Food Safety & Integrity
The latest on outbreaks, allergens and legislation.
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.
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.
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.
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
Record fines for brain disease breaches at abattoir
Abattoir forced to pay a record £265,000 for breaching regulations designed to reduce risk to the public from brain diseases carried by cattle, sheep and goats.
FSA says claims that food safety penalties will be weakened post-Brexit are 'wrong'
Claims that Brexit preparations are weakening the UK’s food safety penalty system 'risks creating public alarm when none is warranted'.
Reference to EFSA removed in Brexit law transfer
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