Awareness of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) dedicated food crime unit among small businesses is still at low levels, according to recently released information from a survey.
Knowledge of the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) was minimal with less than one in five being aware of it, which is down
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Raw pet food, smokies, and unapproved producers were some of the issues identified by food agencies in the United Kingdom in a report on food crime.
Details come from the 2024 Food Crime Strategic Assessment published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS). Food crime costs
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Food agencies in the United Kingdom have raised resource concerns in a report on food standards.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) published a report reviewing food standards across the UK. It looked at whether they have improved, declined or stayed the same in 2022 and
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The cost of food fraud in the United Kingdom is significant and takes many forms, according to a report.
Analysis found the cost of food fraud to consumers, businesses, and government is between £410 million ($504 million) and £1.96 billion per year ($2.4 billion).
Including prevention costs, the burden of
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Food agencies in the United Kingdom have advised that slush ice drinks should not be sold to children younger than age 5.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued voluntary industry guidance on glycerol in slush ice drinks after two children fell sick in Scotland in
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has opened a comment period on proposed additional powers for the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU).
The measures would allow food crime officers to be lawfully on premises and assist with searches, following an arrest by police. This would reduce the need for support from
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The Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SCFCIU) has secured its first major conviction since the agency was created in 2015.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) welcomed the sentencing of Jamie George, who supplied the public with a potentially fatal substance sold as a diet pill for weight loss.
The 32-year-old
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There is a broader consideration these days of what safe and authentic food actually means, according to the chief executive of Food Standards Scotland.
Geoff Ogle told attendees at the Government Chemist Conference this week that in recent years consumers have expanded expectations and understanding of the food system
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The number of patients in a Salmonella outbreak in the United Kingdom has increased to more than 130.
It was previously reported that 81 people were sick in the UK as part of a multi-country Salmonella Mbandaka outbreak. As of early March, there are 132 UK cases, according to the
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David Lohr was sentenced in Arizona on Oct. 27 to 10 years probation. The sentence is in addition to a federal prison sentence in 2021. Lohr was charged with tampering and adding poison or other harmful substances to food at multiple retail stores within the Phoenix metropolitan area in Oct.
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