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Food Standards Scotland Board meeting to be held on 27th March

The next Board meeting will take place on Tuesday 27th March 2018 at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton, Craiglockhart Room, North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 2HD.

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Food Standards Scotland Responds to UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey

The new results from this survey provide confirmation that folate levels are dropping across the population. Over 90% of women of childbearing age in the UK now have a red blood cell folate concentration below the threshold, indicating a higher risk of their babies being born with neural tube defects. Food Standards Scotland maintains its call for mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid on a UK-wide basis to help address this concerning drop in folate levels.

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Campylobacter levels continue to reduce in UK retail chickens

The top 9 retailers across the UK have now published the results of their testing for campylobacter showing a reduction in the highest level of contamination.

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Industry-wide review launched into meat processing plants across the UK

The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland are today publishing details of a major review into the sites where meat products are processed and stored in the UK.

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Food Standards Scotland meets the Scottish meat Industry to discuss food safety issues

Following the meeting between Food Standards Scotland (FSS), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and members of the UK meat industry last week, FSS met with further Scottish meat industry representatives at its offices in Aberdeen.

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