All Regulation articles – Page 16
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Comment & OpinionSlashing supermarket FSA inspections is playing with fire
The FSA’s move to cut supermarket food safety inspections as part of a shake-up doesn’t show lessons from the past have been learnt
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NewsSupermarkets to see FSA inspections slashed under food safety shake-up
The move comes just three months after a new meat fraud controversy hit the sector, a decade after the horsemeat scandal rocked the industry
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NewsGovernment mulls fast-track for lab-grown meat approval
It comes amid fears that existing restrictions on so-called novel foods are holding back firms from investing in solutions to the environmental and hunger crisis
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Comment & OpinionWill the deposit return scheme’s new 2025 target be hit?
The big question this week was not whether Scotland’s pioneering DRS would be delayed, but if the new deadline can possibly be hit
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Comment & OpinionThe ultra-processed foods debate is not binary
Many of the arguments used to bash manufacturers are lazy, boring and stuck on repeat
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Comment & OpinionLacklustre ultra-processed foods Panorama didn’t probe nearly enough
Too much time was spent on well-worn scares about emulsifiers, sweeteners and additives
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NewsIceland’s Richard Walker latest supermarket boss to criticise food price cap proposals
’Price caps don’t work,’ the supermarket’s executive chairman told BBC Breakfast
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NewsDeposit return scheme shelved until at least October 2025
The Scottish government met with representatives from industry earlier today in talks which put the final nail in the coffin of the proposed launch in March next year
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Comment & OpinionWhy the babyfood sector needs guidance to reduce sugar content
The main contributor of sugars in infants aged four to nine months is coming from commercial babyfoods, says Dr Kawther Hashem, campaign lead at Action on Sugar
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News‘D Day for deposit return scheme’ as axe could fall in next 48 hours
First minister Humza Yousaf wrote to prime minister Rishi Sunak on Friday, giving him until the end of today to back Scotland’s plan for an “all in” system
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Britain’s disposable vape market beyond saving?
Disposable vapes may be booming, but their manufacturers are in a battle of rule-followers versus rule-breakers. Now Big Tobacco is wading in to shake things up further
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NewsGovernment declared ‘not fit for purpose’ over price cap plan
Supermarket and supplier bosses are understood to be fuming over the plans, which were leaked to the Daily Telegraph at the weekend
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NewsSupermarket bosses vow to fight government price caps
Retail leaders have described plans for a voluntary system of price caps on basic foods as ‘meaningless and ineffective’
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Comment & OpinionA clampdown on alt-meat and dairy words would be silly and wrong-headed
Faux names are important in flagging usage, while some meat and dairy brands are playing in plant-based anyway
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NewsDairy alternatives name ban would be devastating, suppliers warn
New draft guidance is being prepared to help trading standards officers interpret and enforce laws on how dairy alternatives are marketed
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NewsLabour pledges to ban HFSS adverts but rules out health taxes
Labour leader Keir Starmer plans to ban junk food ads but will not impose a salt and sugar tax during the cost of living crisis
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NewsFSA launches food safety guidance hub
The regulator said the Here to Help hub brings together the FSA’s most popular guidance pages in one place
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda the obvious suspect in road fuel competition enquiry – but not so fast
It’s still consistently cheaper than supermarket rivals on unleaded and diesel
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NewsDRS just days from possible collapse, admits Scottish government
Minister Lorna Slater said that talks to try to salvage DRS were taking place at the “highest possible level”
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NewsNon-sugar sweeteners increase risk of health issues, claims WHO
WHO researchers examined data from 283 studies conducted in adults, children, pregnant women or mixed populations