The head of the Food Standards Agency has said she is increasingly worried about the impact of local authority funding shortages on food safety.
Emily Miles said the coronavirus pandemic has served as a reminder
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Delegates on the opening day of an online conference have heard about the current challenges to food safety during the coronavirus pandemic.
The first day of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) event, which
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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
Public Health England has been scrapped with England to get a new public health authority.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced a new agency called the National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) that is focused
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A consumer group wants mandatory display of food hygiene ratings across the United Kingdom so people can make informed choices when dining out.
Which? said it was concerned consumers are at risk of being left
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More than four fifths of people are concerned about laws on meat quality standards being relaxed so trade deals can be secured with the United States and other countries, according to Unison, a union in
Continue Reading UK public concerned about lower meat standards in future trade deals
