Food Safety & Integrity
The latest on outbreaks, allergens and legislation.
Birmingham council ‘unable to fulfil food safety function without external help’, says report
Authority’s food law enforcement plan warned that the EH team needs an extra 12 EH officers to prevent backlog.
Lessons of mad cow disease ‘in danger of being lost’
Mad cow disease may be over but we shouldn’t forget the lessons learned or relax food safety regulations.
Food business linked to listeria outbreak cleared
Food business linked to listeria outbreak cleared as investigations focus elsewhere in supply chain.
CIEH urges caution over allergen addition to FHRS
Action is needed to address allergen food safety but including it as part of the Food Hygiene Rating System could do more harm than good, the CIEH has warned.
Three patients die from listeria in sandwiches
Three people have died after picking up listeria infections from pre-packed sandwiches, Public Health England (PHE) has reported.
Food standards interventions in decline, says NAO report
The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns about the ability of the current food regulatory system in England to achieve value for money.
Row as US official brands European food safety standards ‘old-fashioned’
Row as US official brands European food safety standards ‘old-fashioned’.
Call for allergens to be included in FHRS
National guidance should provided on how allergen responsibilities are split between environmental health and trading standards.
Scammers impersonate FSA officers to swindle businesses
The FSA issues a warning after reports crooks have been impersonating its officers to scam food businesses out of money using the food hygiene rating scheme.
‘On Brexit, the voices of EH professionals need to come to the fore’
Kath Dalmeny has been chief executive of the Sustain food and farming alliance since 2016
