Chief Executive appointed at UK’s Food Standards Agency
Katie Pettifer has been appointed as the permanent Chief Executive of the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Katie has served as the FSA’s interim Chief...
Drinks giant fined half a million pounds after worker sustains serious...
An international drinks manufacturer has been fined half a million pounds after an employee sustained burns to over 30% of his body.
The mechanical engineer...
Hygiena acquires Nexcor Food Safety Technologies
Hygiena, a food safety and environmental diagnostics firm, has completed the acquisition of Nexcor Food Safety Technologies, Inc., the creator of KLEANZ and CAMS-PM,...
Mérieux NutriSciences to acquire worldwide food testing business of Bureau Veritas
Mérieux NutriSciences has entered into an agreement to acquire the food testing business of Bureau Veritas for an Enterprise Value of €360 million.
This strategic...
Groundbreaking sandbox programme announced for cell-cultivated products
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has won a bid to run a programme designed to make sure cell-cultivated products are safe for consumers to...
Sandwich bread baker fined after worker loses finger
A bakery has been fined more than £360,000 after one of its employees lost a finger in machinery at a site in Northamptonshire.
Jacksons Bakery,...
LOMA appoints its first global marketing director
Loma Systems, the global leader in inspection technologies for food quality and safety, has appointed its first-ever global marketing director, Samantha Neves, making a...
AMP’s TotalClean CIP Systems redefine industrial cleaning
Automated Material Processing (AMP), comprising industry leaders Kason Corporation and Marion Process Solutions, has recently introduced its TotalClean Clean-in-Place (CIP) systems. These innovative CIP...
Multi-national food company fined £360,000 after worker loses fingers
A multi-national food company has been fined more than £300,000 after one of its workers lost four fingers on his right hand while unblocking...
Investigation results in £50,000 fine for food business which faked disease...
A food business owner has been fined following a successful prosecution by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). An investigation by the FSA’s National Food...
