News

Key findings of a survey reveal some scones produced in Northern Ireland can be in the region of 750 calories and contain the equivalent to ten sugar cubes.

A man has been sentenced for selling DNP, after a successful prosecution by Allerdale Borough Council.

Heather Hancock will remain Chair of the Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) Board for a further three years. The reappointment, made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, will run until the end of March 2022.

The FSA’s Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker (November 2018) results have been published. 

We have published the Year 3 results of a survey to identify the proportion of Campylobacter isolated from the FSA’s UK retail chicken survey that were resistant to a range of antimicrobial agents.

How can allergen information on labels be improved? Tell us what you think in a new consultation on plans to improve allergen labelling laws across the UK.

Jason Feeney CBE will leave the department in June after four years.

We are asking food businesses, enforcement officers and consumers to provide us with feedback on our new ‘Guidance on Food Traceability, Withdrawals and Recalls within the UK Food Industry’.

The Welsh Food Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency is holding its next open meeting in Cardiff on Thursday 10 January 2019

Our independent Science Council held its fourth meeting in London last week to discuss horizon scanning and best practice in data collection and usage at the Food Standards Agency (FSA).