Food Standards Agency

  • Sodexo names suppliers of contaminated products

    CATERING FIRM Sodexo has revealed the two suppliers of meat products in its chain that tested positive for horse DNA. The affected burger was from Brakes while the two mince products were supplied by Vestey.          …

  • A taste for tripe

    UK CONSUMERS have become ‘squeamish’ about eating certain cuts but a new report argues that meat – including offal – needs to be valued rather than wasted.    Fergus Henderson will be pleased. A report published last month by WWF-…

  • SMP’s criticise Brakes and Sodexo over horse meat info

    SCOTTISH POLITICIANS have criticised catering companies Brakes and Sodexo for their failure to publicise information about who supplied them with products contaminated with horse meat.   In a national food policy debate in Scottish Parliament this week, attention turned to…

  • Sodexo reacts to horsemeat secrecy claims

    SODEXO HAS reacted to claims that it is failing to publicly disclose information relating to the contamination of frozen beef products in its supply chain.   Speaking in the House of Commons last week, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh stated…

  • More horsemeat findings possible

    SAMPLING OF THE first and second phases of the Food Standards Agency’s UK-wide survey of beef products has been completed and the initial test results published today.   The results show that 212 of the 224 samples taken in phase…

  • Aviko cuts 16 tonnes of salt from products

    POTATO PROCESSOR Aviko has slashed the salt content of over 10 of its most popular potato products.   Between 2011 and 2012 the company removed 16 tonnes of salt from products so they meet Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidelines.    …

  • GM needs a hero

    GENETICALLY MODIFIED foods have very little chance of being accepted in Europe unless celebrity chefs and retailers back them.                           With UK retailers having put expansive GM-free policies…

  • Horse meat testing expanded

    TESTING FOR horse meat will be extended to include stock cubes, stewing steak and gelatine. In all, 514 products will be tested, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced. The full results will be published.   The sampling for the…

  • Compass and Whitbread find horse DNA

    THE FOODSERVICE sector has been dragged into the horse meat scandal with Compass and Whitbread having found horse DNA in products sold as beef. Horse meat has also been found in cottage pies supplied to 47 schools in Lancashire.  …

  • Horse meat findings so far are ‘tip of the iceberg’

    THE LIMITED cases of horse meat found in products on sale in the UK, and around Europe, are likely to be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ according to an influential group of MPs.   In a short, but hard-hitting, inquiry…