All Hygiene & Safety articles
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Opinion
AIMS “increasingly frustrated” with ad hoc Bluetongue controls
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers has revealed its frustration with the UK Bluetongue controls, as executive director Jason Aldiss finds the controls have imposed costs and disrupted the meat industry.
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Demand for cheap meat is “fuelling illegal imports” finds EFRA
The EFRA Committee has published its new report, ‘Biosecurity at the Border: Britain’s Illegal Meat Crisis’, which has warned that Defra’s approach to personal meat imports has been “unnecessarily lax”.
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The future of hygiene: ProvaStep by Sterilex
Global hygiene company Sterilex talks to Meat Management about ProvaStep, a granular floor disinfectant, and its applications in the food industry.
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News
Four men found guilty of placing unfit meat back in food chain
Four men have been given custodial sentences for diverting meat not fit for human consumption back into the human food chain.
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Government cancels extra border checks to make meat trade “cheaper and easier”
Government has suspended the introduction of extra border checks on live animal imports from the EU and on specific animal and plant goods from Ireland ahead of its new SPS deal with the EU.
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AIMS calls for greater UK meat inspection support
Dr Jason Aldiss BEM, executive director of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers, has called traditional meat inspection “a costly, century-old performance that does nothing to protect public health”.
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Food businesses prosecuted for selling incorrectly labelled kebab meat
Two food businesses have been prosecuted for selling products made of the wrong meat after previous warnings from Trading Standards.
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Illegal meat prosecutions secured
A man has been jailed for falsely distributing halal meat to businesses in south Wales, and another has been prosecuted for the illegal sale of ‘smokies’.
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Parliamentarians visit Dover to witness illegal meat seizures
Members the All-Party Parliamentary Group witnessed the efforts underway to uphold the UK’s biosecurity during a visit to meet with UK Border Force.
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Meat industry urges Government to rethink bluetongue restrictions
The four red meat industry bodies have written to the chief veterinary officer for England, Scotland and Wales, raising concerns regarding the negative impact of the 1st of July bluetongue restrictions.
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Defra announces £1bn investment in National Biosecurity Centre
Defra has revealed that the country’s ability to prevent a future pandemic has been “significantly enhanced” with the unveiling of an investment into a new National Biosecurity Centre.
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NPA has urged Government to ban the sale of pork to Eurostar passengers
The National Pig Association has called on Government to act after a Politico report found banned pork products on sale beyond security at Brussels Midi station.
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Welsh Deputy First Minister reveals new bluetongue controls
Welsh Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has chosen not to align with England on bluetongue controls, instead placing restrictions on the movement of animals into Wales.
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NAO report finds industry “unprepared” for major disease outbreak
Key public bodies are “insufficiently prepared” for a major animal disease outbreak and would likely struggle to cope with one, a report from NAO has found.
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WOAH downgrades UK BSE status
The World Organisation for Animal Health has officially reclassified the UK’s Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy risk status to negligible.
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National Food Crime Unit granted new powers
FSA’s National Food Crime Unit has been equipped with specific investigatory powers under The Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
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Cardiff food wholesaler found guilty of putting unsafe meat on the market
Owner of Universal Foods Wholesale Limited Hamil Miah has been convicted of falsely distributing chicken as halal meat.
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Government updates foot and mouth disease restrictions
Defra has updated its restrictions on imports for personal use.
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Food wholesaler accused of falsely supplying chicken as halal meat
A man has appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court accused of falsely distributing halal meat to businesses in south Wales.
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Four men convicted of diverting unfit meat back into the supply chain
Four individuals and a business were found guilty of placing unfit meat on the market following an investigation by NFCU and Southwark Council.