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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
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FSS Support for the Eatwell Guide
The Eatwell Guide is based on scientific evidence which has been carefully reviewed by independent experts, without outside influence or bias.
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Food Standards Scotland launches ‘Pink Chicken’ BBQ Food Safety Campaign
As temperatures in Scotland rise and more people barbecue and eat food outdoors, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has today (Friday, 17 June 2016) launched its Summer BBQ food safety campaign: ‘Nothing spoils summer like Pink Chicken’.
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Food Standards Scotland appoints first Chief Scientific Adviser
Scotland’s food body, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has appointed top academic, Professor Norval Strachan as its first Chief Scientific Adviser.
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Charcuterie Continental recalls several of its “MacTavish” and “Twechar Fine Foods” products due to a labelling error
Charcuterie Continental has recalled several of its “MacTavish” and its “Twechar Fine Foods” products due to a labelling error. The products were labelled with ‘best before’ dates where they should have been labelled with ‘use by’ dates.
Food alert - Scotland
Charcuterie Continental recalls a batch of its MacTavish branded Cooked sliced Silverside of Beef and its cooked sliced Honey Ham due to a labelling error
Charcuterie Continental has recalled a batch of its MacTavish branded Cooked sliced 80% Silverside of Beef and a batch of its Honey Ham because they have been incorrectly labelled with a ‘best before’ date where they should have a ‘use by’ date of 29 April 2016.
