insights Tracker by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) revealed that nearly half of people had heard about a food recall in the past 12 months.
FSANZ surveyed
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Norway is hoping for an exemption to European rules on shelf-life labeling of eggs, partly because of its good Salmonella record.
In December 2022, an EU regulation entered into force that extended the period eggs can be sold to the consumer to 28 days after laying by hens. However, another
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The Foods Standards Agency (FSA) is looking into what support charities and groups providing food may need to ensure food safety.
The agency commissioned Ipsos UK to look at the journey food takes from suppliers to end consumers in the community food provision sector.
Figures show food banks are becoming
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Research in the United Kingdom has revealed five themes around consumer attitudes and behaviors toward eating food past the use-by date.
These include date labeling confusion, treating use-by dates as only a guide, and ingrained behavior.
Thirty people from England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part in two interviews and
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has taken to social media to tackle potential confusion caused by a food waste campaign that encourages consumers to smell, look and taste to determine whether food is spoiled.
The FSA official account on several platforms directed people to information on how to understand the
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Food Standards Scotland’s festive food safety campaign is focusing on “use by” and “best before” dates.
This year’s notice is reminding consumers to pay attention to food labeling with the help of Aunty May. She is a character that theater goers will recognize from pantomimes.
The message is take care
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A way to help food businesses know when to apply the “use by” or “best before” date on products has been developed by European experts.
The “use by” date is about safety – foods can be eaten until this date but not after, even if they look and smell fine.
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Consumers are still at risk from recalled Greenbelt microgreens after Canadian officials updated the best-by date on the products, which could be contaminated with Listeria.
Instead of the
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