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Food Standards Scotland, The Food Standards Agency (FSA), The Royal Veterinary College (RVC), The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), local authorities and the pet food supply chain are all continuing to take the situation extremely seriously and all potential causes of feline pancytopenia are being investigated.

Food Standards Scotland announces the first new appointments to its Board since it was formed in 2015. This follows the launch of its six year Strategy to 2026, which focuses on issues that matter most to people in Scotland including improving the Scottish diet.

A new Ipsos MORI survey, commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA)  and Food Standards Scotland (FSS), has found that almost half the adults questioned (46%) do not always check cooking instructions when they prepare coated frozen chicken products.

Additional batches have been added to a list of cat food products that the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland and Defra are advising cat owners not to feed their cats.

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has joined the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in England and Wales in advising consumers not to eat specific melons which may be contaminated with salmonella.