All articles by Julia Glotz – Page 48
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NewsHorse meat: FSA announces UK-wide study on food authenticity
The Food Standards Agency and Defra are to conduct a UK-wide study on food authenticity in processed meat products following the discovery of horse and pig DNA in beef burgers sold in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsHorse meat: now Sainsbury’s withdraws burgers
Sainsbury’s has become the latest UK supermarket to withdraw burger products from sale in response to the horse meat contamination scandal.
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Comment & Opinion
Horse trading
With Twitter finally running out of horse-related puns, it’s time to start asking questions about the wider, longer-term implications of the horse meat burger contamination scandal…
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NewsHorse meat: Co-op and Asda pull products as a precaution
The impact of the horse meat scandal continues to widen, with Asda and The Co-operative Food confirming they have removed some of their beef burgers as a precautionary measure.
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NewsHorse meat scandal: fingers point to the Continent
Two of the suppliers embroiled in the horse meat burger scandal have said they believe they have traced the problem to Continental Europe.
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News
Horse meat scandal: who is saying what
A round-up of statements issued in response to the Food Standards Agency of Ireland finding horse DNA in a number of burger products sold in Ireland and the UK.
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NewsHorse meat scandal: 26 Tesco lines withdrawn
Tesco has revealed it has withdrawn 26 product lines in response to the horse meat contamination scandal uncovered in Ireland and the UK yesterday.
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NewsEC launches consultation on future of organic sector
Does organic, by definition, have to mean GM-free? That is the one of the questions the European Commission is asking in a new EU-wide public consultation on the future of organic food production in Europe, which launched today.
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NewsGrant's says send a 'message in a haggis' overseas
Haggis supplier Grant’s Foods is urging friends and families of soldiers to sign up to its Haggis for Heroes scheme….
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NewsMüller moves into butter with £17m new plant
Müller is moving into butter production in the UK, with the opening of the country’s largest butter plant.
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NewsSweet Meyer lemon hits Tesco produce shelves
Tesco has claimed a UK first by stocking the Meyer lemon – a fruit that looks like a lemon but tastes like an orange.
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NewsNocton 'mega-dairy' team ups sticks to Hungary
The team behind the ill-fated Nocton mega-dairy has invested in a dairying operation in Hungary….
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NewsDairy suffers a setback on FoP sugar labelling
The DH has suggested new dairy front-of-pack labelling is unlikely to differentiate between natural and added sugars….
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NewsNPA to 'name and shame' companies using illegal EU meat
Retailers and manufacturers must publicly pledge to source only legal pork, the National Pig Association has warned….
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Analysis & FeaturesVinegar prices stung by poor grape harvest
The poor grape harvest last year is not just taking its toll on wine lovers – salad fans are set to suffer too….
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Analysis & FeaturesA cautious year ahead after weather woes of 2012
From scorched earth in the US Midwest to waterlogged fields here, 2012 proved a vintage year for weather chaos…
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NewsVion Welsh lamb site to close after Asda pulls contract
The selling off of Vion’s UK operations has hit a major stumbling block, with its Welsh lamb processing site now facing closure because Asda decided to terminate its contract following a strategic review.
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Comment & Opinion
The GM detox
There was much to admire in Mark Lynas’s speech about his personal journey from anti-GM campaigner to GM advocate at the Oxford Farming Conference last week…
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News'I was wrong about GM', admits former anti-GM campaigner
A leading environmental campaigner who helped set up the anti-GM lobby in the 1990s has admitted he was wrong about GM and now believes farmers in the UK should be free to grow GM crops.
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Analysis & FeaturesDairy price rises to arrive later than expected in 2013
Higher dairy commodity prices in 2013 are “all but inevitable”, but price hikes are likely to be less dramatic…