Since the change of government, many thought that the weight of legislation affecting the food industry might just ease a little - but signs indicate things are unlikely to change that much. The move by the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) nutrition team into the Department of Health looks as ...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has so far identified more than 150 pieces of law on food and feed safety and standards in England and Wales2. Many of these are intertwined with UK legislation on food, and legislation held by other government departments, and so the review process will be...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has gone back on previous claims and now says there has been a breach of food hygiene legislation at a poultry plant in Scunthorpe. The food agency said revelations of birds being put back on the production line after falling on the floor constitutes a ...
National Diet and Nutrition Survey Years 1 to 9 of the Rolling Programme (2008/2009–2016/2017): Time Trend and Income Analyses (Public Health England & Food Standards Agency, 2019). Stewart, C., Piernas, C., Cook, B. & Jebb, S. A. Trends in UK meat consumption: analysis of data ...
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-571, Title 1, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4491 to 4500) has also enabled the FDA to speed drug review. Under this law, fees paid by drug manufacturers are used by the agency to hire hundreds of additional review staff and buy...
For this reason, the UK Food Standards Agency has prepared a draft Generic labelling The choice of food products that are “safe” for the allergic consumer also depends on the specificity of the term used to indicate the presence, or in the case of precautionary labelling, the possible ...
Additionally, the UK Food Standards Agency does not seem to be heavily-resourced in this area, so development of an independent set of safety standards on Food Contact materials does not appear to be a priority at the moment. For these reasons and the current alignment with EU measures, mirro...
In accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act, they have had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency(2). There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation EC No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles...
Others have based their nutrient profiles on expert judgment, and dietary requirements (Rayner et al., 2005; Drewnowski and Fulgoni, 2008), on actual intakes (Food Standards Agency, 2005) or on existing food standards and technical and taste arguments in addition to the dietary intake aims (...
Food Standards Agency (2016) Reporting Food Fraud, Available at: http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/the-national-food-crime-unit/foodfraud [Accessed: 28th April 2016]. Foodfraud.msu.org. (2016). Food fraud initiative. [online] Available at: http://foodfraud.msu.edu/ [Accessed 12 May 20...