Supermarket shoppers told to look for new stickers on food packaging
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMirror. The first product to be certified with the BSI Kitemark for Food Assurance is the Scottish Bee Company's heather honey.Honey is identified by Interpol as one of the most adulterated and fraudulent food products, BSI said.The Kitemark Food Assurance Programme aims to be flexible so that it can independently verify a range of claims made to consumers including authenticity, purity, provenance, welfare and environmental commitments.BSI said its Kitemark was recognised by 80% of the UK public, ensuring quality performance and safety for products ranging from electrical plugs to double glazing.Food products will be tested to check out claims such as composition or purity and site inspections will also be used to verify what companies are.
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