Unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the business-to-business food supply chain

Question for written answer to the Commission - 6th November 2014 - Alyn Smith (Verts/ALE) Over the past month there has been a series of allegations made against the UK supermarket chain Tesco. The UK Government’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an official criminal investigation into Tesco, taking over from an already existent investigation by the … Continue reading Unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the business-to-business food supply chain

Food recalls in EU – Week 6/2015

This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications: 1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers: - Additives and flavourings: undeclared sulphite (740 mg/kg - ppm) in dried apricots from Poland, following an official control on the market. Notified by United Kingdom; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella enteritidis in … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 6/2015