21 October 2003LABELLING - Agency survey shows that labelling of potatoes in the UK needs
to improve: A third of potatoes sampled were incorrectly labelled
16 October 2003
CONTAMINANTS - Agency issues warning against consuming venison from deer potentially
exposed to Immobilon
2 October 2003CONTAMINANTS - Food Standards Agency issues warning about couscous found
to contain contaminated chilli powder
16 September 2003
ADDITIVES - Agency updates warning about banned konjac sweets
8 May 2003
SUPPLEMENTS - New FSA advice on safety of high doses of vitamins and minerals
1 May 2003
ADDITIVES - FSA advises parents to limit number of soft drinks containing
the sweetener cyclamate given to young children
14 April 2003COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - The Draft Honey (England) Regulations 2003
11 April 2003
BSE - FSA reports Specified Risk Material finds in imported meat
7 April 2003
COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - The Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations
2003
31 March 2003BSE - Agency investigates breaches of SRM controls on imported cattle
slaughtered in UK
28 March 2003BSE - FSA consults on replacing Over Thirty Months Rule with BSE testing
25 March 2003IMPORTED MEAT - Further action on illegal meat imports
19 March 2003
WATER - Update on bottled water legislation
17 March 2003
HYGIENE - Draft Meat Products and Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene)
(Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003
12 March 2003
CHICKEN MEAT - Agency exposes consumer chicken con: Evidence gathered shows
continued problem with added water and protein
11 March 2003
RECALL - Food Standards Agency issues updated health warning against drinking
fake brands of vodka
7 March 2003RECALL - Agency warns against drinking contaminated spirits
7 March 2003BSE - Options considered to replace Over Thirty Month Rule with new controls:
Public meeting discusses revised risk of BSE
4 March 2003
CONTAMINANTS - Illegal drug residues found in Portugese chickens
3 March 2003
HYGIENE - Draft Collagen and Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) (England) Regulations
2003
3 March 2003ENFORCEMENT - Revised Codes of Practice under Section 40 of the 1990 Food
Safety Act
28 February 2003PRODUCT RECALL - Food Standards Agency warns against drinking contaminated
vodka
24 February 2003BSE - Spinal cord found in British sheep carcass
20 February 2003MILK - Voluntary labelling approach following raw milk consultation in
Wales
18 February 2003COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Specified Sugar Products Regulations 2003
18 February 2003
COMPOSTIONAL STANDARDS - Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations
2003
17 February 2003
ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS - EU Animal By-Products Regulations 2003
12 February 2003
BSE - Spinal cord found in British sheep carcass
11 February 2003ENFORCEMENT - Most local authorities achieving or exceeding minimum targets
for inspecting food businesses
6 February 2003LABELLING - Regulations on the Composition and Labelling of Meat Products
5 February 2003CONTAMINANTS - The Draft Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2003
27 January 2003ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS - Final Consultation on Animal By-Product Rules
22 January 2003
WASTE FOOD - Consultation on Waste Food Task Force report
21 January 2003BSE - Specified Risk Material found in Spanish beef
17 January 2003ADDITIVES - Amendment to the Sweeteners In Food Regulations 1995 (as amended)
to permit temporary national authorisation of a new sweetener 'salt of aspartame
- acesulfame' in the UK
13 January 2003BSE - Specified Risk Material found in Spanish beef
9 January 2003ENFORCEMENT - Food Standards Agency conducts audits of local councils
aimed at improving the formal enforcement of food legislation
2 January 2003
BSE - Specified Risk Material found in Irish beef
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