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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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Statement from Food Standards Scotland, the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee & the Specialist Cheesemaker’s Association on Guidance on the production of cheese made from unpasteurised milk
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC) met with the Specialist Cheesemaker’s Association (SCA) recently (6 March 2019) to discuss the concerns raised by some of the SCA’s members regarding guidance for Environmental Health Officers on the production of cheese made from raw (unpasteurised) milk in Scotland.
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Always saying ‘yes’ to upsizing can tip the scales and create a weighty problem says Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland’s ‘No to Upsizing’ marketing campaign, launched today (5 March), is urging people in Scotland to be aware of the extra calories that can accumulate by consistently saying ‘yes’ to upsized offers on food and drinks.
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Food Standards Scotland survey shows people in Scotland are unaware of the serious health consequences of DNP
Research conducted by CensusWide on behalf of Food Standards Scotland has found that only 4% of people in Scotland surveyed have heard about the potentially deadly substance DNP and know what it is, which is often illegally marketed as a ‘fat-burning’ food supplement to support weight loss or promote health and fitness.
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Food Standards Scotland issues advice on protecting the public from the risk of STEC in food
Food Standards Scotland has today, (Tuesday 19 February 2019), issued a Public Information Statement to make clear its position regarding the presence of a group of harmful E. coli bacteria called STEC in food.
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Have your say on FSS’s British Sign Language Plan
FSS is working on the development of its first British Sign Language Plan and we’d like to seek views from BSL users and organisations who represent them
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