Food Safety

Animal Drug Bute Found In Asda Corned Beef

PA | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK

Asda is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of veterinary drug phenylbutazone were found in some batches. The Food Standar...

Kit Kat Chunky Bars Recalled By Nestle After 'Plastic' Found Inside Chocolate

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK

Nestle has recalled four varieties of Kit Kat Chunky bars after pieces of plastic were found by seven people. The company said the 48 gram Peanut B...

Mum's Not Happy With Iceland

PA | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK

A supermarket has apologised after a seven-year-old girl found a clump of hair in a home-cooked lasagne made with a packet of beef mince. Trudy Sto...

Bad Captain Bird's Eye...

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK

Beef products sold by Birds Eye, Taco Bell and catering supplier Brakes have been found to contain horse DNA in the latest round of tests carried out ...

Horse DNA Found In School Burger

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Horse DNA has been found in a frozen burger in a school kitchen in Scotland, making the institution the latest to be affected by the horse meat scanda...

Horse Meat Saga - Crisis Planning Key to Unbridled Disaster

Gary Hibberd | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK
Gary Hibberd

The need for crisis management has never been greater for the food industry. So what does the current horse meat debacle tell us about the right and wrong ways to tackle crisis management?

The Beef About Horse Meat

European Parliament Web Team | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK Politics
European Parliament Web Team

This is about much more than Black Beauty ending up on a plate. If people have indeed been peddling horse meat as beef it is also conceivable they have been playing fast and loose with rules designed to protect consumer health

MPs Call For Improved Food Testing In Wake Of Horse Meat Scandal

PA | Posted 14.02.2013 | UK Politics

MPs have called for more testing of food safety and composition, describing the scale of contamination in the meat supply chain as "breathtaking". ...

Saying 'Neigh' to Meat Should Go Beyond Horses

Mimi Bekhechi | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Mimi Bekhechi

Shock and outrage continue to grow, as every day seems to bring revelations of horsemeat being discovered in a new food product. And rightly so: Horses are smart, sensitive animals who deserve far better than to meet their end with a bolt gun.

Are Food and Drinks Companies Feeding Us Nonsense?

Nigel Salter | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK
Nigel Salter

Strangely enough, according to some commentators, the health impacts of this scandal could actually have been positive, with the lean horsemeat making the burgers healthier. But somehow I don't think this was done with our health in mind.

Horse Meat Found In Beef Burgers In UK and Ireland

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK

Horse meat has been found in beef burger products, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The beef burger products which tested positiv...

The Illegal Shellfish Trade That Threatens Our Health

Andrew Wasley | Posted 30.07.2012 | UK
Andrew Wasley

A highly lucrative underground trade in shellfish is putting the health of consumers at risk with tonnes of potentially contaminated seafood feared to be entering the food chain. That's the worrying finding of a joint investigation by The Ecologist magazine and The Independent newspaper.