All Labelling articles – Page 37
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Comment & OpinionFruit snack packs should be required to be more honest
Juice brands are forced to declare ‘from concentrates’ on packaging, but fruit snacking labelling doesn’t currently follow suit, leaving consumers confused and misled
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Analysis & FeaturesHoax is a lesson in the dark arts and bad science of junk food
Last week hoaxers came clean about a study - reported across the globe - that claimed eating a chocolate bar a day accelerated the weight loss of a low-carb diet
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NewsObesity is 'new smoking' says NHS boss
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens says suppliers and retailers need to step up their efforts to make food healthier
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NewsRed Tractor hits back after Guardian attack
Monbiot’s comments followed the publication of a blog last week which saw him take aim at the poultry sector for alleged animal cruelty
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NewsAction on Sugar survey blasted by suppliers
Suppliers have responded to a survey by Action on Sugar that found 85% of processed fruit snacks contain more sugar than sweets
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NewsTesco sugar reduction move set to trigger 'revolution'
Tesco’s move to become the first UK retailer to commit to a major sugar reduction programme is set to spark a “chain react…
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NewsEC rejects dairy country-of-origin labelling proposals
The Commission spokeswoman said the report would now be reviewed by the European Parliament and European Council
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Comment & OpinionTesco's sugar action could be the buzz the industry has been needing
Tesco might seem an unlikely candidate to spark a “revolution” in the battle against obesity, but that was the phrase used by the leader of campaign group Action on Sugar
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NewsTesco first to commit to sugar reduction programme
The Grocer can reveal the supermarket giant is to promise a 5% year-on-year, open-ended reduction in sugar across its soft drinks range
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NewsSoft drinks suppliers hit back as Responsibility Deal is damned
Gavin Partington, director general of the British Soft Drinks Association, spoke out after the latest bombshell report from the Policy Innovation Research Unit
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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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Comment & OpinionResponsibility Deal fiasco can show us how not to act on health policy
From start to finish the Deal has lacked credibility and today’s news seems to be the final nail in the coffin
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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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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