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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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Revised approach to shelf-life safety guidance for chilled fresh beef, lamb and pork following UK-wide consultation
Shelf-life guidance for vacuum and modified atmosphere packed (VP/MAP) chilled fresh beef, lamb and pork with respect to non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum has been updated across the UK.
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Oh Yes She Is!! - ‘Aunty May’ centre stage in Food Standards Scotland’s festive food safety campaign
Scots pantomime stalwart Allan Stewart will once again be centre stage this Christmas, albeit in a slightly different guise, as theatre legend Aunty May stars as the face of Food Standards Scotland’s (FSS) annual Festive Food Safety social media campaign.
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More than half of people living in Scotland are not taking Vitamin D supplements, Food Standards Scotland reveals
A new consumer poll published today (Thursday 3 December) from Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has revealed that 58% of those interviewed “never take a vitamin D supplement.”
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FSS Board Meeting - 2 December
The Food Standards Scotland Board meeting on 2 December am will be held via video conference.
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Preparing your food business for COVID-19 outbreaks and investigations
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) continues to develop its COVID-19 guidance package for food businesses, which aims to support Scottish Government’s COVID-19 Framework for Decision Making (Scotland’s Route Map through and Out of the Crisis).
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