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by Food Standards Agency on June 22, 2018 at 10:46 am

Today we are publishing the results from our latest study looking at levels of acrylamide and furan in an extensive range of UK retail foods. […]

by Food Standards Agency on June 21, 2018 at 1:27 pm

The Science Council of the Food Standards Agency is holding its third meeting in London on Wednesday 27 June 2018. The Council was formally established on 1 April 2017 to implement a key recommendation from the Triennial Review of the our Scientific Advisory Committees. […]

by Food Standards Agency on June 20, 2018 at 5:45 pm

At its quarterly meeting on Wednesday 20 June, the Food Standards Agency Board discussed EU Exit, the Mid-Point Review of the Regulating Our Future (ROF) Programme, an interim update on the Cutting Plants and Cold Stores Review, the controls on Raw Drinking Milk (RDM), a decision to now implement Phase 2 of the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU), and the FSA’s International Strategy. […]

by Food Standards Agency on June 19, 2018 at 4:12 pm

Today's open Board meeting has now finished. […]

by Food Standards Agency on June 15, 2018 at 10:41 am

Major retailers publish January-March 2018 campylobacter results for fresh shop-bought UK-produced chickens. […]

by Food Standards Agency on June 6, 2018 at 10:11 am

The agenda and papers for the FSA’s June open Board meeting have been published. The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in York on Wednesday 20 June 2018. It will begin at 9.00am and will be chaired by FSA Chairman, Heather Hancock. You can attend in person or watch it live online. […]

by Food Standards Agency on June 4, 2018 at 8:20 am

The Food Standards Agency today launches National Food Safety Week, with the focus this year being on the work of FSA staff and thousands of others across the food supply chain working behind-the-scenes to ensure that food is safe and what it says it is. […]

by Food Standards Agency on May 22, 2018 at 1:37 pm

The Food Standards Agency is one of the sponsors of the 2018 Government Chemist Conference on food chain resilience in a changing world. […]

by Food Standards Agency on May 2, 2018 at 4:31 pm

The Food Standards Agency Chair, Heather Hancock, is inviting applications to fill the post of Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The ACMSF is the independent expert committee which advises the FSA on microbiological food safety. […]

by Food Standards Agency on May 2, 2018 at 4:23 pm

FSA Chairman, Heather Hancock has announced the reappointment of Professor David McDowell, Professor Peter McClure and Dr Dan Tucker to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The ACMSF provides the Agency with independent advice on the microbiological safety of food. […]