Lauvås reports Head of Animal Welfare
Lauvås reports Head of Animal Welfare Committee to the police “Mink farmer, Per Olaf Lauvås, reports the Head of the Norwegian Animal Welfare Committee in…
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Mink farm case in Rogaland to be reviewed
Mink farm case in Rogaland involving the FSA to be reviewed The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (FSA) admits that the confidence in it is weakened…
Double deductions SNAFU by DNB fixed
Double deductions SNAFU by DNB fixed Norway’s biggest bank, DNB, has rectified accounts of customers who had an incorrect balance due to double deductions. It…
Fish farms on Smøla hit by illness 2x
Fish farms on Smøla hit by illness 2 times in a short time A fish farm at Smøla in Møre & Romsdal has been diagnosed…
FSA warns against collecting mussels
There has been a sharp resurgence of algae that produces neurotoxin along the coast from Østfold and all the way up to Romsdal. This means…
FSA to introduce stricter regulation on consumer loans
The banks are too slack in checking borrowers’ ability to pay, according to the Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet). Now they want to make it harder…
FSA concerned over increased leverage
Norwegian household debt is at a historically high level, and now rising far more than revenue, says the FSA (Finance Authority) who expects the debt…
FSA has reported two aquaculture companies
The Norwegian supervisory authority for plants, fish, animals and foodstuffs (FSA) has reported aqua-farming companies Måsøval and Lerøy Midt for serious lack of fish welfare….
MRSA infection in a pig herd in Western Norway
FSA (Mattilsynet) has found the antibiotic resistant for MRSA-bacteria in a pig herd in the Haugalandet on the west coast. FSA has put ban on…
FSA proposes stricter lending requirements
On Thursday FSA presented proposals for a more restrictive lending practices by Norwegian banks in order to curb the huge rise in house prices. The…