All Health articles – Page 170
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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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Booze prices set to soar if Prime Minister’s minimum pricing plans go ahead
The full scale of the inflationary impact of the Prime Minister’s proposed minimum price increases on the most popular lines and deals can be revealed by The Grocer.
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Whitehall 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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NewsSchmallenberg virus reported in four more counties
The Schmallenberg virus has spread to 121 UK farms and has been found in Devon, Dorset, Cambridgeshire and Somerset for the first time, veterinary health authorities have announced.
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Comment & Opinion
Three minutes to change your life
If your dieting resolve has weakened of late, have no fear. As Obese: A Year to Save My Life ended, so Supersize vs Superskinny began.
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Comment & 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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Young's forced to move fishcake production to its factory in Grimsby
Young’s Seafood has announced a raft of redundancies at a former Border Laird site in Amble following revelations about quality issues with fishcakes produced at the site.
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Popchips: UK launch for pressure-cooked spud snack to the stars
The fastest-growing bagged snack brand in the US is making its UK debut this week.
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NewsNestlé removes all artificial additives from confectionery
Nestlé has removed artificial additives from all its confectionery lines in the UK and Ireland to steal a march on Kraft and Mars.
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Unilever relaxed about German legal claim over pro.activ
Unilever has insisted it is “extremely relaxed” about a lawsuit it faces in Germany over health claims associated with Flora pro.activ.
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Comment & Opinion
Demonising fags and booze I get... but cheese?
If you went to watch a Green Bay Packers game in Wisconsin late last year, you would have seen a curious public advertisement.
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NewsImperial rolls out additive-free Drum
Imperial Tobacco has launched an additive-free version of roll-your-own brand Drum.
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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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NewsArla calms fears over Anchor butter recall
Arla has moved to reassure UK customers that an Anchor butter recall issued by producer Fonterra does not affect UK products.On Monday in New Zealand, dairy giant Fonterra voluntarily recalled 500g packs of Anchor salted butter with a best-before date of 26 January 2013. The move followed two complaints by ...
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Asda faces heat for chip pan promo
Asda has run into trouble with the Fire Brigade after it promoted chip pans in the February edition of its Asda Magazine.
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Comment & Opinion
Happy chemicals and super-powered staples
How refreshing - an investigation into what’s good about the food we eat rather than more lazy “it’s all carcinogenic…
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Analysis & FeaturesCrunch time: what now as PepsiCo loses fizz?
What lessons can the struggling PepsiCo US learn from its more successful UK arm? Is ditching the focus on health the key to reversing its fortunes?
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Comment & Opinion
A healthy way to start your day?
Cereals have for too long embodied wider problems that make it difficult to eat healthily: marketed as healthy…
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Web watchers declare war on online junk food ads
Health campaigners have launched a co-ordinated bid to force companies to take down online advertising they believe is promoting junk food to youngsters.
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NewsComplex labels 'do not lead to better choices'
Consumers prefer complex nutrition labels that combine traffic-light colours and GDAs but do not make better food choices as a result of them.