All Labelling articles
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News
M&S ‘reviewing’ labelling claims for ‘Only… ingredients’ range
The Real Bread Campaign complained to Trading Standards about M&S’s ‘Only 5 ingredients’ rolls, one of a number of products in the range
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Waitrose moves to free-range pork and signs 10-year farmer deal
From 15 October all Waitrose pork mince, steaks, chops and joints will be free-range, with an intention for all own-brand products to be free-range by 2027
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Analysis & Features
What’s going wrong with the Windsor Framework?
It was designed to solve the problems Brexit caused to Northern Irish imports and exports – but red tape and the resulting red lanes remain
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers and food brands must help silence the ‘food noise’
Nearly nine out of 10 Brits admit to eating when they’re not actually hungry and almost half say they think about food ‘all the time’, says Zoe Griffiths, VP of behavioural medicine at Numan
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News
Waitrose launches Check Your Chicken campaign following BCC success
Starring Taskmaster star Alex Horne and his band, the social film comprises a comedy music video about checking the quality of an array of Waitrose chicken products
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Comment & Opinion
Babyfood health guidelines are welcome, but are they enough?
The guidelines are a welcome step but they stop short of decisive action, says Ali Morpeth, visiting research fellow and Diane Threapleton, senior research fellow at the University of Leeds
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Comment & Opinion
A year in the US shows why we mustn’t let food standards slip
Having spent the past year in California, Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble has had a front-row seat to just how different the system looks across the Atlantic
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Analysis & Features
Smart packaging: how compelling is the case for QR codes?
QR codes are ubiquitous in fmcg. Now advances in tech are offering brands new ways to connect and communicate via packaging. But is it all it’s cracked up to be?
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News
Vault City Brewing beer rapped over ‘resemblance to a soft drink’
An underage consumer mistakenly drank the product, The Portman Group said
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Windsor Framework’s final phase hitting NI availability for some products
Checks on food and drink via the third and final phase of the post-Brexit framework came into force on 1 July
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News
Cadbury insists Bournville recipe has ‘not changed’ in new-look launch
Cadbury’s ingredient list update coincides with a ‘modernised’ overhaul of the Bournville brand
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Piccolo adds meals, smoothies and snacks for tots in NPD spree
The launches coincide with a ‘vibrant’ redesign for the brand
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Comment & Opinion
NHS 10-year plan ignores the UK’s alcohol ‘health emergency’
The long-awaited 10-year Health Plan was the first big test of the new government’s commitment to tackling alcohol harm
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News
Kingsmill 50/50 removes whole grain claim following ASA complaint
The claim was based on US dietary guidelines
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Comment & Opinion
Jolly Rancher warning: why food safety should be a priority
Retailers hoping to cash in on the latest viral confectionery trends should take this week’s headlines about illegal candy imports as a warning
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News
Imported Dubai-style chocolate poses risk to allergy sufferers, FSA warns
Some imported Dubai-style chocolate products could lack a full ingredients list or allergen labelling
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News
Food being sold on TikTok Shop without allergen warnings
The social media and e-commerce platform has been dubbed ‘the wild west of food labelling’
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Comment & Opinion
Obesity policies are based on fundamentally flawed ideas
At the heart of policy failure is the belief that we can, or indeed should, classify all foods as good or bad, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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News
Half of parents fear they’re failing kids on nutrition, new research finds
The findings showed ‘how difficult parents find navigating their kids’ nutrition’, said the brand, which last year warned children were being fed too many snacks and not enough dairy
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News
Egg packers prosecuted for switching best before dates
The prosecutions, which took place between January and March 2025, involved multiple offences under egg marketing regulations, the government said