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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
Food alert - UK
Quorn Foods Ltd is recalling Quorn Meat Free Mince because the product may contain small pieces of metal
Quorn Foods Ltd is recalling a batch code of its frozen Meat Free Mince because it may contain small pieces of metal. The affected product was only on sale at Tesco from 27 February 2017 to 1 March 2017. The FSA has issued an updated Product Recall information Notice.
Food alert - UK
Lotus Bakeries UK Ltd recalls Lotus Biscoff Crunchy Biscuit Spread because the product may contain small pieces of metal
Lotus Bakeries UK Ltd is recalling various batch codes of Lotus Biscoff Crunchy Biscuit Spread because it may contain small pieces of metal. This product was sold at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado and Nisa stores. In addition, batch number 7005109 with ‘best before’ date 5 February 2018 has also been sold through East End Foods.
Allergy alert - Scotland
Uncle Roy’s recalls Natural Bitter Almond Extract because of undeclared nuts
Uncle Roy's is recalling Natural Bitter Almond Extract because it contains nuts which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.
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Food alert - UK
Pets at Home recalls four dry cat food products due to low levels of thiamine
Pets at Home is recalling four lines of its AVA dry cat food products because there are lower levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1) present than specified in the recipe. Your cat should not eat affected product batches. The FSA is issuing this product recall notice because we are responsible for animal feed regulations and enforcement of pet food labelling through local authorities in England and Wales.
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Blog
Campylobacter: The Facts
In my last blog post I revealed that my main research interest for the past 15 years has been trying to understand how humans become ill from infectious diseases, predominantly the ones that cause food poisoning such as the gastrointestinal pathogens including E. coli O157, campylobacter, cryptosporidium, salmonella, and listeria.
