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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are urging reptile owners who have purchased certain feeder mice for their pets, to take extra precautions to avoid becoming ill with salmonellosis.

Scottish students are being advised to be extra vigilant with their kitchen hygiene this year, as they return to campuses for the new term or start courses for the first time, at the country’s 19 universities and 29 colleges.

The Food Standards Scotland Board meeting on 15 September 2021 will be held via video conference.

Scottish ‘out of home’ food businesses – including takeaways restaurants and cafes - are being urged to put a stronger focus on calorific content as the industry recovers from the crippling effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Food Standards Agency has been working closely with Fold Hill Foods over the course of the investigation into the recalled cat food. The company has co-operated fully.