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FSS and FSA issue updated advice to higher risk consumers on ready to eat cold-smoked and cured fish following publication of a risk assessment
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are advising pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system to avoid eating ready-to-eat cold-smoked or cured fish, following publication of a risk assessment showing they are at higher risk of severe illness from listeriosis. Products include smoked salmon, smoked trout and gravlax.
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A baker’s dozen of Scottish businesses awarded funding to make their recipes healthier
Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland - in partnership with Food Standards Scotland (FSS) - has provided funding to 13 well-known Scottish bakery businesses across the country to help them make their products healthier.
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Consumers urged to avoid ‘potentially lethal’ protein powder
Food Standards Scotland is urging consumers not to consume a recalled protein powder because it contains a high level of caffeine.
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FSS welcomes sentencing of a Denny man who sold potentially fatal substance as diet pills
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has welcomed the sentencing of a Denny man who supplied the public with a potentially fatal substance.
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New regulated product application system launched by the FSA and FSS
On 20 June 2023, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are launching a new system for businesses to make applications for Regulated Products, certain types of food and feed ingredients that require authorisation before they can be sold in the UK.
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