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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are advising pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system to thoroughly cook Enoki mushrooms before consuming them due to possible presence of listeria and the risk of severe disease.

Food regulators recommend healthy adults do not consume more than 10mg of cannabidiol (CBD) per day.

While slush ice drinks are widely available for consumers, Food Standards Scotland, along with the Food Standards Agency has recently issued new voluntary guidance to industry that they should not be sold to children four years of age and under.

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have issued new voluntary industry guidance on glycerol in slush-ice drinks, advising that they should not be sold to children four years of age and under. 

People living in the least affluent areas of Scotland consume almost double the amount of sugary drinks in comparison to the rest of the country according to new analyses by Food Standards Scotland (FSS).