The UK has lifted reinforced inspections on meat products from Brazil after analyzing the country’s control system.
The decision covers consignments of beef, poultry, and meat products and preparations exported from Brazil to England, Scotland
Continue Reading The UK ends strict controls for beef and poultry from Brazil
Members of the logistics and port health sectors have discussed food import controls at the first in a series of stakeholder forums.
More than 20 importers and agents joined one of Britain’s biggest port health
Continue Reading Forum focuses on UK import controls
Potentially illegal meat and eggs have been discovered after officials stopped a vehicle in England.
The suspected illegally imported products were discovered in a white van going from Romania into Great Britain, via the Port of
Continue Reading English checks uncover illegally imported food
Two academics have looked at the scale of declared conflicts of interest (COIs) in UK food policy-making agencies.
Erik Millstone, from the University of Sussex, and Tim Lang, of the Centre for Food Policy, City
Continue Reading Study shines a light on conflicts of interest in UK food policy advisory committees
The United Kingdom has banned imports of feeder rodents from Lithuania because of a Salmonella outbreak in humans.
An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis has been linked to mice imported from Lithuania used as animal
Continue Reading UK bans some feeder rodents because of Salmonella outbreak; children particularly at risk
The United Kingdom government is to change the rules relating to gene editing to allow use of the technology.
The plans were published as part of the government’s response to the gene editing consultation by
Continue Reading UK moves to allow gene-edited crops
One case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been detected in a cow on a farm in England.
The animal died and has been removed from the farm in Somerset, according to the Animal and
Continue Reading BSE found in cow in England
A project in the United Kingdom has received funding for the surveillance of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance.
Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (PATH-SAFE) involves the Food Standards Agency (FSA); Food Standards
Continue Reading UK project gets funding to monitor foodborne pathogens and AMR
Officials from Poland and the United Kingdom have met virtually to discuss the safety of Polish poultry meat after it was linked to several outbreaks.
Grzegorz Puda, Polish minister of Agriculture and Forestry, spoke remotely
Continue Reading Poland promises action to reassure UK on poultry meat safety
The overall risk to food safety has not increased as a result of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The authority officials also said the agency has
Continue Reading Risk to UK has not risen but delay on EU food checks poses challenges – FSA
