news ~ information ~ links

news

BBC Story Melamine in Chinese Animal Feed

Chinese milk powder - melamine contamination

China's food safety woes - contaminated pet food

Legionnaires outbreak caused by "woefully inadequate" cleaning

BBC Story - phthalates in toys

Phthalate-containing toys - summary of EU legislation

BBC Story Healthy Living Strategy launched

Channel 4 Dispatches Programme The Truth about Your Food

information

Food Standards Agency Annual Report of Incidents 2007

Food Standards Agency - Annual Report of Incidents 2006

Trading Standards Central (UK site) Product Recall Information

Organic Food? Pesticides Residue Committee

NetRegs - Guiding small businesses through environmental regulations

British Standards StandardsUK

European UK Consumer Centre UKECC.net

Howard, the shopping assistant owl, solving your problems

Starting up a food business - What you need to know

Consumer advice leaflets - your rights and advice

Business advice leaflets from Trading Standards Central

links

DTI Tip Off site for reporting Rogue Traders Rip Off Tip Off

The Year of Food and Farming Website

Improving Community Health and Well-being Food Vision

About water pollution water pollution site

Trading Standards Tour of the World!

Argentina International Life Sciences Institute

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Canada - Health Canada

Canada Consumer Information Gateway

China 2008 Food Safety Conference

China article about food safety

France Food Safety Authority

Germany Institute for Risk Assessment

Hungary Hungarian Food Safety Office

India Food Safety India

Ireland Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Japan Food Safety Commission Japan (site has English translations)

New Zealand Ministry of Consumer Affairs

Pakistan Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

Pakistan Consumer Rights Commision of Pakistan

Pakistan Food Safety Legislation Report

Poland Association of Polish Consumers

South Africa Department of Health Information

Thailand Thai Food and Drug Administration

USA: Consumer Regulation information from the federal government Consumer.gov

USA US Consumer Product Safety Commission

USA Department of Agriculture USDA

US Food and Drug Administration UD FDA

Global Sites

Consumers International - Global campaigning consumer charity

Food Law around the world - University of Reading links to countries

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's I n t e r n a t i o n a l Portal on Food Safety and Animal Health

Safe Food International site managed by the Canadian Government

International Council of Toy Industries Toy Safety Standards Around the World