Search tagged food standards agency

Local government conference hears that UNISON needs to build recruitment in the agency

In the letter, Christina McAnea calls on Jeremy Hunt to review the guidance which governs pay for EA, FSA and CQC members

Proposed changes by the Food Standards Agency also risk the jobs of UNISON members who are integral to meat hygiene

Securing fair pay for hard-working members is UNISON’s top priority, as general secretary urges members to make sure their voices are heard

In partnership with Steve Nash, a campaigner whose six-year-old daughter Joanna died of E Coli, UNISON handed in a petition of 216,938 signatures to the Food Standards Agency

Local government pledges continued campaign against privatisation and deregulation of meat hygiene service

Dozens of meat hygiene inspectors will be hired

The FSA must act now and take on more directly-employed meat inspectors

As Christmas approaches, UNISON is highlighting the importance of keeping the meat we eat hygienic by making sure slaughterhouses continue to be inspected by well-trained state-employed meat hygiene inspectors and official veterinarians

As the Food Standards Agency proposes loosening the regulation of meat, UNISON is working with change.org and the family of a food poisoning victim, to fight back

The film - Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food - can be found on YouTube and on the UNISON website at […]

UK consumers face a heightened risk of food poisoning from chicken purchased in supermarkets and restaurants if independent meat inspectors are removed from slaughterhouses

UNISON has blasted EU plans that could allow abscesses and tumours from sick animals to be included in the meat products that people eat

Successful mass rally over Northumberland council car allowance scheme

In the wake of the Horsemeat scandal, UNISON has written to the Chair of the Food Standards Agency, and FSA Board Members, to ask for a meeting to discuss the Agency’s on-going policy of de-regulating meat inspection in the UK. Now is not the time to be cutting back on independent meat inspection, which is what protects consumers from contaminated meat. Read more here…