Food Safety & Integrity
The latest on outbreaks, allergens and legislation.
FHRS: ten years of driving up standards
Officers thanked for nurturing hygiene rating to its tenth anniversary.
Food law shake-up concerns grow
Proposed changes aim to address shortage of EHPs but questions around judging competency remain.
FSA to launch food law consultation in England and NI
Welsh consultation postponed due to officers' involvement in pandemic response.
Food is medicine, hospital meals review finds
A shake-up of hospital food is an opportunity for “radical change” that could improve food safety, quality, and sustainability according to a new report.
Cuts strangle regulators so they cannot enforce the rules
Slashed budgets leave regulations to ‘rot on the statute books’
Food standards amendment to Agriculture Bill rejected in Commons
However, opportunities in parliament still exist to enshrine standards in law.
Lords demand food standards be written into Agriculture Bill
Amendment succeeds – but Bill must now go back to Commons, who could block it.
‘Smokies’ producers found slaughtering animals in filthy conditions
Three men sentenced for illegal processing after council investigation.
EHPs’ views on food standards and security
Results from our reader poll.
EHPs turn to virtual inspections to help with backlog
COVID-19 restrictions and workload prompts innovation in software development.