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• 10 December 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Action Taken on Pesticide Residues in Sweet Peppers
• 1 December 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Meat Hygiene Service Charges
• 30 November 1999 BEEF - Beef on the Bone Ban Lifted
• 26 November 1999 LABELLING - Food Labelling - Nutrition Claims
• 24 November 1999 ADDITIVES - Draft Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000
• 19 November 1999 PARNUTS - Infant Formula And Follow-On Formula
• 17 November 1999 PARNUTS - Processed Cereal-Based Foods and Baby Foods For Infants And Young Children
• 11 November 1999 FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY - Royal Assent for the Food Standards Bill
• 10 November 1999 PARNUTS - Medical Food (England) Regulations
• 27 October 1999 LABELLING - Revision of the Food Labelling Regulations Guidance Notes: Place of Origin
• 13 October 1999 ADMINISTRATION - Increasing the Openness of the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
• 13 October 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Commission Advice on Veterinary Supervision in Low Throughput Slaughterhouses
• 29 September 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Manufacturers Told to Tighten up on Chemical Contaminant in Soy Sauce
• 21 September 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Report Confirms That Radioactivity in Food Remains Well Below Recommended Limits
• 17 September 1999 LABELLING - GM Labelling on the menu from 19 September
• 16 September 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Results from Pesticides Monitoring Published
• 15 September 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Expert Committees Advise On Baby Foods In Glass Jars
• 10 September 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Audit of Meat Hygiene Service Published
• 9 September 1999 NOVEL FOODS - ACNFP Subgroup: Post Market Monitoring of Novel Foods
• September 1999 HYGIENE - Fishery Products & Live Shellfish
• 6 August 1999 ADMINSTRATION - Licensing of Butchers' Shops In England
• 1 August 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Industry Alerted to Contaminant Levels in Soy Sauce
• 19 July 1999 TRADE - UK Food Exports Escape Trade Sanctions
• 15 July 1999 GM FOODS - GM Food Labelling
• 15 July 1999 NOVEL FOODS - UK Recommends Approval of Cereal Fractions as Novel Foods
• 15 July 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Government / Industry Working Group on Meat Hygiene: Review of Progress
• 15 July 1999 HAZARD WARNING - Safeway Cooked Ham - Product Recall
• 14 July 1999 BEEF - British Beef Exports Resume on August 1
• 5 July 1999 LABELLING/GM FOODS- Novel Foods Legislation and Labelling of GM Foods:Guidance Notes Published
• 2 July 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Jeff Rooker Implements EC Ruling on Egyptian Peanuts
• 1 July 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Jeff Rooker Announces Improved Hygiene Assessment System For Meat
• 1 July 1999 WATER - New Regulations For Bottled Waters
• 1 July 1999 GM FOODS - Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability Bill.
• 25th June 1999 FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY - Leaders Sought for New Food Standards Agency
• 23 June 1999 GM FOODS - Statement by Jeff Rooker on Glyphosate
• 23 June 1999 LABELLING - Safeguarding Britain's Food Heritage
• 11 June 1999 FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY - Nick Brown Acts on Food Standards Agency - Bill Introduced and Levy Scrapped
• 7 June 1999 COMPOSITION - Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1999
• 4 June 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Contaminated Belgian Food: Minister Signs Public Protection Order
• 2 June 1999 CONTAMINANTS - Contamination Problem in Poultry and Eggs from Belgium - JFSSG Issues Advice
• 2 June 1999 OLIVE OIL - Jeff Rooker Publishes Olive Oil Survey
• 26 May 1999 LABELLING - Draft Guidance Notes for Labelling of Food Containing Genetically Modified Soya or Maize and Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Legislation.
• 21 May 1999 ADDITIVES Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999
• 11 May 1999 HORMONES - VPC's New Working Group on the Safety of rBST
• 11 May 1999 MEAT - Consultation on Meat Charges Impact Study
• 30 April 1999 LABELLING -Guidance Notes on Quantitative Ingredient Declarations ("QUID"): Final Versions of the UK and EU Texts
• 29 April 1999 HAZARD WARNING - Urgent Food Hazard Warning on Organic Valley Canned Vegetable Soup
• 22 April 1999 ADDITIVES - Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999
• 7 April 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Poultry Meat Hygiene: Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Regulations
• 1 April 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - New Meat Products Hygiene Rules
• 31 March 1999 SURVEILLANCE - Mixed Results in Food Surveys
• 29 March 1999 HYGIENE - Cotherstone Cheese Withdrawal
• 24 March 1999 PARNUTS - Processed Cereal-Based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (Amendment) Regulations 1999
• 24 March 1999 GM FOODS - Government Welcomes the House of Lords Report on GM Crops
• 19 March 1999 GM FOODS - Enforcement Powers for GM Food Labelling now in Place
• 18 March 1999 GM FOODS - GM Labelling-Rooker Puts New Powers On The Menu
• 16 March 1999 LABELLING - The Food Labelling (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 1999
• 9 March 1999 MEAT HYGIENE - Proposed Amendments to the Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998
• 4 March 1999 HYGIENE - Serious Outbreak of E.Coli O157 in North Cumbria
• 2 March 1999 GM FOODS - GM Foods: Safety and Choice The Top Priorities Says Jeff Rooker
• 23 February 1999 LABELLING - UK Secures Future of Brandy Butter
• 19 February 1999 HAZARD WARNING - Urgent Food Hazard Warning on Batch of Nestle Ice Cream
• 18 February 1999 GM FOODS - FAC Vote of Confidence in Approval System For GM Foods
• 17 February 1999 GM FOODS - Statement By Jeff Rooker
• 12 February 1999 GM FOODS - ACNFP Still Waiting For Details Of Research Results From Dr Pusztai's Work On Potatoes
• 4 February 1999 BEEF - Review in Six Months on Beef Bones Controls
• 1 February 1999 LABELLING - EC Regulation on GM Soya and Maize Labelling
• 27 January 1999 FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY - New Bill For Food Standards Agency Unveiled
• 25 January 1999 ADDITIVES - Draft Sweeteners In Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999
• 21 January 1999 MILK - New Milk Hygiene Regulations
• 21 January 1999MILK - Draft Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1999
• 20 January 1999 MILK - Tougher Official Checks on Raw Cows' Drinking Milk
• 14 January 1999 BEEF - Specified Risk Material Controls - Enforcement Costs