Tony Lewis

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A Number of food products were sold on the Facebook marketplace

Facebook to "responsibility" for people to sell with your website, foods from their own homes, the Food Standards Agency said.

The watchdog warning that the seller that has not been registered with or reviewed by it could be your local councillors, The Public is in danger.

FSA-Chairman, Heather Hancock wants to bring Facebook to more stringent seller checks on its Marketplace Platform .

Facebook says that its seller must be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Facebook marketplace allows users to sell items by advertising for free, a range of goods and services.

But people selling food from their home regularly will need to with your local authority. Once You are registered, You can be checked and a food is given a hygiene rating.

Bbc News You will find a variety of food for the sale of non-registered providers, on the Facebook Marketplace.

the freshly prepared dishes and bakery belonged to were - and in One case, a whole deer.

food safety experts Tony Lewis saw A Number of the ads.

"There is no information about what they contain, we do not have a list of ingredients," he said.

"How it is stored, how it was disinfected, we have a whole lot of allergens are there?"

He also warns about the potential danger to health.

"Listeria is a real threat, in the Worst Case it could kill You . "

doorstep

The BBC ran a series of test purchases, The Midlands , the purchase of goats, curry, cake, fried chicken and chocolate-party-cones for the kids from sellers, advertising on Facebook Marketplace.

None of the sellers stated that they were registered, had been controlled by, or is a food had a hygiene rating.

A user was told of the sale of a Biryani curry

Man, she thought, these are the rules for people who cook in your own home.

Another, when asked about the possible presence of allergens confessed: "I have not really tested. "

Ms Hancock, of the FSA, which is responsible for food safety in England, Wales and Northern Ireland , says Facebook has "an inescapable moral obligation to keep people safe".

She Said : "if something goes wrong with this food", the seller would be in a "terrible mess, personally, about the consequences for You and The Risk that they pose to other people".

she added: "We would like to ask that the responsibility to expand, who are the delivery or sale of food on the Platform - are You logged in?"

she also wants to be the seller is forced to display the food hygiene rating You obtain.

The FSA calls for Facebook to introduce more stringent checks on its Marketplace Platform

Facebook said: "The safety of our community is our top priority, and if we determine that a listing violates our community standards or commerce policies, we will immediately list remove. "

He added: "We are discussing in contact with the FSA, the concerns and what we can do together on this topic. "

', it Can be done, sure'

Tanja Ednan-Laperouse, whose daughter Natasha died in the year 2016, a severe allergic after eating a sandwich from High Street chain Pret a Manger, says Facebook must do more, especially when It Comes to allergens.

don't know Nathasha, your sandwich contained sesame seeds and after they died, their changes in The Law . Food businesses must in full of the ingredients labelling on pre-packs until the summer of 2021.

Tanya , right, and husband Nadim, left, lobbied for a change in The Law to better protect people with food allergies

Mrs. Ednan-Laperouse says, You don't want to stop, people, sale of homemade food, but is demanding they call the ingredients clearly.

Information to the buyer's doorstep is not enough, She Said , adding: "people can be confused, You might forget. Could someone misunderstand what You say. "

Paula Wilkinson operates a business called mom's baking a cake, which connects to the home Baker, the the customers through their own website.

it ensures that all registered your seller and insured.

It is "absolutely" no reason why the correctly registered persons should not food that You have prepared to sell, at home, she says.

"I'm sure It can be done," Ms Wilkinson added.

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Source of news: bbc.com