Recently published scientific opinion by the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) suggests that traditional poultry meat inspection may not suffice to fully address the most relevant biological hazards to public health: Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp. and ESBL/AmpC gene-carrying bacteria.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today published the third edition of the Q&A on its guidance document E.coli O157: control of cross-contamination. This new version of the Q&A addresses a number of issues that have arisen since the publication of the second edition in November 2011.
Stephen Taylor (52) of admitted nine hygiene offences under the Food Hygiene Regulations 2006 and the General Food Regulations 2004, following environmental health inspections in November 2011 at the Bird in Hand public house in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire (Photos on Flickr).
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has produced a summary of its research published in June 2012. This includes a comparison of aflatoxin levels between Brazil nut kernels and their shells, and a study evaluating the levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in samples of fruit and vegetables grown in the UK.
Ministers have announced plans to create a new food standards body in Scotland. The new Scottish body will cover food safety, food standards, nutrition, food labelling and meat inspection.
A store in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre has been fined £24,000 after the council’s food safety inspectors found evidence of a large mouse infestation in food storage and sales areas (Photos on Flickr).
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