A think tank has produced a series of recommendations to improve food security in the United Kingdom.
Policy Exchange called on the Government to develop a National Food Security Strategy that covers the food ecosystem, including manufacturing, logistics, and retail. The charity said previous food security initiatives had focused too narrowly
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The National Farmers Union (NFU) has voiced concerns about the United Kingdom’s new approach to import controls.
In a letter to Sue Hayman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), NFU president Tom Bradshaw said there is widespread industry concern around how border controls
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Reckitt has expanded an infant formula recall to include the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition recalled some batches of Nutramigen LGG Stage 1 and 2 Hypoallergenic formula powders due to the possible presence of Cronobacter sakazakii.
The affected stage 1 formula 400-gram has batch code ZL3F7D and best before July
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A project funded by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found American sweets and drinks on sale in the United Kingdom.
Some confectionery products imported from the United States aren’t meant to be sold in the UK, and they might contain unauthorized additives.
Trading Standards officers at Staffordshire County Council
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Experts have assessed the main risks of importing oysters into the UK and measures to help mitigate possible issues.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) was commissioned by the UK Office for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Trade Assurance to profile the potential risks of importing oysters into the United Kingdom. It is
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Scientists in the United Kingdom have reported an ongoing nationwide increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis.
The rise in infections was first noted in August and is mainly due to Cryptosporidium Hominis, although there are also hundreds of Cryptosporidium parvum cases.
There have been 2,411 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK
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Sixteen countries, including the United States, have reported Salmonella infections in an outbreak linked to chicken meat that has affected more than 300 people.
Chicken and chicken meat products such as kebabs are the likely source of the multi-country outbreak caused by three types of Salmonella Enteritidis, said the European
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The likelihood and impact of contamination of the food supply in the United Kingdom have been assessed in an updated risk register.
The UK government rated food supply contamination as four out of five for likelihood and three out of five for impact in the 2023 national risk register. This means
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Members of the logistics and port health sectors have discussed food import controls at the first in a series of stakeholder forums.
More than 20 importers and agents joined one of Britain’s biggest port health authorities in May for insight into controls being performed on goods entering the United Kingdom.
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The Government in the United Kingdom has dropped plans to get rid of European laws by the end of 2023.
The Retained EU Law Bill (REUL) will be amended, removing a clause that would have scrapped any EU-derived laws that hadn’t already been replaced, repealed, or integrated into UK domestic
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