All Food Standards Agency (FSA) articles – Page 8
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News
FSA unveils list of companies with credible CBD novel food applications
Love Hemp, Trip, Oto, Cannacoffee and Strangeways are among the brands on the FSA’s new list
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Analysis & Features
Nine habits shoppers will change as inflation transforms the landscape
As the cost of living crisis strikes, consumers will change the products they buy, the stores they buy them in, and even eat less (and worse) food
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News
‘War room’ recalled to tackle food shortages as government relaxes labelling rules
The government has agreed to suspend elements of labelling rules to allow the switching of sunflower oil to rapeseed oil without having to change labels
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Comment & Opinion
FDF’s Karen Betts is more diplomat than ‘wrecking ball’. That could work in Whitehall
Setting out her vision at the FDF’s annual conference, CEO Betts indicated a distinct change in style from her predecessor Ian Wright
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Comment & Opinion
The Gondola End is dead. Long live the Power Aisle
The lack of HFSS-compliant alternatives in key categories like confectionery and biscuits means retailers appear to be leaning towards using some gondola ends at least for media displays, while freeing up space for longer aisles
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News
FSA expands into diet and health as part of new strategy
The watchdog said it needed to widen its scope in response to changes in the food system
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Big Interviews
How Susan Jebb is setting a new health standard at the FSA
Susan Jebb’s obesity work hasn’t won her too many friends in the industry. So how should it view her decision, in her new role, to put health back on the Food Standards Agency’s agenda?
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Analysis & Features
How ready is the food industry for the HFSS clampdown?
The Grocer’s HFSS Clampdown Conference this week revealed a shocking lack of preparedness for measures due to come in later this year
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Analysis & Features
The unfortunate rise of social supermarkets: saving surplus food for those in need
The UK’s cost of living crisis is pushing more and more Brits into food insecurity. Social supermarkets and other surplus food redistributors have sprung up to get good food into the hands of those in need
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Comment & Opinion
Pig crisis conflict to seasonal wage confusion: five key takeaways from the NFU Conference 2022
The conference was a day of lively debate as it broached the problems currently facing farmers with speeches from NFU president Minette Batters, Defra secretary George Eustice and more
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Comment & Opinion
FSA cheese guidance demonstrates an over-reliance on pasteurisation
The latest NHS guidance for pregnant woman, drafted by the FSA, shows a lack of understanding of cheese properties, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & Opinion
Healthier aisle ends show supermarkets have a key role in ‘levelling up’ health
It’s encouraging to see Tesco and Sainsbury’s already working on making stores healthier
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Comment & Opinion
Could Morrisons’ milk ‘sniff test’ herald a reappraisal of on-pack labelling?
Food waste is now treated with more urgency, and consumer reticence now feels like a flimsy justification for ruling out action
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News
Morrisons scraps use by dates on milk in favour of sniff test
Wrap estimates 85 million pints of milk waste may be a result of customers sticking to use by or ‘once opened use within’ guidance
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Analysis & Features
16 of the biggest moments in grocery in 2021
Serial shortages, Amazon’s arrival and Aldi’s efforts to #FreeCuthbert – 2021 was never dull.
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Comment & Opinion
Food hygiene ratings are a cause for concern - but not in supermarkets
Aldi achieves near-perfect food hygiene rating, with other major grocers also doing well
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Comment & Opinion
CBD may be flying high, but regulation could still bring it down to earth
The regulator last week hinted at plans to increase enforcement action in the UK
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News
Aldi named most hygienic supermarket
Research found 99.7% of Aldi stores had achieved the maximum five stars in their latest FSA inspection
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News
Heck in talks with Ivy Farm over lab-grown meat tie-up
Talks on a co-developed range of cultured meat products were at an “early stage”, said Heck co-founder Jamie Keeble
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News
FSA launches consultation on ‘may contain’ allergen labelling
The consultation comes amid confusion among both consumers and suppliers over current rules