There has been a significant reduction in food sampling across Scotland in the past few years, according to a report.
An analysis of information from the Scottish Food Sampling Database (SFSD) indicated there had been a decrease of 34 to 37 percent in sample records submitted since 2014-2015. However, three
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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 feed laboratory system and made recommendations to address gaps and weaknesses to maintain safety standards
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Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS), a unit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has released the findings of its food safety report for December 2016 and surveillance information for 2016.
Only 13 of 9,800 food samples tested during December were found to be unsatisfactory, meaning the overall
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