All Regulation articles – Page 57
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NewsIt's a Deal: big names agree calorie pledges
A host of retailers, wholesalers and suppliers have pledged to launch new low-calorie ranges and reformulate up to a third of their products…
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Comment and Opinion
Budget's biggest anomaly is the continuing 20% VAT rate
It’s not just restaurants that have been badly hit by the downturn. Even takeaways struggle to compete…
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NewsFSA raw milk review sparks a producer rift
The FSA’s impending unpasteurised milk review has provoked an acrimonious split in the UK’s raw milk movement.
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Lansley urged to take time out and review Responsibility Deal
Retailers and suppliers this week called on the government for a timeout on the Responsibility Deal, just 12 months after the launch of the programme to tackle obesity and alcohol abuse.
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Co-op Group gets on board with minimum alcohol pricing plans
A second major retailer has swung behind the Prime Minister’s plans to bring in minimum pricing for alcohol in England.
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NewsWrap hits back at MP’s food waste broadside
Wrap has defended the food industry’s efforts to reduce waste, after retailers and manufacturers were accused of making only slow progress on waste reduction in the House of Commons yesterday.
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MPs to debate food waste bill
Food waste is set to move up the political agenda later this week, when MPs will debate a new bill which would force supermarkets and manufacturers to donate surplus foods to charities.
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NewsWhitehall waging war on wine abvs
A plan to target middle-class shoppers with a new generation of lower-alcohol wines is set to be launched by the industry and the government in a bid to combat binge drinking, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsFury as OFT rules out review of newstrade
Retail associations are assessing their next move following the OFT’s decision not to review the newspaper and magazine distribution sector.Last week’s decision was a bitter blow to retailers who have fought for a review for two years. It was strongly criticised by the ACS, which said it was now considering ...
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EFSA revamps rules on industry lobbyists working as 'experts'
EFSA is clamping down on food industry lobbyists getting involved in its work in areas such as health claims.
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NewsFears of cartel action stymie eco-alliances
Supermarkets are deliberately holding back on collaborative eco-projects for fear of being accused of cartel forming or price fixing - and hauled into court and fined.
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CAT tipped to cut £10m Tesco price-fixing fine
As Tesco gears up to challenge the OFT in the dairy price-fixing case next month, lawyers are saying the retailer stands a good chance of seeing its £10m fine reduced.
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Comment and Opinion
Beware the likely mission creep
Whatever you think of tobacco, it’s important to remember that it is still perfectly legal to sell it.
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Analysis and FeaturesAfter seven years of battle,'Fingers' Fingleton departs
The OFT chief executive has experienced setbacks in his many tussles with the grocery industry, but he’s certainly left his mark.
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NewsOFT: ‘Nothing to gain from fresh newstrade probe’
The Office of Trading will not carry out a review of the newspaper and magazine distribution sector.
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NewsLansley reduces red tape for calorie cut scheme
Andrew Lansley has slashed the amount of reporting back that food companies have to do to take part in the government’s controversial scheme to cut five billion calories a day from the nation’s diet.
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Comment and Opinion
Why are MPs so relentlessly anti-retail?
Why is it so difficult to get some parliamentarians to understand how the world works?
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Comment and Opinion
It's time to talk tax: avoidance and value added
I’m not sure whether the Portas Pilots are a sign of quite how broke the UK government is, or how futile it believes this exercise is.
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NewsCaged hens in UK down from half a million to 20,000
Fewer than 20,000 egg-laying hens are still in conventional cages in the UK – with the number falling every day, farming minister Jim Paice has said.
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Comment and Opinion
Take care: online ads are now on ASA radar
Recent events have proved conclusively that the advertising watchdog’s bite can be every bit as bad as its bark when it comes to online adverts by grocery businesses.