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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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Food Standards Scotland - E. coli outbreak
As of 5 September 2016, the Incident Management Team investigating the E. coli outbreak linked to certain batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese declared the outbreak to be over and in accordance with procedure, has stood down.
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Errington Cheese instigates precautionary recall of Dunsyre Blue Cheese batch E24 as it may contain shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
Errington Cheese has instigated a precautionary recall of Dunsyre Blue cheese from a specific batch E24 because it may contain STEC
Food alert - Scotland
Errington Cheese Ltd instigates precautionary recall of Batch E24 of Dunsyre Blue Cheese
Errington Cheese Ltd has instigated a precautionary recall of batch E24 of Dunsyre Blue cheese as it may contain shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), a type of bacteria that is potentially harmful to health.
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Statement from Food Standards Scotland regarding the recent E. coli O157 Outbreak
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has been part of a multi-agency Incident Management Team (IMT), chaired by Health Protection Scotland, which has been investigating an outbreak of E.coli O157 in Scotland. (E. coli O157 is one of a group of harmful bacteria known as Shiga toxin E. coli or STEC.)
Continue reading Statement from Food Standards Scotland regarding the recent E. coli O157 Outbreak
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Food Standards Scotland encourages people in Scotland to be snack smart as its launches its first healthy eating campaign
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has today (5 September 2016) launched a thought-provoking healthy eating campaign aimed at encouraging people in Scotland to reduce the number of unhealthy snacks we eat.
