Food Hazard Warnings

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Food Hazard Warnings are a system for alerting the public and local enforcement authorities to national or regional problems concerning food which fails to comply with food safety requirements or involves compositional problems.

Where a problem has occurred food is normally withdrawn through voluntary action of the food companies.  The local authority acts on advise via the Food Standards Agency to ensure that this takes place and food is withdrawn by communicating with the suppliers, wholesalers, retailers as necessary and with the general public in the form of a press release, local radio or information displayed in store at the point of sale for the particular product.  Enforcement action is available where companies do not comply with the voluntary withdrawal procedure.

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