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Views wanted on modified starch ingredient
Monday 23 November 2009
An American company has applied to the Food Standards Agency for approval to market phosphated distarch phosphate as a novel food ingredient. A novel food is a food or food ingredient that does not have a significant history of consumption within the European Union before 15 May 1997.
Tesco withdraws brown rice
Friday 20 November 2009
Tesco has withdrawn two batches of its own-brand wholegrain brown rice because they might be contaminated with insects. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Information.
Agency announces structural changes
Friday 20 November 2009
The Food Standards Agency today announced a series of changes in the way it is structured to better support its strategy for the next five years.
