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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
News
Counterfeit alcohol can seriously damage your health, warn standards agencies
Shoppers are being warned of the serious health risks of drinking counterfeit alcohol this festive season, and being urged to look out for some obvious signs that products aren’t what they might seem.
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Allergy alert - UK
Marks & Spencer recalls Made Without Wheat Gluten Free White Sourdough Cob because of undeclared wheat (gluten)
Marks & Spencer recalls Made Without Wheat Gluten Free White Sourdough Cob because of undeclared wheat (gluten)
Food alert - Scotland
A.J. Hornig Ltd recalls various haggis products because they may contain small pieces of blue plastic
A.J. Hornig Ltd is recalling various haggis products because they may contain small pieces of blue plastic. The possible presence of plastic makes this product unsafe to eat.
News
Advice to reptile owners following withdrawal and recall of frozen mice used as food for pets linked to Salmonella outbreak in people
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is issuing further instructions to reptile owners, following an outbreak of human salmonellosis linked to frozen mice used to feed snakes and other animals and birds.
Food alert - UK
Monkfield Nutrition extends recall to all batches of frozen Feeder Mice products for feeding reptiles because of the presence of Salmonella
Monkfield Nutrition extends recall to all batches of frozen Feeder Mice products for feeding reptiles because of the presence of Salmonella
