Tag: food safety

Our Annual Report: Enlightening & disturbing, an urgent wake-up call

Here’s what some reviewers of our 2017-2018 Annual Report said: “Enlightening and disturbing: an urgent wake-up call for us to take these issues seriously, talk about them, raise awareness and influence policy-makers.”

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Antimicrobial resistance and food safety

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The impact of Brexit on our food system

Few are talking about the implications of Brexit on our food supplies — and on the whole food sector. Yet the whole food system would be subject to huge change, and not necessarily for the better.

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Whatever the scenario, food safety will really matter

You can find all the presentations here from #OurFoodFuture event hosted by the Food Standards Agency on 18th February. All were interesting, perhaps none more so than Ladislav Miko talking about the scenarios they’ve been working on regarding EU...

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Question and Answer for Catherine Brown . . .

Jim Parle: Why doesn’t everyone who sells food have to show their food standards hygiene rating?

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Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 3)

Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh

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Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 2)

Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh Tonight Catherine Brown from the Food Standards Agency is speaking at our annual meeting, these are some notes from her presentation: What can/should we do? It is...

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Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 1)

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How hygienic are food businesses in Birmingham?

Birmingham’s Environmental Health Officers have a responsibility to inspect the hygiene standards of 7,500 food business across Birmingham. Leaving aside discussion about the scale of this task relative to the size of Birmingham’s Environmental Health team, what do the inspections tell...

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Integrating perspectives on consumer perceptions of food safety, nutrition and waste

On 16th April the 2nd in the series of ESRC funded seminars on Food Options, Opinions and Decisions (FOOD) took places at the Food Standards Agency in London. The aim of the series is to understand and improve UK...

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