Comments on: Understanding identification marks http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/ A piecemeal investigation into the origins of our food Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ivan B http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Ivan B Thu, 17 May 2007 12:04:51 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-32 Drummond, You're on this page and you're not a geek? Drummond,
You’re on this page and you’re not a geek?

]]> By: Drummond http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Drummond Fri, 04 May 2007 15:31:30 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-34 Who would want to know where fish processors are! This Ivan B sounds like a real geek! Who would want to know where fish processors are!
This Ivan B sounds like a real geek!

]]> By: Ivan B http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Ivan B Thu, 03 May 2007 11:31:14 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-33 Ha ha thanks to people like you, 'available' will soon become 'accessible'! But what about fish processing establishments? Lists of these are not available anywhere for the UK...unless you call up the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and ask them to interpret a specific identification number. And another matter: I'm sure you'll be reading the FSA's report on "Farmed fish labelled as wild", just released, with interest. Ha ha thanks to people like you, ‘available’ will soon become ‘accessible’!

But what about fish processing establishments? Lists of these are not available anywhere for the UK…unless you call up the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and ask them to interpret a specific identification number.

And another matter: I’m sure you’ll be reading the FSA’s report on “Farmed fish labelled as wild”, just released, with interest.

]]> By: Nick http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nick Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:40:01 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-31 Ivan - the problem, as I see it, is that the EU regulation only requires the information to be <em>available</em> and makes no demand for it to be easily <em>accessible</em>. The information is there - in a spreadsheet deep on the Food Standards Agency's website - but only for those that already know what they're looking for. Even some obvious Google searches don't find the appropriate page and it's even harder to track down the meaning of a particular code, such as AZ020. (As for other EU countries, the information is often even more obscure, and untranslated.) The motivation behind my Food Tracer pages is simply to make this information easier to find and understand. It's very much a work in progress but I hope it will ultimately prove usefully demystifying. Ivan – the problem, as I see it, is that the EU regulation only requires the information to be available and makes no demand for it to be easily accessible.
The information is there – in a spreadsheet deep on the Food Standards Agency’s website – but only for those that already know what they’re looking for. Even some obvious Google searches don’t find the appropriate page and it’s even harder to track down the meaning of a particular code, such as AZ020.
(As for other EU countries, the information is often even more obscure, and untranslated.)
The motivation behind my Food Tracer pages is simply to make this information easier to find and understand. It’s very much a work in progress but I hope it will ultimately prove usefully demystifying.

]]> By: Ivan B http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ivan B Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:01:24 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-30 Hi, the UK is obliged by law to maintain public lists of approved establishments. I can even quote you the relevant bit of European law - Regulation 882/2004, Article 31 (2)(f): "The competent authorities shall maintain up-to-date lists of approved establishments and make them available to other Member States and to the public..." The European Commission has this page with more information and also information on establishments in other EU countries: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/establishments/food_sector_en.htm Hi, the UK is obliged by law to maintain public lists of approved establishments. I can even quote you the relevant bit of European law – Regulation 882/2004, Article 31 (2)(f): “The competent authorities shall maintain up-to-date lists of approved establishments and make them available to other Member States and to the public…”

The European Commission has this page with more information and also information on establishments in other EU countries: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/establishments/food_sector_en.htm

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]]> By: Nick http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Nick Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:38:39 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-28 Thanks, Freya - I'm delighted to be discovering such a dynamic and exciting community of food bloggers, not just in the UK but right here in Suffolk. Thanks, Freya – I’m delighted to be discovering such a dynamic and exciting community of food bloggers, not just in the UK but right here in Suffolk.

]]> By: Freya http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Freya Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:03:45 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/04/02/understanding-identification-marks/#comment-27 Fascinating blog you have - really informative without being patronising. I look forward to reading more and welcome to the burgeoning food blogging community! p.s. It's nice to see another 'local' food blogger. We're on the outskirts of Sudbury. Fascinating blog you have – really informative without being patronising. I look forward to reading more and welcome to the burgeoning food blogging community!
p.s. It’s nice to see another ‘local’ food blogger. We’re on the outskirts of Sudbury.

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