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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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Campylobacter: The Facts
In my last blog post I revealed that my main research interest for the past 15 years has been trying to understand how humans become ill from infectious diseases, predominantly the ones that cause food poisoning such as the gastrointestinal pathogens including E. coli O157, campylobacter, cryptosporidium, salmonella, and listeria.
Allergy alert - UK
Heatons recalls a consignment of Toblerones because of undeclared egg (Northern Ireland only)
Heatons is recalling a consignment of Toblerones because they contain egg which is not on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg. The consignment was sold with an incorrect over-stickered ingredients list, which omitted the ingredient egg white. The implicated consignment was only sold in Northern Ireland through Heatons.
News
FSS seeks views on its shellfish official controls review
Food Standards Scotland has today (17 February 2017) issued three shellfish consultations as part of a wider review to ensure effective and sustainable future official controls delivery.
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Allergy alert - UK
Poundstretcher recalls Chocolate Crème Oreos because of incorrect allergen labelling
Poundstretcher is recalling Chocolate Crème Oreos because they contain wheat (gluten) and milk which are not correctly declared on the ingredient label applied by Poundstretcher.
Allergy alert - Scotland
Jordan Valley Wholefoods is recalling products because it contains undeclared soya
Jordan Valley Whole Foods is recalling products because they contain undeclared soya which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.
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