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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
Allergy alert - Scotland
Uncle Roy’s recalls Natural Bitter Almond Extract because of undeclared nuts
Uncle Roy's is recalling Natural Bitter Almond Extract because it contains nuts which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.
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Food alert - UK
Pets at Home recalls four dry cat food products due to low levels of thiamine
Pets at Home is recalling four lines of its AVA dry cat food products because there are lower levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1) present than specified in the recipe. Your cat should not eat affected product batches. The FSA is issuing this product recall notice because we are responsible for animal feed regulations and enforcement of pet food labelling through local authorities in England and Wales.
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Blog
Campylobacter: The Facts
In my last blog post I revealed that my main research interest for the past 15 years has been trying to understand how humans become ill from infectious diseases, predominantly the ones that cause food poisoning such as the gastrointestinal pathogens including E. coli O157, campylobacter, cryptosporidium, salmonella, and listeria.
Allergy alert - UK
Heatons recalls a consignment of Toblerones because of undeclared egg (Northern Ireland only)
Heatons is recalling a consignment of Toblerones because they contain egg which is not on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg. The consignment was sold with an incorrect over-stickered ingredients list, which omitted the ingredient egg white. The implicated consignment was only sold in Northern Ireland through Heatons.
News
FSS seeks views on its shellfish official controls review
Food Standards Scotland has today (17 February 2017) issued three shellfish consultations as part of a wider review to ensure effective and sustainable future official controls delivery.
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