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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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Tell us what you think of our new recalls and withdrawals guidance
We are asking food businesses, enforcement officers and consumers to provide us with feedback on our new ‘Guidance on Food Traceability, Withdrawals and Recalls within the UK Food Industry’.
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Food Standards Scotland joins in the festive fun by defrosting a turkey live on Facebook
At 12pm today (Wednesday 19 December), Food Standards Scotland will film a frozen turkey defrosting in the fridge live on Facebook.
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Managing the microbiological safety of artisan cheeses made from unpasteurised milk
A report prepared for Food Standards Scotland by Dr Catherine Donnelly, an expert in dairy microbiology, has been published today (12 December 2018). The report outlines the scientific evidence on food safety controls which can be used to reduce the risks of food poisoning bacteria in the production of raw milk cheeses.
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Continued reduction in campylobacter levels in UK-produced chickens
The major UK retailers have published* their latest results from testing of campylobacter in UK-produced whole chickens.
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Food Standards Scotland and the Food Standards Agency Report Provides Important New Evidence on E. coli O157 in Cattle
Today (26 November 2018), Food Standards Scotland and the Food Standards Agency have published the report of a four year research project which provides important new evidence on E. coli O157 - a bacterium carried by cattle which can cause serious illness when it enters the food chain.
