Following detection by the FSA of unusually high levels of toxins, various shellfish harvesting sites in Scotland have been closed. These toxins, which occur naturally, especially during the summer months, can cause acute food poisoning.
TESCO has pleaded guilty to six breaches of food safety laws after a major mouse infestation was discovered at one of its central London stores.
THE owner of a Chinese style restaurant in Darlington has pleaded guilty at Darlington Magistrates Court to food hygiene offences following inspections carried out by Darlington Council’s Environmental Health officers.
On Tuesday 9 July 2013 Mr Fazir Khan and Mr Noor Ali, joint food business operators of The Bengal Restaurant, 72 High Street, Ramsey pleaded guilty to seven food hygiene offences at Huntingdon Magistrates Court, in a case brought by Huntingdonshire District Council.
The Agency has produced a summary of its research published in April to June 2013. Several areas of research were covered, including consumer attitudes towards the decontamination of meat and the use of freezing to reduce campylobacter in chicken livers.
The latest results from the Agency’s Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker for May 2013 have been published.
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