date:Dec 13, 2013
Almost a year on from the horsemeat scandal, a British Government-funded report has recommended the establishment of a specialist food crime unit.
The review, chaired by Professor Chris Elliott of the Institute for Global Food Security in Belfast, identified a range of weaknesses across the existing food controls that have left consumers vulnerable to fraud.
As a result, he has called on the Government to set up a unit, which could be hosted by the Foods Standards Agency, who would have the p