New focus on food fraud in BRC Issue 7
The 7th issue of BRC’s Global Standard for Food Safety has been published and becomes effective on 1st July 2015. There are many... Read More
Protection against Food Fraud
The UK food and drink manufacturing industry had a turnover of £92 billion in 2012 and the industry makes up the largest of... Read More
Intelligence on undeclared meats shared
At a time, when the food industry is being encouraged to conduct sampling, testing and supervision of food supplies at all stages of... Read More
Traceability & Control post Elliott Review
After a delay for the summer parliamentary recess the Elliott Review Final Report has now been published and Professor Elliott will present his... Read More
Horse meat investigation progress
There has been some progress in July but the final report of the Elliott Review has been delayed. The Food Standards Agency (FSA)... Read More
Adventitious or deliberate meat contamination ?
As long as good manufacturing practice is applied, there should be no detectable carry-over of meat species in UK meat processing plants producing... Read More
Food Crime under the spotlight
Professor Chris Elliott’s final report reviewing the integrity and assurance of British food supply networks is expected next month. The interim report made... Read More
Mislabelled or Food Fraud
There is growing concern that widespread mislabelling of meats is occurring in the UK. In some cases it is difficult to determine whether... Read More
Product Updates
Contamination Thresholds: This month discussion has continued on proposed contamination thresholds of 0.1% and 1% (w/w) for undeclared meats. At the recent FSA... Read More
New Meat Species tests
The food industry now recognises the emerging issue of food crime. There have been recent suspected cases concerning meat in China, France and... Read More