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21 December 2010 FRUIT JUICE - Consultation: The draft Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
20 December 2010 FSA Consultation on BPA and implementing EU Directive
13 December 2010 MINERAL WATER - Consultation: Draft Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
7 December 2010 CLONING - Meat and milk from cloned animals: FSA Board agrees advice
3 December 2010 ENFORCEMENT - Agency announces review of official controls delivery
30 November 2010 ADMINISTRATION - Transfer of Work on Food Labelling & Standards: Policy split between FSA and Defra; and Contact Points for Nutrition Work transferred to Department of Health
30 November 2010 HYGIENE - FSA launches national food hygiene rating scheme
25 November 2010 LABELLING - Food industry agree new Labelling Standards Code for country of origin labelling
25 November 2010 ENFORCEMENT - Agency welcomes recommendations arising from Mason Jones inquest
25 November 2010 CLONING - Cloned meat is safe – hypothetically speaking. Advisory Committee considers evidence
17 November 2010 FOOD SAFETY – EU Survey shows that UK consumers are ‘not fazed by food safety risks’
16 November 2010 ORGANIC FOOD - Independent assessment of Agency-funded review of organic food
10 November 2010 MEAT HYGIENE - Agency seeks views on charging for official controls in meat plants
8 November 2010 WHISKY - Business secretary welcomes Chinese recognition of Scotch Whisky
5 November 2010 GM FOOD - GM Labelling requirements for catering establishments
28 October 2010 ADDITIVES – Updated Additive Directives and application to the UK
22 October 2010 ENFORCEMENT - Lord Young’s report – Common Sense Common Safety
31 March 2010 FORTIFICATION - FSA Consultation: The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
25 March 2010 HYGIENE - Agency welcomes shelf-life guidance for chilled foods
25 March 2010 NOVEL FOODS - Response to House of Lords nanotechnology report published
25 March 2010 LABELLING - Food Standards Agency guidance on the application of date marks to food
24 March 2010 NOVEL FOODS - Views wanted on honeybee venom
19 March 2009 PARNUTS - Update on Regulation (EC) 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten
17 March 2010 ENFORCEMENT - Proposal to reduce the frequency of on-farm official inspection in the dairy sector (England)
16 March 2010 HYGIENE - The future for meat hygiene controls
10 March 2010 NUTRITON LABELLING – FSA Board agrees single front-of-pack label plan
5 March 2010 ENFORCEMENT - Local authority enforcement monitoring data published
5 March 2010 NUTRITION LABELLING - FSA Publishes Proposals for Enhanced Front of Pack (FOP) Nutrition Labelling
26 February 2010 PACKAGING – Proposed Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2010
23 February 2010 OFFICIAL CONTROL - Single integrated national control plan for the United Kingdom - January 2007 to March 2011 (Revision 4, issued February 2010)