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New chair for Food Standards Scotland

Board member Heather Kelman appointed to succeed Ross Finnie.

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Paving the Way for Alternative Proteins

The Good Food Institute Europe works with scientists, businesses and policymakers to promote the benefits of plant-based and cultivated meat. In the latest of our post-COP26 conference blogs, the institute’s policy manager Alex Holst explains how developing consumer confidence through evidence-based regulation is central to its alternative protein mission.

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Guidance on date labelling by FSS Head of Science Jacqui McElhiney

Food Standards Scotland welcomes initiatives for reducing food waste, but we wouldn’t advise consumers to use the ‘sniff test’ as a general rule for all foods.

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Food alert - UK

Update 1: Yoplait UK recalls Yoplait Frubes Variety Pack because it may contain small pieces of metal

Update 1: Yoplait UK recalls Yoplait Frubes Variety Pack because it may contain small pieces of metal

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Food alert - UK

Yoplait UK recalls Yoplait Frubes Variety Pack because it may contain small pieces of metal

Yoplait UK recalls Yoplait Frubes Variety Pack because it may contain small pieces of metal

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