Food Safety

Unsafe food product recalls increase by 40 per cent

Last year saw a 40 per cent increase in recalls of unsafe food products in the UK, according to law firm RPC, amid rising concerns over poorly-labelled foods causing allergy-related deaths. Last year there were 203 recalls of unsafe food products compared to 145 the previous year. RPC said that there were 110 food recalls specifically related to allergy risks in 2017/2018, up 31 per cent from 84 in the prior year.