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Are YOU guilty of the 12 Festive Food Fails?

FSA warns festive food blunders could ruin your Christmas. Food experts reveal the dozen dangerous dinner disasters to avoid.

FSA issues a precautionary warning to people with allergies not to eat Dubai-style chocolate

The FSA has found several Dubai-style chocolate products that do not meet the required food safety and labelling standards.

One arrest made as illegal bushmeat seized in NFCU operation

A Food Standards Agency's (FSA) National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) operation involving illegal frozen bushmeat has resulted in one arrest.

FSA and FSS publish first UK safety guidance on cell-cultivated products

The Food Standards Agency (FSA), in partnership with Food Standards Scotland (FSS), has published the UK's first safety guidance for cell-cultivated products (CCPs).

Flatmates, fridges and food safety: The Food Standards Agency’s guide for students in the kitchen

With thousands of students settling into shared accommodation across the UK this September, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is reinforcing essential food safety advice to help young adults stay healthy in challenging kitchen environments.

FSA concludes major four-year PATH-SAFE programme enhancing UK surveillance of foodborne disease and antimicrobial resistance

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has concluded the four-year £24m Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (PATH-SAFE) programme, marking a major milestone in the UK’s efforts to detect and respond to threats from foodborne pathogens (FBPs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).  

Professor Robin May to leave the FSA in September

The Chief Scientific Advisor of the Food Standards Agency, Professor Robin May, is to step down after a five-year term. The move follows his appointment as Interim Chief Scientific Officer at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

FSA warns people with allergies over some imported Dubai-style chocolate products

People with allergies should be careful when buying imported Dubai-style chocolate as some products may not have clear or reliable labels. If in doubt, don’t buy it and report any concerns to your Local Authority.

Four men and a business all convicted for diverting meat unfit for human consumption back into the human food chain

Following an investigation by Southwark Council and the Food Standard Agency’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCU), three men entered guilty pleas, and one man and his business entered not guilty pleas at proceedings at the Inner London Crown Court.

The FSA and FSS remind higher-risk consumers on the risks of listeria associated with eating cold-smoked and cured fish

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) remind pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system to avoid eating ready-to-eat cold-smoked or cured fish because of the risk of listeria.

Urgent Allergy Advice: Mustard Ingredients Contaminated with Peanuts

The FSA is advising people who have a peanut allergy to avoid consuming foods that contain or may contain mustard, mustard powder or mustard flour because they may have been contaminated with peanuts.

FSA and UKHSA warn of the possible presence of E-coli in various Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese

The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland, (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are warning the public not to eat four Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese which has been recalled because they may be contaminated with a specific type of E.coli bacteria called Shiga toxin producing E. coli, also known as STEC or VTEC.

FSA alerts consumers on salmonella and Polish poultry

Following a rise in cases of Salmonella linked to poultry products imported from Poland, the FSA is reminding consumers of its safe handling and cooking advice.

‘Not suitable for under-4s’: New industry guidance issued on glycerol in slush-ice drinks

The FSA has issued new voluntary industry guidance on glycerol in slush-ice drinks, advising that they should not be sold to children four years of age and under.

Notice to retailers: Plastic containers or utensils containing bamboo

Businesses are being told that they should not be selling plastic containers or utensils which contain bamboo and other plant-based materials, as the FSA launches a call for evidence on their safety

Notification of a recall of a small number of human breast milk products

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is working with Trading Standards to investigate how human breast milk products made by NeoKare Nutrition Limited contained elevated levels of lead. The Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, NHS Wales and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are also supporting the FSA in their response.

Consumers warned about recalled smoked fish products linked to Listeria outbreak

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are warning consumers about specific ready-to-eat smoked fish products from Lidl linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes.

FSA publishes new research on the survival of coronavirus on food and packaging

The Food Standards Agency has today published research into the length of time coronavirus can survive on the surface of food and packaging.

‘Don’t take the risk’: The FSA, FSS and UKHSA issue reminder that a range of Kinder egg products and Schoko-Bon’s should not be eaten this Easter weekend

As we enter the bank holiday weekend, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are strongly reminding people that a range of Kinder Egg products and Schoko-Bon’s should not be eaten.