Scientists have developed a new method to detect traces of pork and horsemeat in ‘halal’ meat, including beef, chicken and lamb, amid the recent controversy over the horsemeat scandal in Europe. The new method has been developed by scientists at ...
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UK: FSA begins hunt for foreign foods labelled as British
By Julia Glotz, The Grocer One year on from the horsemeat scandal, the Food Standards Agency has its eyes on a new potential food authenticity issue: foods from outside the UK being labelled as British. The regulator is about to ...
Read More »UK: Aldi apologises for mislabelled turkey crown
Aldi has apologised to consumers after boxes of its frozen Oakhurst turkey crowns had been mislabelled as halal-accredited. An Aldi customer, Pip Singh, contacted the discounter earlier in December, putting up a photograph of a cardboard box of Oakhurst turkey crowns together with the term ‘halal’ written on the side on its Facebook page. Aldi’s initial response to ...
Read More »UK: Alert – Walkers packaging error means some products no longer suitable for halal
We have been advised by Walkers that due to a packaging error, there are a very small number of Sensations Lime & Coriander Chutney flavour Poppadoms packs in market that are incorrectly filled with another product. This means that the ...
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