This week the Food Standards Agency (FSA) launched their national food hygiene rating scheme nationwide. Finally, there’s no need to be concerned about the standard of food from that dodgy burger van in town, your local Chinese takeaway or that grotty-looking greasy cafe in your village! Instead, you’ll be able to see the ‘scores on [...]
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If you’ve scoffed at the pointless health and hygiene campaigns from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) (you know the ones, they tell us to ‘eat healthier snacks, cook turkey correctly and hilariously, drink beverages other than beer for World Cup matches) you’ll probably be outraged to learn how much those campaigns cost us, the taxpayer. [...]
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Last week the Food Standard’s Agency wrote to all the local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to inform them of a brand new launch this autumn. From the 1st of October the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) will be rolled out by all 22 local authorities in Wales and by many ‘early [...]
This week the Food Standards Agency will dicuss proposals for a unified, but flexible system of FOP labelling that will require manufacturers and retailers to use a combination of effective labelling techniques.
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This project to bring food hygiene and nutrition further into the education system, without putting undue extra stresses on budgets, is a fantastic step forwards in many respects.
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‘Are We What We Eat?’ will be a debate challenging the myths and realities behind what we read about nutrition, food hygiene and its importance in our lives.
Tags: British Library, FSA, you are what you eat
Skimmed milk, which contains all “the important nutritional benefits of milk, including calcium, protein, minerals and vitamins, but with half the fat of semi” is still not widely consumed. Why?
Tags: fat, FSA, milk, saturated fat, semi-skimmed, skimmed, whole milk
Today the Food Standards Agency will launch a phone application, designed to help people take a 21-day long challenge to cut thier saturated fat intake.
Tags: Apple, FSA, iPhone, iPod, sat far challenge, saturated fat, Twitter