All Labelling articles – Page 2
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Comment and Opinion
Food eco-labels: is it wise to let industry mark its own homework?
The IGD’s recommendations provide significant potential for industry domination, says Catherine Chong, engagement lead at CLEAR
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News
IGD faces backlash over front-of-pack eco-label plans
IGD presented its proposals to Defra this week which it says will provide a “comprehensive” guide to the impact of products on water, land and climate change
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Comment and Opinion
Genetically modified foods must come with a warning
The FSA’s approach rides roughshod over what consumers want, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and Opinion
A pan-industry eco-label is a real test of the IGD’s influence
The scheme has the potential not just to unify and simplify the industry’s efforts, but to gain the UK government’s approval
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The Big Interview
IGD CEO Sarah Bradbury on eco-labels and lobbying
Sarah Bradbury has been armed with a mandate to help the industry change. So how does the IGD’s ambitious and driven new CEO plan to go about it?
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News
IGD to unveil universal food & drink eco-label plans
IGD is spearheading the plans with a steering group including supermarkets Tesco, M&S and Asda
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News
FSA under fire for ‘misleading’ post-Brexit precision breeding proposals
A post-Brexit bill changed the way genetically edited organisms in food and feed goods are regulated
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Comment and Opinion
Why the FSA is taking a proportionate approach to CBD
If you are using CBD products every day over a long period of time, we can confidently say a dose of less than 10mg is safe, says Emily Miles, CEO of the Food Standards Agency
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Comment and Opinion
Two years on, has Natasha’s Law worked?
Significant efforts are needed from food businesses and regulatory bodies to increase compliance, says Rebecca Ironmonger, solicitor in Roythornes Solicitors’ food regulatory team
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Comment and Opinion
The three challenges facing consistent UK recycling
The nirvana of UK-wide common recycling messages on packaging is closer in sight than it has ever been, says Paul Vanston, CEO, Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment
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News
‘Wholemeal’ 50/50 loaves may be instructed to relabel
Use of the word ’wholemeal in the naming or advertising’ of products that contain a blend of wheat flours is prohibited, according to Defra
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News
Recycling blueprint for councils welcomed as ‘first step’ to remedying chaos
Defra figures show that in 2021, 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste was generated, with just 44.4% recycled
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Comment and Opinion
Why plastic is, sometimes, the most sustainable packaging option
Sustainable packaging alternatives need to be looked at on a case-by-case basis, says Hugo Lynch, sustainability lead at Abel & Cole
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Comment and Opinion
Climate labelling on food should be a no-brainer
Behaviour change won’t happen unless consumers are given the information they need to make informed choices, says Bryan Carroll, UK general manager at Oatly
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News
Oatly calls for climate labelling on all food and drink sold in UK
The campaign comes as new research has revealed 62% of the public are in favour of the introduction of carbon labelling on food and drink products
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Analysis and Features
Can regenerative agriculture make business sense?
Fmcg giants are betting big on regenerative farming to boost sustainability and win over consumers. But the definition is vague. Will the concept hold up, or is it just fertile breeding ground for greenwashing?
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Analysis and Features
Retailers and brands are adapting to capitalise on the air fryer boom
Retailers and brands are reacting to the now ‘mainstream device’
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News
Industry calls for UK-wide ‘Not for EU’ label plans to be scrapped
An FDF survey found eight in 10 of the country’s biggest suppliers opposed a UK-wide approach to the post-Brexit requirements
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News
Asda’s Northern Ireland stores first to use ‘Not For EU’ labels
The post-Brexit labelling requirement is not officially enforced until October
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News
Waitrose working to improve animal welfare within its European pork supply chain
The supermarket has been working with suppliers to improve welfare across its European meat supply chain