Food Safety & Integrity
The latest on outbreaks, allergens and legislation.
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
Changes have been discovered by CIEH but no notification was made in explanatory notes.
Airline allergy procedures under review
Changes to how airlines safeguard passengers with nut allergies is on the cards as part of a consultation into the future of aviation.
Hotel fined £20,000 for food hygiene offences
A business that owns a hotel in Shropshire has been successfully prosecuted by its local council for food hygiene offences and fined £20,000.
Food safety laws 'being weakened' in pre-Brexit rush
Food safety post-Brexit is being put at risk because the penalties for wrongdoing are being weakened as EU laws are brought into UK legislation.
Brexit 'could help UK cut back on sugar'
Brexit could offer an opportunity to reduce the sugar consumption in the UK if the government uses it to reduce sugar supply.
Call for stronger deterrent after 'relatively small' egg fine
The British egg lobby group wants more effective food fraud deterrents following a €30,000 fine for a Dutch trader selling contaminated eggs.