Food Standards Scotland has opened a comment period on plans to change the way food standards issues are handled with a new enforcement notice.
The comment period on the new food compliance notice closes on
Continue Reading Food Standards Scotland consults on enforcement plan
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set out a plan of how local authorities can get back to food hygiene and standards work after dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
The recovery plan for local authorities
Continue Reading FSA fixes timeline to get inspections back on track after initial impact of COVID-19
More than half of local authorities in England are not taking on trainees or apprentices in environmental health because of funding and capacity issues, according to a survey.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Continue Reading Local authority shortages could impact food safety checks
Accuracy of remote assessments was a key concern raised by most local authorities, according to an evaluation of the technique’s use during the pandemic.
Local authority officers feared information was vulnerable to manipulation by food
Continue Reading FSA assesses use of remote audits during pandemic
Food testing has decreased in recent years because of budget and resource pressures and some local authorities do little or none of it, according to FSA research.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) did a small
Continue Reading FSA research confirms sampling decline
The highest risk businesses could miss one of their inspections to catch-up with local authority backlogs due to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Food hygiene intervention frequencies for these Category
Continue Reading High risk firms may miss an inspection due to COVID-19
The number of public complaints about food and food sites spanning three countries has increased, according to a report published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Local authorities recorded nearly 71,000 complaints about food safety
Continue Reading Rise in consumer food complaints noted by FSA
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
Continue Reading Large decline for food sampling in Scotland
Food standards delivery in the United Kingdom is hampered by inadequate resources and an out of date approach to regulation, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The agency reviewed how such work is handled
Continue Reading FSA food standards review highlights failures
New non-binding guidance for reducing the risk to vulnerable groups from contracting listeriosis was released Tuesday for the United Kingdom by the country’s Food Standards Agency. The guidance applies directly to England, Wales, and Northern
Continue Reading Protecting vulnerable populations goal of new FSA guidance document
