Guidance on the provision of food in a village hall, or other community setting, has been published. The guidance, which is aimed at community and charity groups and local authorities in England, should help clarify which food operations carried out in these venues require registration.
A new Tattooing and body piercing guidance toolkit has been launched. This new guidance will provide local authorities and businesses with information on good standards of practice, and promote safety and consistency across the industry nationally.
This week at theEHP we report on the horsemeat incident review, Local Housing Allowance market and lots of prosecutions.
FSA has reported that approximately 70 people in south east England have reported symptoms consistent with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. The cases have been linked to the consumption of mussels originating from a particular harvesting area in Shetland, Scotland.
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.
This week at theEHP we report on public attitudes to food, a student survey and lots of prosecutions.
The FSA has published its latest research in several areas of study. The areas covered including consumer attitudes towards the decontamination of meat and the use of freezing to reduce campylobacter in chicken livers.
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