News and alerts
Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
News
Update on Fipronil in Eggs
Food Standards Scotland continues to work closely with the Food Standards Agency and industry to trace products containing eggs from farms in the Netherlands implicated in the Fipronil investigation.
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Food Standards Scotland Responds to reports of rising figures of people with Type 2 Diabetes in Scotland
Heather Peace, Head of Nutrition Science and Policy at Food Standards Scotland said: “It is clear that obesity is one of the most serious problems we face in Scotland. Serious illnesses such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and a number of cancers are linked to over eating and our poor diet.
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Food Standards Scotland statement following Public Health England’s latest childhood obesity plan announcement
Food Standards Scotland’s Chief Executive, Geoff Ogle, said: “It’s no secret that we have an obesity problem in Scotland, with two out of three of us either overweight or obese.
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Update on Fipronil in eggs
Food Standards Scotland continues to liaise with the Food Standards Agency regarding the ongoing investigation into foods which may contain egg from farms in the Netherlands, which illegally used Fipronil to treat egg-laying hens.
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FSS Board Meeting 16 August
The next Board meeting will be held at our Food Standards Scotland offices in Aberdeen: Pilgrim House, Old Ford Road, Aberdeen, AB11 5RL on 16th August 2017.
