Posted by Andrew Wadge on 04 April 2012 in Science, safety and health
For most of us, a bout of food poisoning – though extremely unpleasant – is inconvenient rather than life threatening. But those with suppressed immune systems, whether due to illness, chronic disease, medication, increasing age or pregnancy, are more likely to suffer from food poisoning and also to suffer serious consequences as a result.
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 18 October 2011 in Science in Government
I was fortunate to be asked to speak at EFSA about independence and scientific decision-making – and how we’ve used this to build trust in food safety in the UK. Just being given the opportunity to talk about this subject is a nod to the success that we have had here.
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Posted by Terrence Collis on 12 October 2011 in Science, safety and health
We love a good robust debate here at the FSA and few subjects bring out the ‘robustness’ of people’s views like a discussion on GM crops. So to ensure that a range of views get an airing our latest edition of Bite Magazine is a GM special.
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Posted by Terrence Collis on 27 September 2011 in Science, safety and health
Judging by its press release it seems we’ve upset the National Farmers’ Union. The Agency’s Board decided not to support relaxing the ban on processed animal proteins (PAP) in feed, and the NFU is extremely disappointed. So disappointed it not only plans to challenge the decision, but has written to the agriculture minister to raise concerns over how the decision was reached.
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 31 August 2011 in Science in Government
We really value the expertise of our independent Social Science Research Committee. It helps us when we’re developing our policies and advice to make sure we’re taking account of how people and organisations think and behave. If you want to find out more about what the committee has been doing during the past year you can read their latest annual report at http://ssrc.food.gov.uk/
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Posted by Andrew Wadge on 11 August 2011 in Science in Government
For those of you interested in the science behind our work on foodborne disease, I thoroughly recommend a read of the latest report of our Advisory Committee on Microbiological Safety of Food at: http://acmsf.food.gov.uk/acmsfreps/acmsfannualreports
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