FSS Calendar Competition 2015
September 2015The FSS Calendar Competition 2016 is now open to Scottish primary schools - design a poster about healthy eating or food safety and win lots of great prizes! Enter before 30th October...
View ArticleShellfish Monitoring - 22/09/2015
September 2015Biotoxins.xlsPhytoplankton.xlsE. coli.xlsApprovalsFood PoisoningFood SafetyHealthMonitoringRegulationShellfishShellfish resultsDocumentAll businessFarming & Primary ProductionLocal...
View ArticleCookin Castle
September 2015 Welcome to Cookin Castle!Click here to enter the castleCookin Castle is our new, interactive game to teach children about healthier eating and food safety.About the gamesSet within a...
View ArticleConsultation - Bottled Water
September 2015Consultation on the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 - Responses requested by 16 October 2015.Bottled Water - ANNEX C -...
View ArticleOnline game launched by Food Standards Scotland to improve school kids' diets
23 September 2015Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is calling on schools to embrace its innovative new healthy eating and food safety online resource aimed at helping children improve their diets and food...
View ArticleNew Food Crime Unit to be established for Scotland
24 September 2015A new Scottish Food Crime and Incident Unit (SFCIU) is to be set up by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) to tackle food fraud.At its meeting on 16 September the FSS Board agreed the remit...
View ArticleCertificate of Competence – Assessment Packs - Bovine
September 2015H3SY - Protect bovine welfare in lairage operations.pdfH3T1 - Protect bovine welfare in movement to slaughter.pdfH3T2 - Protect bovine welfare in restraint operations.pdfH3T3 - Protect...
View ArticleCertificate of Competence – Assessment Packs - Ovine/Caprine
September 2015H3TA - Protect ovine caprine welfare in lairage operations.pdfH3TD - Protect ovine caprine welfare in restraint operations.pdfH3TF - Protect ovine caprine welfare in electrical head-only...
View ArticleCertificate of Competence – Assessment Packs - Porcine
September 2015H3TN - Protect porcine welfare in lairage operations.pdfH3TR - Protect porcine welfare in restraint operations.pdfH3TT - Protect porcine welfare in electrical head-only stunning kill...
View ArticleCertificate of Competence – Assessment Packs - Chicken
September 2015H3PJ - Protect chicken welfare in manual electrical stun kill operations.pdfH3PK - Protect chicken welfare in captive bolt stunning operations.pdfH3PL - Protect chicken welfare in manual...
View ArticleShellfish Monitoring - 29/09/2015
September 2015Biotoxins.xlsPhytoplankton.xlsE. coli.xlsApprovalsFood PoisoningFood SafetyHealthMonitoringRegulationShellfishShellfish resultsDocumentAll businessFarming & Primary ProductionLocal...
View ArticleOrigin of meat - Consultation on the Country of origin of Certain Meats
October 2015Origin of meat - Consultation on the Country of origin of Certain Meats (Scotland) Regulations 2015 - responses requested by 18 December 2015.Origin of Meats - Annex A and Consultation...
View ArticleOrigin of meat - Consultation on the Country of origin of Certain Meats
October 2015Origin of meat - Consultation on the Country of origin of Certain Meats (Scotland) Regulations 2015 - responses requested by 18 December 2015.Origin of Meats - Annex A and Consultation...
View ArticleFood Standard Scotland Advice on Carrier Bag Re-use
05 October 2015As England today joins the rest of the UK in charging for single use of carrier bags, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is reminding the public of how to avoid spreading bacteria through...
View ArticleAdvice To Consumers Regarding Certain Raw Venison Products
05 October 2015Epidemiological investigations led by Health Protection Scotland and Scottish Health Boards into an outbreak of E coli O157 have pointed to a link with certain raw venison products...
View ArticleShellfish Monitoring - 06/10/2015
October 2015Biotoxins.xlsPhytoplankton.xlsE. coli.xlsApprovalsFood PoisoningFood SafetyHealthMonitoringRegulationShellfishShellfish resultsDocumentAll businessFarming & Primary ProductionLocal...
View ArticleApproved Premises Register - October 2015
October 2015Authorities in all European Union Member States have to approve establishments that handle, prepare or produce products of animal origin, according to Regulation (EC) 853/2004Types of...
View ArticleMinutes from Intersessional meeting - 07 July
October 2015Minutes from Intersessional meeting - 07 July 2015.pdfBoardCorporateFood SafetyFood StandardsHealthMonitoringRegulationMeetingDocumentAll businessConsumers
View ArticleReview of the currently available field methods for detection of marine...
October 2015Seafood Safety AssessmentMcLeod, C This project was funded by Food Standards Scotland and Food Standards Agency to review the status of currently available rapid, field testing methods for...
View ArticleCritical review of the current evidence for the use indicator shellfish...
November 2014 Seafood Safety Assessment McLeod, C.The aim of this project was to critically review and assess the current and most up-to-date available evidence base on feasibility of the use of a...
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