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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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Launching the Eatwell Guide – a healthy eating benchmark for Scotland
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) today (17 March 2016) launches the new Eatwell Guide, which replaces the eatwell plate and shows people in Scotland how they can achieve a healthy balanced diet.
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Food Standards Scotland Senior Communications Manager becomes 9th Chartered Practitioner in Scotland
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) Senior Communications Manager, Maria Tocher has become the 9th person in Scotland to achieve Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Chartered Public Relations Practitioner Status.
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FSS Board to discuss a package of measures to address Scotland’s poor diet
Food Standards Scotland (FSS)’s Board will today (20 January) consider a raft of proposals, including reductions in the promotion, advertising and portion size of certain foods and drinks and consideration of the use of taxation and regulation to improve the Scottish diet.
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Food Standards Scotland launches festive food safety campaign
Christmas cooks are being urged to follow simple safety tips when preparing food in the home over the festive season, as part of a new campaign to reduce the number of people contracting food poisoning across Scotland this December.
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The SandwiTch Co (Scotland) recalls its Sandwiches, Wraps, Baguettes, Rolls, and Pasta Salads due to lack of validation of shelf life applied to products
The SandwiTch Co has instigated a voluntarily recall as they have been producing and selling products with an extended shelf life in the absence of shelf life validation.
