All Food safety articles
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NewsScottish abattoirs reject ‘intimidating’ meat inspection action
FSS announced its 2026/27 rates in March, giving businesses three weeks’ notice of an 8.6% rise in official veterinarian charges and a 10.4% surge in meat hygiene inspector rates
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy salmonella cases in the UK are steadily surging
Rising numbers of imported eggs are being blamed for outbreaks
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News2 Sisters still trucking in water to Willand site due to restrictions
In order to maintain production at the Devon facility, The Grocer understands the business has been bringing additional water in by road since mid-July
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NewsDefra urged to speed up Brazilian beef assessment
The EU’s proposed ban on all Brazilian products of animal origin, including beef and chicken, is due to come into force on 3 September
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NewsMorrisons stores fail hygiene inspections over defrosted and out-of-date food
Inspectors in Caernarvon Road, Cheltenham, found food for sale that ‘posed a risk to human health’ after freezers measured just –0.4°C and warned that Morrisons’ own procedures had not been implemented
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NewsOne dead and hundreds ill in imported egg-linked salmonella outbreak
More than 200 people have been affected by the same strain of the bacteria over the past year
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NewsNFCU seizes 33 tonnes of suspected illegal frozen food products
The man was later released under investigation and enquiries remain ongoing
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NewsMorrisons Weybridge ‘zero’ food hygiene score sparks council investigation
The concerns spark fresh fears over the ability of supermarkets to provide safe places to eat, amid a wider proposed shake-up of food safety regulation by the FSA
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NewsFour men arrested in illegal meat factory bust in Dudley
The bust was made at an address in Dudley, near Wolverhampton, by the National Food Crime Unit, who worked with West Midlands Police, HMRC and representatives from the Home Office
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Chocolate: 12 September
Innovation is booming in the chocolate category; so what’s driving it?
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NewsMeat industry calls on government to safeguard water supply
Representative bodies and business argued the step was necessary on food safety and animal welfare grounds, as well as to ensure UK food security
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NewsB&M fined £2m and two stores closed over mice infestations
The offences occurred at St Andrew’s Retail Park, Priory Square Shopping Centre and The Fort Shopping Park stores in Birmingham
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News2 Sisters processing plant restarts after water shortage shutdown
2 Sisters said it would be ‘bringing water in from outside of the area by tanker to allow the site to maintain operations from Tuesday
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NewsDoritos Chilli Heatwave recalled over milk allergen labelling error
The recall affects 140g and 180g packs with the batch code GBC 209 184C
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Category ReportWhy free-from comes with a premium price tag
Why is free-from food so expensive? And what impact will those high prices have on further growth?
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Comment & OpinionDubai chocolate, murky supply chains and the trouble with going viral
There’s arguably never been a viral food trend like Dubai chocolate. But in the race to fill their boots, could some chocolatiers have made an almost fatal mistake?
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NewsM&S recalls Truffle Gouda in Northern Ireland over listeria threat
Symptoms of listeria can be similar to flu, including high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea
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NewsDubai chocolate in food safety fail, finds FSA test
Only one of 45 Dubai-style chocolates passed every check in the FSA’s latest retail surveillance programme
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Comment & OpinionThe regulatory reckoning coming to the period aisle
New regulation is coming to period care – and retailers carry more risk than they think, says St.John Pearce-Burke, co-founder & CEO at TOTM
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NewsFerrero recalls Nutella Croissants over metal contamination risk
The affected products contain four frozen croissants and carry the batch code L126Z39