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FSA stops some work but maintains a food safety focus

By Joe Whitworth on December 8, 2022

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has conceded some work it had planned will be delayed or not done at all but has insisted a focus on reducing foodborne disease will continue.

A work plan for…

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FSA staff may strike over pay; agency consults on meat charges

By News Desk on October 25, 2022

Some food safety staff at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are being asked if they want to go on strike because of their pay. 

Several hundred meat inspectors, vets, and office-based staff in England, Wales, and…

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FSA considers rule change for meat during Muslim holiday

By Joe Whitworth on August 5, 2022

A Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation is looking at changing the rules around the sale of meat during a religious festival.

Qurbani is a religious practice that takes place during Eid al-Adha. Some Muslims prefer…

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Project looks at how to modernize meat inspection

By Joe Whitworth on June 3, 2022

New technology could bring benefits to meat inspection in the United Kingdom but there are still issues to overcome, according to a report.

A project assessed the feasibility of using sensor technologies and advanced data…
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FSA dealing with staffing and data gaps after Brexit

By Joe Whitworth on May 22, 2022

Recruitment and a loss of access to data and networks are some of the challenges facing the Food Standards Agency now that the UK has left the EU, according to a report by the National…
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EU verifies meat controls in Uruguay and France

By Joe Whitworth on February 13, 2022

Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety body have looked at meat controls in Uruguay and France. The audit reports have been released recently.

The virtual audit by DG Sante in Uruguay in…
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Court dismisses appeal against FSA in meat inspection case

By Joe Whitworth on February 4, 2022

A long-running legal case involving the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and a meat business has been settled by the Supreme Court.

Cleveland Meat Company (CMC), which stopped trading in 2017, and the Association of Independent…
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FSA reveals some imports missed required checks

By Joe Whitworth on May 29, 2021

Some products have gone through an English port without the necessary controls, according to the Food Standards Agency’s chief executive.

Emily Miles said the items came through the European Union to Great Britain from non-EU…
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Delays to checks on EU meat and seafood criticized

By Joe Whitworth on May 10, 2021

Great Britain should have introduced checks on European imports beginning in January 2021 to match the position taken by the EU, according to a report.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee criticized the…
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Industry can find FSA ‘frustrating and inconsistent’

By Joe Whitworth on September 13, 2020

Negative terms most commonly used to describe the Food Standards Agency (FSA) were “frustrating, challenging and inconsistent”, according to a survey.

The research was done because the FSA wanted to know how businesses in the…
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