Feb 7th, 2022
3 mins
On 20th January, we attended an FSA led Food Industry Liaison Group (FILG) meeting where we received the latest updates from the Incidents and Resilience Team.
One area we always cover at that meeting is what is referred to as ‘complex signals’. This is information that has been gathered from sources globally, highlighting potential and emerging issues relating to food, feed, and food contact materials.
The FSA have kindly allowed us to share with members a summary of the complex signals discussed, which amongst other things includes:
- Mustard contamination of wheat crops
- Ethylene oxide contamination of various products
- Increase in foreign body incidents
You can access the complex signals summary for January 2022 here
The FSA are also asking for your help in a couple of specific areas:
- The FSA is sampling leafy veg for lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic and would welcome any data you willing to share.
- Following concerns about the availability for commercial tests for Ethylene oxide and Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) the FSA would find it useful to have a wider understanding of the food analysis landscape, including any issues faced by industry. All feedback on this would be most welcome including any detail on samples being lost when sent outside the country.
Please send any information on the above to deniserion@bfff.co.uk and we will happily collate and feed back to the FSA on your behalf. Note: all information will be anonymised unless you expressly wish your identity to be divulged.
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