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Scottish businesses collaborate to tackle food crime
Food Standards Scotland has said it is collaborating with numerous Scottish businesses to raise awareness of food crime.
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Will Munro from Food Standards Scotland and Silvia Gratz from The Rowett Institute present a review of a workshop held in 2018, which aimed to capture views from different stakeholders on the current state of mycotoxin monitoring in Scotland and beyond, and identify potential areas of concern.
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Scotland gets tough over food crime
Launched back in 2015, the SFCIU has already had some notable successes in the challenge of combating food fraud, as the unit’s head Ron McNaughton explains.
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Challenge group scrutinise UK-wide review into meat processing plants
A group providing outside perspective to the joint review by the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland has met for the first time.
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How Food Standards Scotland is helping tackle the nation’s sugar habit
Two weeks on from its first ever conference, Heather Kelman of Food Standards Scotland (FSS) writes about the state of sugar consumption in the country, what has been done to tackle it and what role the FSS will play.
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Food Standards Agency responds to recent meat hygiene breaches
21 February 2018 | By
In the wake of a handful of highly-publicised concerns over food hygiene practices at meat processing plants, the FSA, FSS and meat industry figures have released a joint statement.
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Food Standards Scotland responds to Fipronil in eggs investigation
In light of the Fipronil in eggs investigation ongoing across Europe, Food Standards Scotland offers its reaction to the challenges we face.
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Food Standards Scotland urges farmers to prevent lead poisoning on farms
Scotland’s food body is giving advice to farmers to help prevent lead poisoning in their livestock.
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Food Standards Scotland statement on the release of the Dunsyre Blue E. coli O157 report
29 March 2017 | By Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland fully supports report that concludes that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the source of the E. coli O157 outbreak
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FSS revises statement on Errington Cheese and E.coli
15 November 2016 | By New Food
FSS issues a revised statement for local authorities updating that of 15 September 2016 in relation to cheese products produced by Errington Cheese Ltd...
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Minimum pricing to impact over half of alcohol sales in Scotland
14 November 2016 | By New Food
It is thought that at least 50% of alcohol sold in Scotland doesn’t meet the impending minimum price legislation...
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Food Standards Scotland investigating the E. coli O157 outbreak as child dies
7 September 2016 | By Roy Manuell, Digital Content Producer
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has been part of a multi-agency Incident Management Team (IMT), chaired by Health Protection Scotland, which has been investigating an outbreak of E.coli O157 in Scotland...
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Food Standards Scotland launches first healthy eating campaign
5 September 2016 | By Roy Manuell, Digital Content Producer
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has launched a thought-provoking healthy eating campaign aimed at encouraging people in Scotland to reduce obesity and the number of unhealthy snacks we eat...
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Scottish food crime hotline launches
26 August 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food
FSS and Crimestoppers have launched a Food Crime Hotline to give members of the public and industry a route to report suspicions of food crime...
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E. coli O157 strikes again
2 August 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor, New Food
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) is investigating 16 confirmed cases of E. coli O157, associated with eating blue cheese made from unpasteurised milk...
