On Monday reports began pouring out of England about Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s intention to disband the Food Standards Agency and redistribute its responsibilities between existing government departments. His
The British Health Secretary has announced plans to eliminate the Food Standards Agency. The organization’s responsibilities will be divided between two existing groups, the Department for Environment, Food and
Several weeks ago the Soil Association (organic producers) and several organizations against genetic modification (GM) technology protested to the the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency that it shouldn’t waste
In the wake of the 2005 South Wales E. coli outbreak that sickened 168 people, there is widespread disappointment among consumers that restaurant and takeout businesses will not be forced
Two members of the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency steering group on genetically modified foods (GM foods, or GMOs) recently resigned from the group in protest over language inserted
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), the agency responsible for regulating food in the United Kingdom, announced Monday that it awarded more than 5,000 grants to food-related businesses to improve