All Regulation articles – Page 55
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NewsImperial and JTI slam EU tobacco directive proposals
The UK’s two biggest tobacco manufacturers are backing the campaign to stop the EU Tobacco Products Directive…
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Analysis & FeaturesWill GCA's 1% sales fine be a real deterrent to supermarkets?
Suppliers like Christine Tacon’s idea, of course, but the devil is in the detail…
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Analysis & FeaturesC-stores pull in celebratory shoppers in the heatwave
The Grocer/Him! Shop Waves survey shows shoppers heading to c-stores in party spirit – but health is also on their minds…
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Comment & OpinionEnd of the nanny state?
After years of clamour for state manipulation of eating habits, a health minister has rejected dietary micro-management…
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NewsMore NGOs planning to turn backs on Responsibility Deal
More NGO members are threatening to walk out on the government’s Responsibility Deal, claiming they are disillusioned…
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NewsMinimum alcohol price evidence 'shot down in flames'
The evidence base for the government’s alcohol minimum unit pricing plans was “shot down in flames” this week…
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Comment & Opinion"So far, there has been little sign of the industry rising to the challenge"
It has been encouraging to see the spotlight back on children’s food in the past couple of weeks…
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NewsHealth minister Soubry rules out 'guilt lanes' crackdown
Anna Soubry has ruled out the prospect of a radical government clampdown on the marketing of HFSS products…
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NewsIs plain packaging to be introduced 'by the back door'?
The European Parliament has moved a step closer to introducing “plain packaging by the back door”…
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Comment & OpinionWhat cost changing the food system?
For years, public health people thought if they provided figures on the cost of poor diets, policymakers would respond…
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NewsLower-alcohol lines booming says DH
Supermarkets and suppliers are on course to smash the government’s target of removing one billion units of alcohol…
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NewsNow DH planning new code for marketing of HFSS lines
The government has started drawing up plans for a new industry code of practice on the marketing of HFSS products…
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Comment & Opinion
A label rule straitjacket
The new government-approved layout for front-of-pack nutrition labelling represents the culmination of months of hard work…
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Comment & OpinionTraffic-light front-of-pack labels will bring huge benefits
On Wednesday the UK governments launched a traffic-light nutrition labelling scheme for front-of-pack…
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NewsFDF: Hybrid label could help drive healthier choices
The FDF has issued new policy advice to suppliers considering whether to join the new front-of-pack labelling system…
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Comment & OpinionIsn't hybrid labelling going to confuse consumers further?
The industry finally saw the lights at the end of the labelling tunnel this week…
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Analysis & FeaturesSatfat reduction challenge: Scotland bites deeper
Scotland’s draft framework to tackle obesity includes prescriptive category-wide reformulation targets…
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NewsBirmingham takes on OFT with high-abv booze ban plans
Birmingham is to throw down the gauntlet with the largest-scale launch yet of a super-strength alcohol ban…
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NewsHalf a million Brits turn to food aid as benefits cuts and food deserts hit poorest households
Out-of-town superstores and the decline of local high street retailers are creating ‘food deserts’ around the UK, forcing up the price of groceries for low-income households and contributing to the rise of food banks, a new report has claimed.
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Comment & Opinion
Scots lead in responsibility
There is a different approach to many food issues emerging north of the border…