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A new supply probe being investigated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) could be "much more serious" than the horse meat scandal, a leading expert has warned.
An FSA probe into cumin imports has led to the recall of two products containing undeclared almond traces, including an alert about a spice mix sold in Morrisons.
Professor Chris Elliott, who led the government inquiry into the horse meat fraud that hit British supermarkets in 2013, said the cases were serious because they threatened the lives of nut allergy sufferers.
Similar cases of cumin-based products have been recalled in the US and Canada for having undeclared peanut traces and Prof Elliott, who called for a dedicated FSA food crime unit to be established, suggested it was due to a crop failure of the spice.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nuts-cumin-swap-kill-fear-060034236.html
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An FSA probe into cumin imports has led to the recall of two products containing undeclared almond traces, including an alert about a spice mix sold in Morrisons.
Professor Chris Elliott, who led the government inquiry into the horse meat fraud that hit British supermarkets in 2013, said the cases were serious because they threatened the lives of nut allergy sufferers.
Similar cases of cumin-based products have been recalled in the US and Canada for having undeclared peanut traces and Prof Elliott, who called for a dedicated FSA food crime unit to be established, suggested it was due to a crop failure of the spice.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nuts-cumin-swap-kill-fear-060034236.html
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