‘Traceability is vital’: labs test thousands of unregulated substances amid peptide craze | Weight-loss drugs

‘Traceability is vital’: labs test thousands of unregulated substances amid peptide craze | Weight-loss drugs

People in the UK are sending thousands of unregulated substances that claim to support weight-loss and wellness to laboratories for testing, as experts say the underground market for injectable peptides has exploded. The peptide-testing industry has expanded rapidly alongside demand for these substances, with one lab telling the Guardian that a decade ago, they handled…

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Hilton Foods reveals cost of U.S. Listeria incident

Published: April 06, 2026, 12:03 am Hilton Foods has disclosed costs of £28 million ($37 million) as part of an incident involving a recall of fish in the United States because of Listeria. The inventory write-off and operational disruption was related to contamination and regulatory action involving Hilton Seafood Holland, which trades as Foppen. This…

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