Product Safety Recalls Update| Trading Standards Lawyer
Posted on September 26, 2020 by Jeremy Barnett
The Office for Public Safety and Standards ( OPSS) is the national regulator for all consumer products apart from vehicles, medicine and food. As well as hallmarking and standards work, the OPSS is the lead enforcement agency for a range of goods b...
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Read MoreAbattoir fined in Food Safety Week | Food Safety Lawyer
Posted on May 20, 2015 by Jeremy Barnett
Last year in the UK, there were 280,000 cases of campylobacter food poisoning and 100 deaths (according to the FSA). Campylobacter poisoning usually develops a few days after eating contaminated food and leads to symptoms that include abdomina...
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Read MoreMagistrates decline to follow draft guidelies | Food Safety Lawer
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Jeremy Barnett
Jeremy was recently instructed by Paul Mercer of Village Green Preserves, who had been prosecuted by York Environmental health in respect of two compliance visits to their premises at Millfield Industrial Estate, Whedrake, York in...
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Read MoreFood Crime unit announced | Food Safety Lawyer
Posted on September 4, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
See the article on this blog 4th March 2014 Elliot Review into Horsegate | Food Crimes Unit. The announcement of the Food Crimes Unit follows recommendations in the report by Professor Chris Elliot that was published IN June. Click here to do...
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Read MoreHorsegate arrests as Lamb Kebabs come under attack
Posted on April 22, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
The Food Standards Agency have announced priority testing across the UK from the beginning of May, following the discovery of the substitution of lamb for cheaper meats in such as chicken and beef. The survey of data from July to December 2013 foun...
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Read MoreWill People start to die over Food Testing Cuts
Posted on April 10, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
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Read MoreCampylobacter contamination still present in chicken | Food Safety Lawyer
Posted on April 7, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
About Campylobacter Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK. It is considered to be responsible for around 460,000 cases of food poisoning, 22,000 hospitalisations and 110 deaths each year and most of th...
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Read MoreElliot Review into ‘Horsegate’ | New Food Crimes Unit
Posted on April 7, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
Following the public concern over food crime by the appearance of horsemeat in the food supply chain, the government appointed Professor Chris Elliot to lead an independent review into the integrity of food supply networks and the interim report wa...
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Read MoreEU directive on E Cigarettes leads to confusion
Posted on April 7, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
The anticipated regulation on the sale of E Cigarettes, making them all subject to licencing as medicines has not happened as anticipated, perhaps due to last minute policitical lobbying. It was believed that the same regulations that apply to nico...
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Read MoreIPCC focus on Food Security and Food Production Systems
Posted on April 7, 2014 by Jeremy Barnett
Food Security and Food Production Executive summary The effects of climate change on crop and food production are evident in several regions of the world (high confidence). Negative impacts of climate trends have been more common than po...
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