Food Standards Agency

  • 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…

  • Latest statements on horsemeat scandal, as of February 13th

    Note: The Food Standards Agency statement for caterers is available here.   ARAMARK statement:   “We can’t speak for the catering industry and weren’t present at today’s meeting.  From our standpoint, all ARAMARK-authorised suppliers of products containing meat and processed…

  • Foodservice companies double efforts to check supplies

    FOODSERVICE COMPANIES have reacted to help calm concerned clients and customers following the horsemeat scandals.   So far the discovery of horse DNA has been limited to products in the retail supply chain, but foodservice companies assured that checks are…

  • FSA raids meat plant

    THE FOOD Standards Agency (FSA) and police have shut down two meat premises, one in West Yorkshire and the other in West Wales.   The plants were raided as part of the ongoing investigation into the mislabelling of meat products.…

  • Caterers criticised in horse meat scandal

    LABOUR HAS criticised the reaction of caterers and the hospitality sector to the horse meat scandal.   While the retailers have reacted with “speed” following the discoveries of horse and pork meat in beef products, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh…

  • “Tougher” tests on beef products agreed

    FOOD SECRETARY Owen Paterson has told Sky News that an “international conspiracy” could be at the centre of the horse meat scandal. LACA confident that school food not contaminated   His comments came following an emergency meeting with food retailers…

  • All food firms must test meat

    ALL FOOD businesses have been ordered to conduct authenticity tests on all beef products, such as beef burgers, meatballs and lasagne, and provide the results to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) by the end of next week.   This morning…

  • Editor’s comment: How much contamination is too much?

    IT’S BEEN a tough couple of weeks for the British food industry. First, there was the discovery of horse DNA in burgers supplied by food manufacturer ABP to the likes of Burger King and Tesco. Then pork DNA turned up…

  • New testing regime

    TESTS ON MEAT products will be made publicly available under a new scheme agreed between food authorities and the food industry yesterday.   The decision was taken at a meeting to address how testing can maintain consumer confidence in the…