Food Standards Agency
Reusable Shopping Bags Could Give You Food Poisoning
The UK’s Food Standards Agency warns that using the same bags to carry raw and ready-to-eat foods can cause potentially life-threatening illnesses.
TV Presenter Tests Positive for Opiates After Eating Poppy Seed Bagels
The BBC’s Angela Rippon isn’t the first to fail a drug test due to poppy seed baked goods.
One in Four Low Income British Families Lack Access to Healthy Food
The Food Standards Agency’s latest consumer survey shows that poor families are struggling to eat healthy, regular meals.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Cookbook Could Give You Food Poisoning
In a review of 29 celebrity cookbooks, including the Goop founder’s, North Carolina State University found that many failed to give reliable food safety instructions.
New Report Says One in Four British Abattoirs Fail Hygiene Tests
The resulting “dirty” meat could expose consumers to salmonella, campylobacter, and E Coli.
A Staggering Number of British Takeout Restaurants Fail Hygiene Inspections
In new analysis of Food Standards Agency data, more than 7,000 restaurants were found not to have met acceptable food hygiene requirements.
British Slaughterhouses Are Committing Thousands of Animal Welfare Breaches Every Year
A new report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that animal mistreatment is taking place an average of 13 times a day in British abattoirs.
Even the Food Standards Agency Could Access UK Surveillance Data Under New Bill
All kinds of government agencies beyond law enforcement could request data under the draft Investigatory Powers Bill.
How You Can Get Food Poisoning from Food You Didn’t Even Eat
One British woman got norovirus from oysters, despite not eating any of them herself. And unfortunately, it could happen to any of us.
Food Hygiene Goes Out of the Window When Brits Barbecue
Just in time for all those oh-shit-summer’s-nearly-over-let’s-eat-outdoors barbecues, research has found that Britain has some pretty sorry hygiene standards when it comes to grilling meat.
British Dairy Farmers Are Starting a Raw Cheese Revolution
Suffolk’s dairy farmers are making specialist cheeses—including the UK’s first raw brie—rather than remain trapped in supermarket pricing wars that see milk sold for less than bottled water.
British Supermarket Chicken Is Still Contaminated
A new survey released by the UK Food Standards Agency found that 73 percent of raw shop-bought chickens are infected with campylobacter, bacteria that causes 280,000 people to fall ill each year.