Food Alerts

Food Alerts 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 food composition requests.

When a problem of this type occurs, the product is normally removed from sale voluntarily by food manufacturers and retailers. The Council's Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) act on advice from the Food Standards Agency to ensure that this takes place, through communicating with suppliers, wholesalers and retailers as necessary.

EHOs also take steps to inform the public about food alerts through press releases, the Council's website, local radio and information provided at the point of sale. Enforcement action is available where companies do not comply with the voluntary withdrawal procedure.

For information on the latest food alerts, please look at the Food Standards Agency Opens in a new window web site.