The Food Standards Agency 2010-2015 Strategy has been released and is within consultation stage. Comments are required by them by the close of 2nd September 2010. There are some key pathogen specific strategies proposed – for the reduction of Campylobacter in chicken and for the greater understanding of the risks of Listeriosis, caused by Listeria [...]
FSA Incidents Report 2009 MQM’s Midlands based consultant Paul Newman has looked into the Food Standards Agency ‘annual report of 2009’ – some interesting facts have emerged! In 2009 the agency issued 91 alerts, of which 49 were allergen alerts. In total the agency investigated over 1200 incidents including food contact packaging, pesticides and unauthorised [...]
MQM Consulting have added to its nationwide coverage by opening a Birmingham office. Paul Newman has joined as Associate Consultant and will be based in the Birmingham office. It is now even easier for MQM Consulting to reach clients in the West Midlands, Worcestershire and East Midlands, offering its range of services. Founder and Director [...]
For those who would like to learn a little of what the BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Food Safety Standard is all about….. It was the first technical food safety standard to be approved by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). It was implemented to ensure that those within the supply chain to the retailers [...]
A report in “The Week” magazine of 30/1/2010 provided some interesting numbers. It quoted that around 20% of adults in the UK believe they are intolerant of, or allergic to, some form of food with wheat being the most commonly cited. In the same article it was pointed out that researchers at Portsmouth University discovered [...]