Health news – Page 79
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NewsEC set to drop processed meat-as-ingredient label plans
Brussels is expected to abandon plans to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for meat in processed foods…
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NewsResponsibility Deal will have no effect on obesity, claims official report
The evaluation assessed the effectiveness of voluntary pledges from retailers and suppliers to take action, and claimed 2/3rds of their actions would have happened anyway
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NewsVegan lunchtime options are absent from shelves, say campaigners
Report finds that just 3% of the 620 sandwiches surveyed from eight supermarkets and four high street sandwich chains were completely plant-based
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NewsAldi chicken with hock burn sparks Twitter storm
Nicola Cooper took to Twitter after finding the damaged bird on the shelves of Aldi’s Carterton store
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NewsPoultry processors follow 2 Sisters' vow to cut antibiotics
2 Sisters announced last week it would stop using all antibiotics defined by the World Health Organization as ‘Critically Important Antimicrobials (CIAs) for Human Health
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NewsQMS dismisses farmers' concerns after imported meat mislabelling claims
QMS chairman Jim McLaren told The Grocer that there was “no evidence whatsoever” to suggest any wrong-doing in the beef supply chain
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NewsSugar experts 'furious' at industry link criticism
Government experts drawing up plans for a crackdown on sugar have angrily attacked criticism…
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NewsCalorie content on alcohol is not easy, industry argues
On Tuesday MEPs on the health committee voted overwhelmingly in favour of the European Commission drawing up plans for new regulations by 2016
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News2 Sisters in chicken antibiotic health move
The company said it would stop using all antibiotics defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “highest priority critically important” to human health
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NewsSalt: Lack of action causing thousands of deaths, claims BMJ report
New agreement only has half of previous agreement’s signatories, with absentees including McDonalds, Unilever and Kellogg’s
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NewsOrganic milk warnings are 'scaremongering', says Soil Association
Researchers from Reading’s Food Production and Quality division had warned the low levels of iodine in organic milk could have “serious” implications for public health
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NewsBeneforté super broccoli could help reduce bad cholesterol
Volunteers ingested 400g of the broccoli per week over 12 weeks and the results showed a drop of their LDL-cholesterol levels by an average of 6%.
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NewsGoats milk formula: calls to challenge public perception
Some doctors are still actively discouraging consumption because they are not aware it had been shown to be safe for infants
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NewsLess than 2% of Brits cutting down with lower-abv drinks
UK consumers have almost no interest in using lower-strength drinks to cut down on alcohol consumption, according to a major new study.
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NewsChicken 'worse than beef' for environment, claims WWF UK
Duncan Williamson, food policy manager at WWF UK, said meat in general was the primary cause of environmental problems arising from UK diets, with chicken the biggest villain of all
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NewsHotel Chocolat withdraws 'milk free' range from sale over dairy worries
The product recipes do not use dairy but - despite the ‘milk free’ branding – the chocolates are produced in an environment where dairy is handled
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NewsSugar wars: LGA attacks manufacturers over sugary drinks
LGA research named some cans of fizzy drinks containing up to twice the recommended daily sugar limit
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NewsHMRC seizes huge amounts of illicit tobacco
The biggest haul involved HMRC in co-operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) which seized more than 43m smuggled cigarettes in Croatia and Greece
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NewsSugar war players seek out 'common ground' in London summit
Several major suppliers, including Coca Cola and PepsiCo, took part in two hours of discussions in London last week
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NewsCountry of origin meat labelling rules come into force
Under the new rules, all pre-packed fresh, chilled and frozen meat except beef on sale in the EU must be labelled with details on where the animal was reared and slaughtered