United Kingdom

Swiss Heifer Beat UK Mad Cow Defenses

A heifer imported from Switzerland managed to jump England’s barriers to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but that isolated incident does not mean the United Kingdom’s Mad Cow defenses

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Sep 2010

UK: Excess Aluminum Found in Infant Formula

A study led by a British team at Keele University, published in BMC Pediatrics Journal, emphasizes the vulnerability of infants to early exposure to aluminum and highlights the need to

By Alexa Nameth

/ 6 Sep 2010

UK Updates Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency has written to all local authorities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to inform them of an update to the Food Hygiene Rating

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 26 Aug 2010

Food Standards Agency Issues Seaweed Warning

The British Food Standards Agency released an article today warning consumers not to eat a particular type of seaweed. Hijiki seaweed has been found to contain remarkably high levels of

By Laurel Curran

/ 5 Aug 2010

Listeria Strikes More Ethnic, Low Income Women

Pregnant women who come from ethnic backgrounds and low-income areas have a higher risk of infection from listeria food poisoning, according to research for the United Kingdom’s Health Protection

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Aug 2010

Anonymous Farmer Sparks Clone Debate In Britain

The possibility of cloned milk and beef products being integrated into the British food supply has been met with an uproar from consumers, the media, and federal agencies. The article

By Laurel Curran

/ 3 Aug 2010

UK Re-Tools Plans for Reducing Campylobacter

With 65 percent of the raw shop-bought chicken in the United Kingdom contaminated with Campylobacter, a potentially deadly pathogen, the UK’s Food Standards Agency has mapped out a plan

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Jul 2010

UK Food Standards Agency Loses Duties, Survives

David Cameron, the United Kingdom’s new Premier was making his first official visit to the White House, when a “written Prime Ministerial Statement” was released back in London. In

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Jul 2010

EU Places Warning Labels on Foods Containing Dyes

As of Tuesday in the European Union, most foods containing artificial food dyes are required to sport a warning label. These labels declare that the labeled food, “may have an

By Laurel Curran

/ 20 Jul 2010

UK Food Standards Agency Falls Short of Goals

The United Kingdom’s independent Food Standards Agency failed to reduce the incidence of Campylobacter in chickens by 50 percent, did not get the consumers to cut their salt in

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jul 2010

Support Voiced for UK Food Standards Agency

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

By Laurel Curran

/ 14 Jul 2010

British Food Standards Agency Axed

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

By Laurel Curran

/ 12 Jul 2010

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United Kingdom

Swiss Heifer Beat UK Mad Cow Defenses

UK: Excess Aluminum Found in Infant Formula

UK Updates Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

Food Standards Agency Issues Seaweed Warning

Listeria Strikes More Ethnic, Low Income Women

Anonymous Farmer Sparks Clone Debate In Britain

UK Re-Tools Plans for Reducing Campylobacter

UK Food Standards Agency Loses Duties, Survives

EU Places Warning Labels on Foods Containing Dyes

UK Food Standards Agency Falls Short of Goals

Support Voiced for UK Food Standards Agency

British Food Standards Agency Axed

Your Support Protects Public Health