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Products for food contact

Into: General product safety Product categories Household products Household safety tips

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for ensuring the public is adequately protected against chemicals that might transfer into your food from these materials, causing you harm or affecting the quality of your food. Food contact materials and articles are those that, in their finished state, are intended to come into contact with food. Examples of food contact materials and articles include food packaging, cookware, cutlery, tableware, work surfaces and food processing machinery (...) Read more

Packaging , Food

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How much do you know about imitation food?

Into: General product safety Dangerous imitations Products resembling food

Quiz , Food

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Preventing poisoning

Into: Keep yourself safe Home and garden safety

Poisoning or chemical burns can be prevented storing medicines and household chemicals out of sight and out of reach of children, preferably in a secure, high-level kitchen cupboard. Avoid poisoning and chemical burns by storing chemicals for use in garage or garden safely out of sight and out of reach of children, preferably in a secure cabinet. Prevent accidental poisoning or injuries to yourself or others by carefully following manufacturers instructions when using weed killers, (...) Read more

Allergy , Food , Poison

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Preventing choking and suffocation

Into: Keep yourself safe Home and garden safety

Preventing food related accidents Young children should be supervised at mealtimes and not given sweets or and other food while playing reduce the risk of choking on food. Certain foods can cause particular problems. Reconstituted meat such as hot dogs or burgers can be difficult for young children to swallow. Raw vegetables can also pose a choking risk and should be cut into small strips. Boiled sweets and nuts – particularly peanuts - are also frequent causes of choking and should not (...) Read more

Childcare , Food , Toys

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