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Special report: Food for thought
Posted: 10 July 2024
ANALYSIS: Food allergies can make accurate labelling a matter of life and death. This special report investigates the responsibilities of manufacturers, retailers and regulators, explores continuing weaknesses in allergen information, and considers how legislation, technology and enforcement can work together to better protect consumers.
Opinion: Recipes for disaster
Posted: 08 July 2024
OPINION: Every fatal allergic reaction represents a preventable tragedy. Using food allergen safety as its focus, this opinion piece argues that robust labelling, responsible food businesses and determined enforcement remain essential to protecting lives and preventing avoidable disasters.
UK food security in 'absolute chaos'
Posted: 01 July 2024
UPDATES: Food security expert Professor Chris Elliott warns that mounting pressures across the supply chain demand urgent government action, including dedicated ministerial leadership to strengthen the UK's food system.
Warwickshire TS seize muscle drugs
Posted: 11 June 2024
UPDATES: Warwickshire Trading Standards has seized illegal muscle-building drugs worth £500,000 after intercepting consignments of SARMs, warning that the unauthorised ‘novel foods’ can pose serious risks including heart, liver, fertility and mental health harms.
Whisky investment ads misled
Posted: 01 December 2023
UPDATES: Authorities are warning consumers about misleading whisky investment promotions after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that social media adverts overstated likely returns, downplayed risks and failed to explain charges attached to unregulated cask investments.
FSA raises workforce capacity concerns
Posted: 09 November 2023
UPDATES: The Food Standards Agency's Our Food 2022 report highlights mounting workforce shortages affecting Trading Standards and Environmental Health. CTSI and CIEH say sustained investment is essential if food standards enforcement and consumer protection are to remain effective.
TS supports Allergy Awareness Week
Posted: 26 April 2023
UPDATES: Staffordshire Trading Standards is using Allergy Awareness Week to remind food businesses that clear allergen information is a legal duty, after local inspections found imported products with undeclared allergenic ingredients.
FSA launches meat fraud inquiry
Posted: 31 March 2023
UPDATES: The Food Standards Agency has opened an inquiry into reports of large-scale meat fraud, raising fresh questions about supply chain integrity, food authenticity and the systems designed to protect consumers.
Illegal vodka distillery discovered
Posted: 20 February 2023
UPDATES: HMRC officers, supported by Staffordshire Trading Standards, have dismantled a counterfeit vodka factory near Lichfield capable of producing 150 bottles an hour. The seizure exposed suspected fake Krackoff vodka, large storage tanks and an operation estimated to be evading £2.5m in excise duty each year.
Allergens: a matter of life and death
Posted: 15 February 2023
ANALYSIS: Natasha’s Law has strengthened allergen labelling for pre-packed food, but patchy awareness, supplier changes and limited local authority resources still leave consumers at risk. Through the work of David Pickering, Dilys Harris and the family of Megan Lee, the article shows why allergen compliance is a life-saving duty, not a technical formality.
