UN Body Strengthens Regulation of Food Product
10/7/12 www.thisdaylive.com
FAO Headquarters
Crusoe Osagie
The United Nations food standards body has introduced new regulations on food safety standard in order to protect the health of consumers across the world, noting that the new regulation will include the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula for babies.
OIC picks Esma as regulator for halal cosmetics
12/6/12 gulfnews.com
Esma to regulate new unified halal codes for perfumes and cosmetics in Islamic countries from next year
EU urged to end “excessive” ritual slaughter
17/5/12 www.europolitics.info
Behalal comments: It was a matter of time when this (“excessive”) raised it’s head as another attempt to control the production of halal and kosher meat from religious slaughter methods. The over production is from pre-stunning methods which produce much higher yields. Assumptions have been drawn that halal means religious when this is not the case in practise.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) who conducted a survey into animal welfare in slaughterhouses in September said its own figures showed most animals were stunned before being killed. A spokesman said: “The results indicate that the number of animals not stunned prior to slaughter is relatively low, accounting for 3% of cattle, 10% of sheep and goats, and 4% of poultry.
“They also show that the majority of animals destined for the halal trade in both the red and white meat sectors are stunned before slaughter.”
The FSA said full details of the survey would be published ahead of a discussion at a board meeting on 22 May and these figures dispel the myth of over production of religious slaughtered meat.
UK: Food labelling consultation launched
16/5/12 www.dh.gov.uk
Choosing healthier foods could be made easier thanks to a UK-wide consultation on front-of-pack labelling launched 14th May 2012.
UK: Update on products free of colours associated with hyperactivity
6/1/12 www.food.gov.uk/
The Agency has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children. » read moreFood firms could find loophole in EFSA health laws
21/10/11
Food producers may still be able to make unverified health claims about their products, despite tougher European regulations coming into force early next year.
India: Religion ‘forces’ change in bill
10/7/11
EU: Food labelling: What does it say on the tin?
7/7/11
UK: Mother warns of food label ‘allergy advice’ mistakes
18/6/11 BBC news
Scotland: Halal Food Authority under scrutiny
3/6/11 blog.scotlandforanimals.org
Scotland for Animals have learned as a result of our complaint that the Food Standards Agency are to approach the Halal Food Authority regarding their certification criteria.
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UK: New supermarkets ombudsman may not start work until 2013
11/5/11 www.independent.co.uk
By James Thompson
Published Monday, 9 May 2011
UK: Dirty fridges, out of date milk and packaging gnawed by rodents at Halal butchers shop
www.northamptonchron.co.uk
Published on Thursday 5 May 2011
INSPECTORS found a catalogue of hygiene breaches at a Northampton shop, including dirty fridges, out-of-date milk on sale, and mouse droppings in bags of food, a court heard.
UK: New labelling scheme to make clear the difference between ‘best before and ‘use by’
18/4/11 www.telegraph.co.uk
By Louise Gray
Consumers will be encouraged to adopt a “sniff it and see” approach to old food under Government plans to cut waste.
UK: Consumer Focus Wales’ food hygiene rating concern
22/3/11 www.bbc.co.uk
UK: All health and safety laws reviewed
21/3/11 The Press Association
The Government is to review all health and safety laws with a view to scrapping any that put an “unnecessary” burden on business, it has been announced.
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