All Novel foods articles – Page 5

  • News

    Producers urge Defra to close clone ID loophole

    2010-08-21T00:00:00Z

    The National Beef Association is calling for a new code to be added to cattle documentation to ensure cloned animals and their offspring can be identified and traced easily. In the wake of news that 'cloned meat' had entered the UK...

  • News

    RSPCA flagged up cloned meat risks back in 2008

    2010-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The RSPCA warned Defra of the danger of 'cloned meat' entering the UK food chain as early as March 2008, The Grocer can exclusively ­reveal. Last week, the Food Standards Agency confirmed meat from the ­offspring of a cloned ­animal had...

  • News

    How can the industry see off another attack of the clones?

    2010-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Given Defra was warned in 2008 about products derived from cloned animals, why was action not taken? And what happens now, asks Richard Ford

  • News

    You know when you've been quango'd

    2010-06-19T00:00:00Z

    As George Osborne laces up his size-12s for Tuesday’s emergency budget, the more than 50 quangos influencing, subsidising, supporting and even regulating grocery are braced for a crushing. Nick Hughes weighs up the chances of survival for 10 key quangos in food and drink

  • ADAM LEYLAND
    Comment and Opinion

    Editor's Comment: The Tories want to rein in the FSA - but it may get larger

    2010-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Happy birthday to the Food Standards Agency, 10 years old today.

  • News

    Why is nanotech treated as the industry’s little secret?

    2010-01-16T00:00:00Z

    A new report has accused food manufacturers of a lack of openness over nanotechnology. Nick Hughes asks why secrecy is such a big deal for nanotech R&D

  • News

    Saturday Essay: Elections herald a new era in EU food policy

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    The way obesity is tackled could change dramatically in the wake of European Parliament elections, says Matthew Orman

  • News

    Unilever united

    2009-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Unilever UK’s “Drastic” Dave Lewis has further streamlining to do but is also eyeing acquisitions. Liz Hamson met him

  • News

    Coming to a store near you

    2008-08-13T22:40:57.410Z

    It took years for the baobab to crack the UK. A new law could speed things up for the next generation of novel foods, says Richard Ford

  • News

    Baobab goes to EU for export licence

    2008-05-12T00:00:00Z

    The baobab fruit has the potential to be a $1bn industry that could transform the livelihoods of African farmers, claims PhytoTrade Africa, a trade promotion organisation representing southern African nations.PhytoTrade has submitted an...

  • Profiles and QandAs

    Gallani runs sector group at federation

    2008-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The Food and Drink Federation has appointed Barbara Gallani to head its Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery (BCCC) sector group. Most of the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association's activities were...

  • News

    Now safety watchdogs are gunning for gojis

    2007-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Fans of the goji berry could soon find themselves unable to buy the fruit as food-safety watchdogs prepare to ban it.Retailers have already been told to wind down their stocks of products containing the small, red berry and not reorder....

  • News

    Chains rule it out - but farmers open to cloned

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Retailers have rejected the idea of selling meat from cloned animals and their offspring, but farmers are keeping an open mind. Britain's major grocers say the possibility of perfect cuts from prime cloned animals at an attractive price...

  • News

    Nourish your ambition

    2006-01-07T00:00:00Z

    If, like many managers, you feel hungry for promotion in the new year, you will stand a much better chance of success if you do careful groundwork before the interview, says Petra CookNow that the Christmas break is behind us and the...