All Novel foods articles – Page 6
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Comment & Opinion
Food policy needs urgent rethink
If things weren’t tough enough for consumers in 2011, they also had to contend with being short-changed in terms of food policy.
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NewsOlympics is our biggest challenge ever says FSA
The Food Standards Agency has launched a crackdown on "unsafe" retail outlets near venues holding events at the London 2012 Olympics. Food business operators in or close to the 30 or so venues mostly in London but some as far away as...
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Comment & Opinion
Third party: Novel foods legislation collapse is a disaster
The breakdown of conciliation talks leaves consumers without guidance on cloned animal products
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NewsIndustry relieved as FSA eases up on clone labels
The meat and dairy industries have expressed relief after the FSA decided not to press for mandatory labelling of products from the offspring of clones. In a meeting this week, FSA board members said it was untenable to call for mandatory...
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News
Producers urge Defra to close clone ID loophole
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...
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: ‘Cloned’ food must not slip under the radar
Full traceability of all cloned animals, their offspring and derivatives will be difficult – but is essential, says Sue Davies
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News
RSPCA flagged up cloned meat risks back in 2008
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...
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News
How can the industry see off another attack of the clones?
Given Defra was warned in 2008 about products derived from cloned animals, why was action not taken? And what happens now, asks Richard Ford
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News
You know when you've been quango'd
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
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: The Tories want to rein in the FSA - but it may get larger
Happy birthday to the Food Standards Agency, 10 years old today.
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News
Why is nanotech treated as the industry’s little secret?
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
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News
Saturday Essay: Elections herald a new era in EU food policy
The way obesity is tackled could change dramatically in the wake of European Parliament elections, says Matthew Orman
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News
Unilever united
Unilever UK’s “Drastic” Dave Lewis has further streamlining to do but is also eyeing acquisitions. Liz Hamson met him
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News
Coming to a store near you
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
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News
Baobab goes to EU for export licence
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...
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Profiles
Gallani runs sector group at federation
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...
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News
Now safety watchdogs are gunning for gojis
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....
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News
Chains rule it out - but farmers open to cloned
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...
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News
Nourish your ambition
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...