All Health articles – Page 184
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ProfilesDiet Chef targets European success
Kevin Dorren has a lot to thank Denise Van Outen for. Last June she tweeted about the “amazing results”…
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Comment & Opinion
Comparing food or fighter jets? I know which is more useful for kids
It’s five years since The Grocer first ‘discovered’ EdStat, a children’s card game, based on Top Trumps, in which nutritional data about leading food and drink products is ‘trumped’.
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NewsMorrisons revamps its own label health range
Morrisons is set to launch the first products in a new 300-strong healthy eating own label range next week.
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Comment & Opinion
Busybodies and disapprovers are on the march
April is the cruellest month, wrote TS Eliot. In political terms, the present one is also turning out to be the most perverse.
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NewsDairy UK to sign up for calorie-cut pledge
Dairy UK is preparing to sign up to the Department of Health’s pledge…
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Lansley rub out tobacco trade... and at what price?
Andrew Lansley wants to stub out the trade, but suppliers remain determined to push to push the case against enforcing generic packaging.
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NewsLansley: 'Responsibility Deal is achieving big results'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has launched an impassioned defence of the Responsibility Deal this week, singling out the food and drink industry for praise in helping tackle obesity and binge drinking.
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InterviewsThe £14bn breakfast club
So PepsiCo is turning its back on the health agenda, is it? Hardly, says David Murray, general manager of Quaker and Tropicana. Indeed, health is key to its plans.
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NewsScudamore review recommends standalone Scottish FSA
Scotland should be given its own standalone food regulator, according to a major report into the future of the Food Standards Agency north of the border.
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NewsFSA unveils elite ‘safety squad’ for Olympics
The Food Standards Agency has assembled an elite ‘Food Safety Squad’ to lead inspections in the run-up to this summer’s Olympic Games.
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NewsCiggie sales already down ahead of display ban
With just days until the display ban comes into force in England, Imperial Tobacco has revealed tobacco sales have taken a hit in stores that have already covered up their cigarette kiosks.
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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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NewsCheckout 'revolution' thanks to The Grocer
A self-cleaning supermarket checkout that can kill deadly superbugs is set to hit stores, with a little help from The Grocer.
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Comment & Opinion
There's so much more we can do to cut salt
As a country we’re very patriotic, championing national days of celebration for everything from our apples to our chips.
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NewsStrong industry support for alcohol reduction commitment
As reported in The Grocer last month, a billion units of alcohol will be shed by the alcohol industry as part of the Responsibility Deal.
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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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Comment & Opinion
A failure in Responsibility
A year after the government launched its Public Health Responsibility Deal for England, the bid to “tackle health inequalities” has so far proved inadequate.
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Comment & Opinion
Plain packaging is final nail for local stores
Wouldn’t it be more sensible to assess the impact of the display ban before considering further tobacco restrictions?
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NewsFortuna Frutos fined for rotting produce
One of the largest importers of Spanish salads to the UK has been fined nearly £3,000 for trying to sell…
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NewsRed meat in spotlight over health risks
Red meat has returned to the headlines, after research by the Harvard School of Medicine suggested eating even relatively modest quantities increased the risk of dying prematurely.