Dr Henrietta Campbell has been appointed as the new Board member for Northern Ireland and as the Chair of the Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee (NIFAC).

The Agency has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children.

As Muslims observe Ramadan, the FSA advises that people should consider avoiding drinking bottled water described or labelled as Zam Zam water. This is because tests have shown ?Zam Zam? water sold in the UK, or brought into the UK for personal consumption, contains high levels of arsenic or nitrates.

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) has invited highly qualified scientists in a wide range of scientific fields and with expertise in carrying out scientific risk assessments, to apply to join two of its Scientific Panels.

The Food Standards Agency, Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government are jointly inviting people to share their views on the European Commission's 'TSE Roadmap 2' and the accompanying Commission staff working document. Although the roadmap contains no specific proposals or timetable for change, it identifies areas where changes could be made to TSE measures in the future.

The Food Standards Agency is reminding caterers to make sure chicken livers are handled hygienically and cooked thoroughly when used in products such as pâté or parfait. This follows a number of outbreaks of campylobacter food poisoning linked with chicken liver products where the livers may have been undercooked.

Joan Walley, MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, today launched a campaign for legally binding standards to improve public sector food

The Food Standards Agency has today published the proceedings of an international meeting it hosted to identify and prioritise key interventions to reduce campylobacter in chicken in the UK.

A Children's Food Campaign letter from 30 national organisations warns Health Secretary Andrew Lansley about the dangers of introducing policies that will undermine children's health.

The final review, of restrictions on the television advertising of food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar has shown that, while the rules are reducing the amount of junk food advertising children see, they have been less effective than predicted.

Asda has withdrawn its own-brand milk chocolate because chocolate containing nuts has been wrongly packed into milk chocolate packaging. The label does not state that the chocolate contains nuts, which means the product is a possible health risk to anyone with a nut allergy. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert.

The Real Bread Campaign is pleased that the Advertising Standards Authority has upheld its complaint against a misleading Tescos claim.

The Prime Minister's announcement that responsibility for nutrition policy will move from the Food Standards Agency back to a Government Department may be welcomed by the food industry, but it is not good for children's health.

Children’s food campaigners are delighted by the signficant increase in children and young people eating healthy school meals, shown in official figures released by the School Food Trust.

The Children's Food Campaign vows to fight to protect children from junk food marketing following Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's backing for business involvement in health promotion programmes.

Children’s Food Campaigners have described as 'alarming' Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s criticisms of the healthy school meals initiative championed by health charities, children’s groups, and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

A letter opposing the recently announced cuts to plans to make free school meals available to every primary school child living in poverty has been sent to Education Secretary Michael Gove by a coalition of health, education and anti-poverty organisations.

With the school summer term approaching, Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins has put down his spade to call on the Government to ensure that every child has the chance to have a go at growing their own while at school.

The Agency has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children.

As Muslims observe Ramadan, the FSA advises that people should consider avoiding drinking bottled water described or labelled as Zam Zam water. This is because tests have shown ?Zam Zam? water sold in the UK, or brought into the UK for personal consumption, contains high levels of arsenic or nitrates.