In a keynote speech as part of Food Integrity, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency Emily Miles explains why transparency is such a crucial part of food regulation, and issues some stark reminders of what can happen when transparency is eroded.
Emily Miles explains how the FSA was born out of several food crises, including the so-called mad-cow disease outbreak
Food integrity continues to be a high-profile topic of discussion. Over the last year, the food industry and its regulators have had to meet the challenges of COVID-19 to help the UK maintain a safe supply of food. Since January, we have also had to manage the impact of the end of the Transition Period and navigate our new relationship with the EU.
Leading scientists are calling on the Government to remove all coronavirus restrictions and allow people to ‘take back control of their own lives’ when the ‘roadmap’ to freedom ends in June.
With real-world data showing vaccines reduce the risk of death by 98 per cent and hospitalisations by more than 80 per cent, the experts say Covid-19 is being turned into a ‘mild’ disease in Britain, akin to the flu.
In an open letter to The Mail on Sunday, they criticise ‘confused and contradictory’ messages from Ministers and scientific advisers about the virus, which they say are exaggerating the real threat.
The signatories of the letter include Carl Heneghan - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Science has proved Boris Johnson wrong – vaccines are reducing deaths and cases
Study reveals stark difference in figures for elderly people who have been vaccinated compared to those who have not
Thankfully, less than 24 hours later, science had proved the Prime Minister wrong.
New research from NHS England and the University of Manchester showed the stark difference in cases, admissions and deaths for elderly people who had been vaccinated compared to those who had not.
In a large study involving more than 170,000 people, researchers had scrupulously case-matched participants to make sure the results were not skewed by underlying conditions, sex or geographical location.