Food Standards Agency sides with the industry, against the "consumer"
gmfreeman | 06.10.2006 16:13
The UK Food Standards Agency showed again today that its interests lie in protecting "big business" and that it is not interested in protecting the "consumer".
The European Commission has today acted to take safeguard measures against a UK dairy, Bowland Dairy Products, as reported here:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1337&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
There were many problems with the factory. For example:
"There was evidence that raw milk containing antibiotic residues or contaminated with substances such as detergents and dyes was being used to make curd cheese, as was out-of-date milk collected from retail establishments. Bowland was also using mouldy and contaminated cheese (including “floor waste”) to vacuum-pack for sale."
Instead of voting in favour of action, the UK Food Standards Agency abstained from the vote, as reported here:
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2006/oct/dairy
The Food Standards Agency was criticised in the report, which stated:
"...extensive discussions between the Commission and the UK authorities revealed that they took no effective action to ensure that the dairy came into full compliance with EU hygiene and food safety laws."
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1337&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en There were many problems with the factory. For example:
"There was evidence that raw milk containing antibiotic residues or contaminated with substances such as detergents and dyes was being used to make curd cheese, as was out-of-date milk collected from retail establishments. Bowland was also using mouldy and contaminated cheese (including “floor waste”) to vacuum-pack for sale."
Instead of voting in favour of action, the UK Food Standards Agency abstained from the vote, as reported here:
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2006/oct/dairy The Food Standards Agency was criticised in the report, which stated:
"...extensive discussions between the Commission and the UK authorities revealed that they took no effective action to ensure that the dairy came into full compliance with EU hygiene and food safety laws."
gmfreeman