Food Safety & Integrity
The latest on outbreaks, allergens and legislation.
Food fraud concerns over moves to co-locate pet food and food production
FSA guidance aims to reduce food waste but critics call it a ‘backward step’.
A tall order for port health
New year, new controls – are our port health authorities are on the right course for post-Brexit food inspection and certification?
Tales from the front line: ‘The fishing industry here is absolutely huge’
How the EH team on the Shetland Islands is keeping one step ahead when it comes to Brexit changes.
‘It has been a dilemma for us about whether to go slowly or quickly’
The chief executive of the FSA responds to concerns around the proposed shake-up of food law as the four-week consultation in England and NI nears its end.
FSA to consult on food law changes in Wales
As England and NI’s consultation draws to close, agency confirms Wales will have longer to respond.
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’