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Social housing residents are being challenged to become the capital’s best community food growers in the Edible Estates competition launched by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Capital Growth.

On 28th September, Ethical Eats, the London based network of sustainable restaurant and catering businesses, is giving punters a chance to sample four independent eateries serving up great (and sustainable) food.

The Children's Food Campaign warns that the Advertising Standards Authority's plans to cover non-paid-for marketing on company and social networking sites are too weak to protect children from junk food marketers.

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

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.

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.

Ella?s Kitchen has withdrawn certain batches and date codes of its baby food because of possible microbial spoilage inside the straw of the packets. The microorganisms that have been identified are harmless.

The Agency has published the results of sampling and surveillance, during 2009/10 of food and feed imported into the UK. The Agency provides support for local authorities and port health authorities to carry out this sampling.

The Agency has been notified that meat from an over thirty month (OTM) heifer imported from Switzerland has entered the food supply without being tested for BSE.

The Agency's local authority audit report for Rotherham is now available online.

The third issue of Bite, the quarterly magazine produced by the Agency to tackle challenging food safety-related topics, is available online and should provide mouth-watering reading for anyone with an interest in meat safety.

The Veterinary Residues Committee is holding an open meeting at 10.30am on Wednesday 13 October at the National Railway Museum in York.

The Agency is commissioning an evaluation and comparison of third party assurance schemes that focus on food and feed hygiene and standards.

The agenda for next Wednesday's FSA open Board meeting has been published. The meeting is being held in Aberdeen on 15 September 2010. It will begin at 9am and will be chaired by Agency Chair Jeff Rooker. You can attend in person or watch it live online.

Sainsbury?s is recalling its Freefrom brand Rich Fruit Cake Slices with a ?best before? date of 4 November 2010, because the product contains low levels of wheat gluten, which isn?t mentioned on the product label. This makes the product a possible health risk to anyone with a gluten intolerance or an allergy to or intolerance of wheat. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert.

From today, there are changes being made to which Government departments have responsibility for food labelling policy.

Sainsbury?s is recalling its Freefrom brand Rich Fruit Cake Slices with a ?best before? date of 4 November 2010, because the product contains low levels of wheat gluten, which isn?t mentioned on the product label. This makes the product a possible health risk to anyone with a gluten intolerance or an allergy to or intolerance of wheat. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert.