UK Food Law News - 2003

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17 December 2003 MEAT PRODUCTS - No more horsing around with salami
15 December 2003 MEAT HYGIENE - Guidance for Local Enforcement Authorities in England on the Private Slaughter of Livestock
9 December 2003 LABELLING - Alternative wording to 'May Contain' statements
1 December 2003 RECALL - Product Recall of Cow & Gate Cheese and Tomato Bake Packet Meal
14 November 2003 NOVEL FOODS - 2 Novel food applications to be considered by FSA
11 November 2003 PRODUCT SAFETY - Food Standards Agency issues new warning against drinking counterfeit vodka
10 November 2003 CONTAMINANTS - Illegal Residues on Winter Lettuce: DEFRA Takes Action
9 November 2003 CHILDREN'S FOODS - Promotion of food and children's diets
7 November 2003 ADDITIVES - Sweeteners guidance published
6 November 2003 GM FOOD / LABELLING - Date set for new GM food regulation
5 November 2003 ENFORCEMENT - Fighting Fund information
3 November 2003 COLLAGEN - Draft Collagen and Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2003
31 October 2003 RECALL - Food Standards Agency issues warning about spoiled smoked mackerel
22 October 2003 PARNUTS - Food for Particular Nutritional Uses: Guidance notes available
22 October 2003 CONTAMINANTS - Drugged venison update
21 October 2003 LABELLING - Agency survey shows that labelling of potatoes in the UK needs to improve: A third of potatoes sampled were incorrectly labelled
16 October 2003 CONTAMINANTS - Agency issues warning against consuming venison from deer potentially exposed to Immobilon
2 October 2003 CONTAMINANTS - Food Standards Agency issues warning about couscous found to contain contaminated chilli powder
16 September 2003 ADDITIVES - Agency updates warning about banned konjac sweets
2 September 2003 TRACEABILITY - Traceability in the food chain
20 August 2003 ADDITVES - Conditions of use for food additive E425 (konjac)

12 August 2003 SHELLFISH - FEPA order temporarily bans scallop fishing near Plymouth
12 August 2003 RECALL - Chilli powder imported from India containing Sudan I dye used in Rajah brand seasoning mixes
12 August 2003 WATER - Draft Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2003
8 August 2003 BSE - Amendments to EU regulation 999/2001 on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)
7 August 2003 ENFORCEMENT - Port health authorities to be audited
1 August 2003 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Guidance issued on new chocolate regulations
31 July 2003 ENFORCEMENT - Food sampling audits published
31 July 2003 CONTAMINANTS - Illegal chemical dye found in chilli products in the UK
23 July 2003 HYGIENE - Draft Guidance Notes on the Collagen and Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) (England) Regulations 2003
21 July 2003 ORIGIN MARKING - Welsh Lamb Wins EU Quality Award
14 July 2003 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Fruit juice and sugars guidance notes published
10 July 2003 BSE - FSA recommends Ministers replace OTM rule with BSE testing
8 July 2003 NOVEL FOODS - Noni juice application
7 July 2003 BSE - FSA Board to consider replacing OTM rule with BSE testing of cattle
4 July 2003 NOVEL FOODS - Approval sought for Chia seed
30 June 2003 LABELLING - Labelling of yellow fat spreads: draft guidance notes
26 June 2003 PARNUTS - Proposed regulations regarding baby and infant food
25 June 2003 RECALL - Food Standards Agency issues new warning against drinking counterfeit vodka
20 June 2003 GM FOOD - Report published on checks on labelling of GM foods
17 June 2003 LABELLING - Caffeine and Quinine
8 May 2003 SUPPLEMENTS - New FSA advice on safety of high doses of vitamins and minerals

1 May 2003 ADDITIVES - FSA advises parents to limit number of soft drinks containing the sweetener cyclamate given to young children
14 April 2003 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - The Draft Honey (England) Regulations 2003
11 April 2003 BSE - FSA reports Specified Risk Material finds in imported meat
7 April 2003 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - The Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003
31 March 2003 BSE - Agency investigates breaches of SRM controls on imported cattle slaughtered in UK
28 March 2003 BSE - FSA consults on replacing Over Thirty Months Rule with BSE testing
25 March 2003 IMPORTED MEAT - Further action on illegal meat imports
19 March 2003 WATER - Update on bottled water legislation
17 March 2003 HYGIENE - Draft Meat Products and Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003
12 March 2003 CHICKEN MEAT - Agency exposes consumer chicken con: Evidence gathered shows continued problem with added water and protein
11 March 2003 RECALL - Food Standards Agency issues updated health warning against drinking fake brands of vodka
7 March 2003 RECALL - Agency warns against drinking contaminated spirits
7 March 2003 BSE - Options considered to replace Over Thirty Month Rule with new controls: Public meeting discusses revised risk of BSE
4 March 2003 CONTAMINANTS - Illegal drug residues found in Portugese chickens
3 March 2003 HYGIENE - Draft Collagen and Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) (England) Regulations 2003
3 March 2003 ENFORCEMENT - Revised Codes of Practice under Section 40 of the 1990 Food Safety Act
28 February 2003 PRODUCT RECALL - Food Standards Agency warns against drinking contaminated vodka
24 February 2003 BSE - Spinal cord found in British sheep carcass
20 February 2003 MILK - Voluntary labelling approach following raw milk consultation in Wales
18 February 2003 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Specified Sugar Products Regulations 2003
18 February 2003 COMPOSTIONAL STANDARDS - Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2003
17 February 2003 ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS - EU Animal By-Products Regulations 2003
12 February 2003 BSE - Spinal cord found in British sheep carcass
11 February 2003 ENFORCEMENT - Most local authorities achieving or exceeding minimum targets for inspecting food businesses
6 February 2003 LABELLING - Regulations on the Composition and Labelling of Meat Products
5 February 2003 CONTAMINANTS - The Draft Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2003
27 January 2003 ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS - Final Consultation on Animal By-Product Rules
22 January 2003 WASTE FOOD - Consultation on Waste Food Task Force report
21 January 2003 BSE - Specified Risk Material found in Spanish beef
17 January 2003 ADDITIVES - Amendment to the Sweeteners In Food Regulations 1995 (as amended) to permit temporary national authorisation of a new sweetener 'salt of aspartame - acesulfame' in the UK
13 January 2003 BSE - Specified Risk Material found in Spanish beef
9 January 2003 ENFORCEMENT - Food Standards Agency conducts audits of local councils aimed at improving the formal enforcement of food legislation
2 January 2003 BSE - Specified Risk Material found in Irish beef