Most recent press releases
Food experts come to Aberdeen
Friday 29 October 2010
Members of the public will be able to raise any food-related issues that affect them at the Scottish Food Advisory Committee (SFAC) meeting on Wednesday 3 November 2010.
Food experts come to Aberdeen
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Members of the public will be able to raise any food-related issues that affect them at the Scottish Food Advisory Committee (SFAC) meeting on Friday 10 September.
Minister for Public Health and Sport launches primary school resources for Children at the Dundee Flower and Food Festival
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Press Launch/Photocall: 13:00 hours, Friday 3 September, The Events Marquee
Food experts come to Dundee
Monday 5 July 2010
Members of the public will be able to raise any food-related issues that affect them at the Scottish Food Advisory Committee (SFAC) meeting on Wednesday 7 July.
New guide on Country of Origin Labelling
Friday 25 June 2010
A new consumer guide for country of origin information on food labels has been launched today.
Food fun for all at Royal Highland Show
Monday 21 June 2010
Press Launch/Photocall: 15:45 hours, Thursday 24 June, The Food Standards Agency Stand in the Food Hall on Avenue LH
Food Safety Week – safe outdoor eating
Monday 7 June 2010
Food Safety Week starts today (7 – 13 June) and with many people likely to have barbecues or be eating outdoors, the Food Standards Agency is reminding everyone that food bugs can cause misery to consumers.
Agency reminds parents of advice on feeding honey to babies
Thursday 3 June 2010
The Food Standards Agency is reminding parents not to feed honey to babies who are under a year old. This follows a confirmed case in the U.K. of the rare but serious illness, infant botulism in mid-May this year.
Festival visitors can join Aberdeen Football Club to learn about food safety and healthy eating
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Consumers visiting this weekend’s Taste of Grampian Food Festival will be able to find out how to avoid food poisoning and eat more healthily by visiting the Food Standards Agency in Scotland’s interactive stand in the Exchange Hall.
Local businesses achieve Food Standards Agency Eatsafe Award
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Charles Milne, Director of Food Standards Agency in Scotland and Ian Robertson, Aberdeenshire Council Head of Protective Services and Waste Management, will present four Eatsafe awards at the 'Two Fat Laddies' cookery demonstration area in the outdoor arena at the Taste of Grampian Food Festival on 5 June 2010.
Food experts come to Aberdeen
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Members of the public will be able to raise any food-related issues that affect them at the Scottish Food Advisory Committee (SFAC) meeting on Wednesday 2 June.
Food experts come to Dundee
Friday 19 March 2010
Members of the public will be able to raise any food-related issues that affect them at the Scottish Food Advisory Committee (SFAC) meeting on Wednesday 24 March.
Celebrity TV Chef Phil Vickery to work his magic in Glasgow
Friday 12 February 2010
TV Chef Phil Vickery (Ready Steady Cook, This Morning) will work his culinary magic at the Food Standards Agency in Scotland’s award winning cookery demonstration, 'Recipe for Success', at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, on the evening of Tuesday 9 March 2010.
Country of origin information on food labels
Wednesday 27 January 2010
The Food Standards Agency in Scotland (FSAS) has issued a consultation today seeking views on draft guidance for consumers in Scotland on country of origin information on food labels.
Consumers set for another milk revolution?
Monday 18 January 2010
A new survey published today by the Agency, to coincide with the launch of phase 2 of the saturated fat campaign, found that people who regularly use semi-skimmed milk would be happy to switch to drinking an even lower fat milk.
Agency and Scottish Government in discussions with meat industry
Thursday 14 January 2010
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead, met FSA Chair, Lord Jeff Rooker and Charles Milne, Director of FSA in Scotland along with key industry representatives, the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers and the British Meat Producers Association, to discuss modernisation of meat official controls and charging proposals for official controls.