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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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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.
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Campaign highlights food safety over Christmas
Food Standards Scotland produces festive ‘checklist’ to avoid food poisoning
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Vitamin sunshine
Gordon Brownlie enjoys some evening ‘sunshine’ on Buchanan Street, courtesy of Food Standards Scotland’s (FSS) ‘Vitamin D Orb’.
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Consultation launched on new food compliance notices
We have launched an 8-week consultation on the introduction of new food ‘compliance notices’ (CNs), which are intended to help enforcement officers deal quicker and more fairly with suspected contraventions of rules on food standards, such as incorrect or fraudulent product labelling.
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Campaign urges vitamin D supplements during winter
People of all ages should take a daily 10-microgram vitamin D supplement this winter, according to a national marketing campaign being launched by Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
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