Food Law News - UK - 2016

FSA News Item, 9 June 2016

INCIDENTS - FSA Annual Report of Incidents 2015 published

The Food Standards Agency has today published its latest Annual Report of Food Incidents. It shows that in 2015, the FSA and Food Standards Scotland were notified of, investigated and managed 1,514 food, feed and environmental contamination incidents in the UK.

The overall number of incidents was similar to those seen in recent years. However, in most categories, the numbers of incidents differ considerably from year to year.

The four largest contributors to the total number of recorded incidents in 2015 were

• Pathogenic micro-organisms (18%)
• Allergens (14%)
• Chemical contamination (other) (12%)
• Residues of veterinary medicinal products (8%)

A copy of the report is available on this site. See: Annual Report of Incidents 2015