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Second egg assurance system backed in UK

By Joe Whitworth on August 10, 2021

Vulnerable people have been given the go ahead to eat raw and lightly cooked eggs produced under a second system after it was backed by regulators in the United Kingdom.

Hen shell eggs produced under…
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Nearly 400 people sick from Salmonella in UK; nearly half are children

By Joe Whitworth on October 17, 2020

Almost 400 people have fallen ill with Salmonella since the start of the year in the United Kingdom after eating frozen chicken products.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public Health England (PHE) are investigating…
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Baby food recalled in UK due to tampering fears

By News Desk on January 27, 2020

Certain Cow & Gate baby food has been recalled from a supermarket in the United Kingdom because it may have been tampered with.

Cow & Gate and Tesco are recalling 15 varieties of 7 plus…
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Survey shows slight drop in consumers’ concerns about food safety in UK

By News Desk on August 10, 2019

Public concern about food safety in the United Kingdom has declined based on results of a survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Results released from May this year show 41 percent of respondents were…
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E. coli O157 study could explain higher human infection rates in Scotland

By Joe Whitworth on November 27, 2018

Cattle in Scotland have a higher level of a certain subtype of E. coli O157 which causes more severe human infections, according to a report.

Scientists found that Scottish cattle have more E. coli O157…
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Cucumber Salmonella outbreak strain isolated from four sites of UK company

By Joe Whitworth on August 1, 2018

Seventeen food isolates matching the Salmonella outbreak strain linked to 147 illnesses were detected earlier this year in four plants of one company and the site of a different firm in the United Kingdom.

The …
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UK food safety reform during Brexit creates ‘additional risk’

By Joe Whitworth on July 24, 2018

Some academics have argued an “additional, unnecessary risk” is being created by the Food Standards Agency’s decision to continue major reform of UK food safety regulation during the Brexit negotiations.

One part of the briefing…
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Imports eyed in 150K to 200K annual Hep E cases in England

By News Desk on August 23, 2017

With multinational retailer Tesco neither willing to confirm nor deny that it is the “Supermarket X” linked to Hepatitis E infections in an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 British sausage lovers annually, some people are beginning…
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Northern Ireland’s FSA opens comment period on novel foods

By News Desk on April 11, 2017

UKandIreland_406x250Comments, that began on April 4, 2017 and continue to June 27, 2017, are being taken by the Food Standards Agency for Northern Ireland about enforcement of novel foods by food businesses.

The agency says…
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UK’s raw milk vending machine outbreak expands; 56 sick

By News Desk on January 3, 2017

Editor’s note: For details on efforts in New Jersey and Texas to allow in-state sales of unpasteurized raw milk, the interstate sale of which is prohibited by federal law, please see “Raw milk advocates …
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