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The European Commission, DG Sante has announced a public stakeholder consultation regarding measures to prevent the presence of the Tomato brown rugose fruit vi...
Notification has been received today from Defra "There has been an IT incident relating to an external provider on the evening of 8 October. The issue has now b...
The FSA and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have just published the latest ‘Our Food’ report, which reviews food standards across the UK for 2023. This is the thi...
When sending parcels to other businesses, please be aware that these parcel movements are subject to the same import controls that apply to other commercial imp...
Guidance has been developed to support trade regarding safe and effective packaging and loading of loose loads (plants and plant products) to ensure that effici...
Ware potato exporters can now use the Plant Health Exports Audited Trader Scheme (PHEATS) to help with their exports. PHEATS is a trade facilitation scheme for...
This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on outdoor vegetable crops in Scotland during 2023. https://www.gov.scot/publicati......
There is a current and ongoing outbreak of Salmonella umbilo reported both in RASFF notifications as positive tests and as public health issues . As of late Sep...
The European Commission has issued a mandate sent to EFSA and ECDE for a rapid outbreak assessment regarding multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona inf...
The FSA Retail Surveillance Sampling programme is targeted at areas of known or potential food safety risk. The survey took place from July 2023 to January 2024...
This article applies to all four administrations of the UK To prepare businesses for the implementation of the packaging EPR scheme, the four UK administrations...
FPC received confirmation from Defra on 25th September 2024 relating to the inspection frequencies for Non-woody plants being imported into the UK. The statemen...
