Food Standards Agency

Celebrity chefs are 'exacerbating' obesity crisis

Wednesday 24 April 2013

Celebrity chefs are "exacerbating" the country's obesity crisis by encouraging people to eat fatty dishes, a new study has claimed.

Asda recalls corned beef after bute found in range

Wednesday 10 April 2013

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

Horse meat found in primary school mince

Friday 29 March 2013

Frozen mince supplied to six Scottish schools has been found to contain horse meat, a council has confirmed.

Tests find horse DNA in frozen meatloaf and pork in halal sausages

Friday 15 March 2013

A supermarket has said a random sample of its meatloaf contained horse meat.

Issues of food fraud are hard for the consumer to swallow

Wednesday 13 March 2013

The revelation that one-third of curry houses north of the Border are guilty of substituting cheap beef for lamb comes as no surprise ("Restaurants serving up cheaper meat in curries", The Herald, March 11).