Members of a parliamentary committee have called for greater clarity about food safety after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
The House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee is looking at how the Food
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Members of a parliamentary committee have written to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about the future of food safety rules in the United Kingdom after leaving the European Union.
The Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee asked
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reviewed the main activities of this past year which marked the agency’s 20th anniversary.
The annual report covers enforcement, inspections, sampling, recalls, Brexit, and food fraud. FSAI
Continue Reading FSAI reviews 2019 work on food safety and fraud
An amendment to the Agriculture Bill on food import standards has been approved in the United Kingdom.
Other proposed changes include asking the government to think again on the use of pesticides, climate change targets,
Continue Reading Food standards amendment backed in UK Ag Bill
Barriers to tackling food fraud include the cost and capability of authenticity testing, a changing mode of operation, and a complex regulatory system, according to experts.
Contributors to an overview about food fraud said evidence
Continue Reading Overview identifies difficulties in preventing food fraud
While people reading this may not be able to agree whether 2020 is the start of a new decade or end of the last one like many on social media, I am sure we
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A group of experts has identified persistent issues with allergen testing and depleted resources, skills, scientific capability and sampling as key drivers influencing the food and feed sector.
A total of 43 stakeholders including representatives
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The likelihood of a negative impact on food standards from Brexit has increased, according to a report from Public Health Wales.
The document looks at evidence since January about the possible real-life effects Brexit could
Continue Reading Chance of negative food standards impact from Brexit rises
Reports about “plastic rice” are likely incorrect according to a food fraud expert who says it could have been actual rice that had been poorly stored for up to a decade.
Chris Elliott, professor of
Continue Reading So-called plastic rice could have been the real deal, but stored for a decade
Gaps in capability to perform some chemical analyses have been identified in a review into official laboratories in the United Kingdom.
The review assessed the capacity, capability, and governance of the U.K. official food and
Continue Reading Chemical analysis gaps found in UK lab review
More than seven out of 10 businesses are increasingly confident about food safety regulation in Ireland, according to a survey.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) found almost three quarters of firms said food
Continue Reading Survey shows firms increasingly confident about Irish food safety regulation
