EHOs may charge for inspections

Tom Wall15/05/2013 - 13:00

EHOs will be expected to charge large and medium sized food businesses for hygiene inspections under plans to ensure official controls are adequately funded throughout the European Union. ...

Public Health

PHE call to disinvest from tobacco

Corin Williams15/05/2013 - 13:00

Councils should stop investing £1.6bn through their pension funds in tobacco firms, Public Health England has urged....

Regulation

Unannounced TS visits under threat

Corin Williams15/05/2013 - 13:00

Trading standards officers will be prevented from inspecting premises unless they give prior warning, under new government proposals....

Health and Safety

Ministers reject HSE union candidate

Tom Wall15/05/2013 - 13:00

Unions have accused the government of undermining the independence of the UK’s safety system after ministers refused for the first time ever to appoint a TUC-backed candidate to the HSE board....

Food Safety

Raw milk farmer escapes prosecution

Tom Wall15/05/2013 - 13:00

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has abandoned its prosecution of a farmer who sold raw milk from vending machine in Selfridges flagship food hall in London....