Food Standards Scotland has again come under fire for its approach to raw milk cheese from a producer that cited it as part of the reason it will close next year.
Barwheys Dairy will shut in spring 2019 after 10 years of operation.
It comes as Errington Cheese has started
Continue Reading Closing cheese firm hits out at ‘onerous’ FSS approach
Food Standards Scotland has cited an independent review supporting its handling of an E. coli outbreak investigation traced to a cheesemaker in 2016 in response to “ongoing commentary” on the case.
The agency has come under pressure as Errington Cheese has always denied its cheese was responsible for the outbreak.
Continue Reading FSS cites MPI review backing conclusions in Errington Cheese case
One of Scotland’s Errington Cheese Ltd. products returned to the market earlier this week against the wishes of the country’s top food safety agency. Sales of the Errington cheeses were banned in September because of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that sickened 26 people and caused the death of
Continue Reading Errington cheese back on sale despite Scottish warning, death
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has issued a statement on its involvement with a multi-agency Incident Management Team (IMT), chaired by Health Protection Scotland, which had been investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 in Scotland. FSS announced that the team “has stood down” as of Sept. 5, when it declared
Continue Reading Food Standards Scotland declares E. coli outbreak officially over
