Posts Tagged ‘Food Safety’
Metal Contaminated UK Food Recalls 2024
There were fourteen (14) food alerts issued by the UK’s Food Standards Agency relating to metal contaminated food in 2024. These alerts are only raised when the presence of metal poses a potential risk to the consumer. The metal contaminated food products were produced by a wide range of suppliers, many of whom provide foods…
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In the first four months of 2024, the UK Food Standards Agency issued four (4) alerts regarding metal contamination in food products that had reached the public, just one less than the five reported in the whole of 2023. The metal contaminated food products were supplied by leading UK supermarkets including Lidl and Asda, as…
Read More53 UK Metal Contaminated Food Recalls in 2023
In 2023, the UK Food Standards Agency issued five (5) alerts relating to 53 separate products regarding metal contamination in food products that had reached the public. This was down from ten (10) in 2022 and the same number as in 2021. The metal-contaminated food products were supplied by leading UK supermarkets, including Tesco, Asda,…
Read More51 Metal Contaminated Food Products Recalls
In August 2023, the UK’s Food Standards Agency reported the recalling of 51 separate food products due to concerns about metal contamination. The food product recalls affected some of the UK’s largest supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Aldi. In each case, the Food Standards Agency’s risk statements reports that ‘these products may contain pieces…
Read MoreMetal In Food Alerts 2022
In 2022, the UK Food Standards Agency issued ten (10) alerts regarding metal-contaminated food products that had reached the public. This was up from five (5) in 2021. The metal-contaminated food products were supplied by companies at various stages in the food supply chain, including leading UK supermarkets such as Tesco and Co-Op, as well…
Read MoreMetal Contaminated Dairy Products
The UK Food Standards Agency has reported that Yoplait UK has recalled Yoplait Frubes Strawberry, Red Berry and Peach Variety Pack because the product may contain small pieces of metal (January 2022). Small metal pieces have been found in the peach flavour within the multipack, which makes this product unsafe to eat. Food Standards Agency…
Read MoreGetting Metal Out of Grain and Cereals
By the time grain and cereals have been collected and delivered to a Milling Plant, it is highly likely that there is metal contamination present. Removing that metal to prevent damage to processing equipment and produce the highest quality end-product is essential and achieved with a series of different designs of Magnetic Separators and Metal…
Read MoreGetting Metal Out of Spices
Most households have a collection of spices in one of their kitchen cupboards. Adding spices to food when cooking is not only a common practice, but essential for most culinary enthusiasts. But how are the spices processed and prepared? Spices are commonly grown in the tropical regions of the world, with some thriving in the…
Read MoreGetting Metal Out of Beer
Thankfully, it is very unlikely that you will ever find a piece of metal in your glass of beer. However, when tramp metal (in the form of screws, nails, broken process plant, etc.) is accidentally introduced during the brewing process, it damages processing equipment and can even affect the taste of the beer. In this…
Read MoreGetting Metal Out of Pet Food
Ensuring Pet Food is metal free before it reaches the consumer is critical. However, reports of foods being recalled due to metal contamination occur several times each year. To assist processors and producers, Bunting has developed a series of typical plant flowsheets showing proposed locations for Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors including a typical Pet Food Processing Plant.…
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