Buyers reject tougher tests on food
29 August 2012
Purchasers have criticised proposals to increase the testing of food ingredients as unnecessary and likely to drive up supply chain costs.
Their views follow the highly publicised campaign to remove more than 400 products from shelves across the UK after a banned and potentially harmful dye, Sudan-1, was found in food.
Following the scare, the Food Standards Agency, which oversees issues of food safety, said it will review its requirements for tests to see whether they should be enhanced or...