Food safety insight and analysis – Page 20
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Comment and Opinion
Reject UK manufacturing at your peril
Following the decline of the British Empire, we have overseen a similar decline in British manufacturing…
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Comment and Opinion
Collaborate to end risk
The horsemeat scandal shows the time has come for supermarkets to map out their shared supply chain…
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Comment and Opinion
'Horsegate': consumer trust will return
Media coverage of ‘Horsegate’ was wearily predictable…
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Comment and Opinion
Meat integrity, British produce, supplier warning
Sir: ‘Horsegate’ has thrown a spotlight on the entire meat processing chain…
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Comment and Opinion
The food chain's culture of arrogance
I’ve already received one briefing note from a media centre implying the horsemeat scandal is fading…
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Analysis and Features
Horsemeat scandal has left legacy of consumer distrust
New research for The Grocer shows the food and drink industry has an enormous job on its hands…
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Comment and Opinion
After horsegate, value products need better values
No surprise that 15% of 6,221 consumers interviewed by Kantar said they would think twice about buying value ranges…
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Comment and Opinion
Our food system is unbalanced by the concept of 'cheap food'
Waitrose CEO Mark Price waded into the horsemeat saga last weekend…
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Analysis and Features
Why 'Horsegate' would be avoided with closer relationships
Closer relationships between retailers and suppliers are key to preventing similar scandals says Rabobank…
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Analysis and Features
'Horsegate' hotseat: our experts rate retail CEOs
From sincere to suicidal we assess responses from retail bosses to the Horsegate scandal…
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Comment and Opinion
After horsegate we need to rethink meat values
The latest scandal to expose the broken nature of our food system is the revelation of horsemeat in ‘value’ burgers…
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Comment and Opinion
Horse meat: Shorter supply chains may help rebuild trust
As the horse meat scandal serves up ever-more shocking revelations, a number of things stand out…
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Analysis and Features
Sainsbury's Mike Coupe on horse meat and high streets
Sainsbury’s group commercial director Mike Coupe discusses the horse meat scandal, high streets and the ‘bus’…
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Analysis and Features
Why the meat supply chain must adopt a 'criminal' mentality
Stopping another scandal will involve more than lab work…
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Comment and Opinion
Horse burger scandal should be a wake-up call to government
News that horse meat and traces of pig have been found in burgers should be a wake-up call…
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Comment and Opinion
The source of the horse?
So now we know where that horse DNA came from. Except not really…
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Comment and Opinion
Stop horse play with food (and that includes GM)
Groundhog day. Two decades on from BSE, we’re still discussing the dubious provenance of processed meat products….
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Analysis and Features
Why DNA testing is no quick fix for horse meat scandals
As the horse DNA scandal gallops into its third week…
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Analysis and Features
Tomato prices bounce back after E.coli crisis
After last year’s deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, demand for salad vegetables across the EU tumbled…
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Analysis and Features
The Olympic food trials
With 300,000 extra people a day expected during the Olympics, hygiene inspectors are working overtime to ensure food safety is spot on.