Health news – Page 70
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NewsDepartment of Health downplays chief medical officer's food tax talk
Comments from Sally Davies “came when she was pressed by an interviewer and pushed into a corner about taxes”
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NewsRetailers agree to government ban on 'junk food' multibuys
The Grocer has learnt retail leaders described the idea as a “sensible proposal”
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NewsLidl trials method of meat production labels on fresh chicken packs
The move is a first by a UK supermarket and could be rolled out across Lidl’s entire meat range if succesful
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NewsCall for meat tax 'too simplistic', food experts warn
The proposal would be ’too blunt a policy tool’, and needed a more nuanced approach, according to an event convened by the Food Ethics Council
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NewsPHE forced to move the goalposts for OOH sugar reduction
The Grocer has learnt PHE has ditched the use of a “sales weighted average”
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NewsAHDB slams 'misleading' meat advice from doctor group
The Plant-Based Health Professionals group is calling for a ban of processed meat in hospitals over cancer links
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NewsNew EU origin rules will cost industry millions, warns BRC
Retailers and food manufacturers had ‘not grasped’ the urgency of strict new EU labelling regulations, the BRC said
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NewsSainsbury's adds Crussh food to go lines to 61 stores
The rollout follows a trial of stocking the items from Crussh in 10 Sainsbury’s stores from July 2018
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NewsFSA to gather data on allergic reactions in pubs and cafés
The new FSA-led reporting mechanism would help it to ‘more quickly identify food businesses that may have served unsafe food’
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NewsGraze to halve sugar content across cereal bar portfolio
The overhaul follows 18 months of development, which will see chicory root fibre used as an alternative to sugar
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NewsFSA warns of food hygiene rating scam in England & Wales
The FSA stressed it or local authorities would demand money for ratings
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NewsSuppliers 'would lose £700m a year' in HFSS deals crackdown
The figure is far above the government’s estimate of £175m a year
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NewsMeat Advisory Panel seeks to allay fears over meat cancer link
An Oxford University and Cancer Research study found the risk of bowel cancer rose 20% with each rasher of bacon eaten per day
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NewsGovernment urged to backpedal on HFSS promo ban proposals
Industry is calling on the government to cut the range of products covered by the proposed ban
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NewsShoppers who stock up on deals 'more likely to be obese'
The study found shoppers whose baskets contained between 40% and 80% of foods on special offer were 54% more likely to be
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NewsGovernment backs down over HFSS advert watershed model
Industry had feared changes to the nutrient profile model would rope in ‘undeserving’ products like cereal and yoghurts
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NewsBritish Heart Foundation reassures over egg health fears
Potential limitations of the research included its failure to account for “considerable changes to the US diet”, said the BEIC
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NewsDH proposes pre-watershed ban on HFSS food and drink
The DH also said it plans to target products currently under the scope of the soft drinks tax
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NewsGovernment plans for HFSS ad watershed go 'against evidence'
The Advertising Association said the average child spent less than one hundredth of one per cent of the day viewing HFSS advertising
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NewsBubblegum-flavoured apples set to storm UK
Kid-friendly flavours could include vanilla, toffee, elderflower, blackcurrant and cinnamon