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... the uk food standards agency (fsa) issued an alert about the problem yesterday due to the health implications of coeliacs consuming the product
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... the uk food standards agency (fsa) issued an alert about the problem yesterday due to the health implications of coeliacs consuming the product ... 1 in the uk and the no ... this strong brand will enable us to consolidate our market position in our key markets of the uk and germany, and lay the foundations for further growth with exported swiss products ... " the brand sells about €65m per year, mostly in the uk and germany ... according to kantar worldpanel the uk gluten-free market was worth more than €120m in 2010 ... the gluten-free labeling issue has been highlighted on the coeliac uk website, where information is gathered about eating habits for those who have issues with gluten foods ... the website states: “coeliac disease (pronounced see-liac) is not an allergy or simple food intolerance
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... the uk food standards agency has invited researchers to come up with innovative approaches to answer key food safety challenges ... the fsa usually issues calls for evidence to address specific research questions, but is piloting a new approach to commissioning research by identifying innovative approaches which may provide significant leaps forward in addressing strategic challenges in the food industry ... the uk agency has identified four key challenges: ensuring imported food is safe to eat, including early identification of emerging risks using novel methods in managing outbreaks of foodborne disease improving compliance of food businesses with food safety laws obtaining better data on costs to industry that will be used to inform agency policies to find out more about the research opportunities, or to tender ideas, the fsa said researchers and industry members need to register as a supplier on its electronic tendering system found here
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... uk stakeholders, consumers and interested parties have until october 3, 2011, to give input into how medical foods should be regulated in the european union after a recent european commission proposal to scrap the category altogether ... in calling for input the uk food standards agency noted the proposal would drop from the parnut regulation (as it is called) categories such as slimming foods, lactose-free and gluten-free foods and just focus on medical foods, infant and follow-on formula and infant foods
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... coli 0104:h4 can now be eaten raw as long as the label indicates they are ‘ready to eat’ or ‘ready to wash’, said the uk food standards agency as it amended its advice to consumers and caterers ... the food safety body had issued the warning earlier this month after the european food safety authority (efsa) announced that fenugreek sprouts imported from egypt were the likely source of the deadly e ... but the uk body yesterday told consumers they could resume eating raw sprouts if labels on packaging decalred they were ready-to-eat or ready to wash ... ” officials also urged caterers to source their supplies of sprouted seeds only from producers that have recognised food safety and quality control systems in place ... coli o104:h4 food poisoning have been reported in the uk linked to the outbreak in the bordeaux region of france ... a uk firm was linked to the french outbreak as it had bought the suspect fenugreek seeds via the german importer of the affected batch
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... the european food safety authority has said it has no safety concerns about the use of two substances in food contact materials following requests from the uk ... 05 mg/kg food, it added ... 974, is for use as an antioxidant in all polymers at a maximum content of 1500 mg/kg polymer for contact with all food types at any time/temperature condition ... the referral to the parma-based body was made by the uk food standards agency (fsa) on behalf of the applicant chemtura corporation, usa ... 05 mg/kg food - including the hydrolysis product 3,4-dihydroxy-1-butene - and is only used as a comonomer for evoh and pvoh copolymers ... fcms containing the copolymer as an inner layer are intended to be used with all types of foodstuffs under conditions of long term storage at room temperature whereas the copolymer layer in direct contact with food is intended for dry and fatty foods only, said the cef panel ... overall migration limit from evoh or pvoh copolymers in direct contact with aqueous foods may be exceeded the dossier was submitted on behalf of nippon gohsei, japan, by the uk fsa to read the full opinion click here
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... uk that recent meetings with uk government ministers had also convinced him that, "they have no perception of the impact of this crisis on the uk fresh produce industry and growers ... " jenney was speaking after the european commission (ec) yesterday implemented a ban on imports of certain types of seeds and beans from egypt , which followed a european food safety authority (efsa) announcement that egyptian fenugreek seeds were the most likely cause of deadly french and german e ... overly precautionary advice “we’ve flagged this issue up via our eu contacts and the food standards agency (fsa) ... the fpc also believes that the uk food standards agency's (fsa's) current advice to consumers that they should eat only cooked 'raw sprouted seeds' is misleading ... ” lost sales revenues the fpc said that lost sales revenues for uk producers of cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuces as a result of the crisis total £54m, while bean sprout sales losses have hit £30m ... jenney said a €210m (£187m) eu compensation pot via the department for environment, food and rural affairs (defra) was “too little, too late” : was only open to growers, only covered losses for an unduly limited period - “unlike in other eu states” - and didn’t include products such as bean sprouts ... he also challenged it to do more to fight the cause of uk industry within the eu
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... coli outbreaks? a joint assessment by the european food safety authority (efsa) and the european centre for disease control (ecdc) declared “that currently fenugreek sprouts are the most likely connection between the french cases and previous outbreak in germany” ... the report said that all those struck down in france had attended the same community event on 8 june and consumed fenugreek, mustard and rucola sprouts however, the uk food standards agency (fsa) stressed today “there is currently no definitive evidence to say that this is the source of either outbreak”
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... the uk campaign to change in european law to allow smoked skin-on sheep meat for human consumption was dealt a blow when the region’s top food safety body rejected its production proposals as insufficient, incomplete and inadequate ... in may 2010, the uk food standards agency (fsa) urged the european commission to amend eu law to permit the production of ‘smokies’, the common name for smoked skin on sheep carcasses ... sheep farmers and meat processor in the uk could benefit from a potentially lucrative ₤3m annual market especially for lower-value sheep, such as cull ewes ... efsa makes mincemeat of uk proposals but the european food safety authority (efsa) this week voiced significant concerns over the plans submitted by its uk counterpart for their production ... the fsa studies failed to evaluate or verify the food safety of burnt fleece skin-on sheep carcasses under variable conditions in comparison to conventional skin-off carcasses, said efsa ... the uk research was also found to contain a raft of “ problems” – including limitations in size, scope, objectives, parameters, design, conditions and analyses performed
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... the uk food standards agency is canvassing views on the use of chia seeds after a novel foods application from the chia company to market them in baked goods, breakfast cereals, and fruit, nut and seed mixes ... chia: an ancient grain with a bright future? the uk food standards agency is canvassing views on the use of chia seeds after a novel foods application from the chia company to market them in baked goods, breakfast cereals, and fruit, nut and seed mixes ... the australian company already has authorisation, under the novel food regulations, to market the latin american seed (salvia hispanica) in bread products at a maximum level of 5 per cent ... advisory committee it is considered a novel food because it does not have a significant history of consumption within the eu before 15 may 1997 ... before new food products can be introduced on the european market, they must be assessed for safety ... in the uk, this is carried out by the advisory committee on novel foods and processes (acnfp), an independent committee of scientists appointed by the fsa
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