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Comment & OpinionCMA’s new powers mean grocery faces intensifying regulation
The CMA has been pushing for these powers for years, and when the legislation was first announced, it was clear the initial intention was to make use of them quickly, says Kate Newman, partner and head of competition at Mills & Reeve
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NewsTributes flood in for salt and sugar professor who took food industry to task
Professor Graham MacGregor died peacefully with his family around him on Monday.
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Comment & OpinionLabour’s energy drink sales ban is a Monster move for public health
Health secretary Wes Streeting said the move showed how Labour was making the shift from treatment to prevention
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NewsWH Smith ‘taking advantage of challenger brands’ with media support packages
Challenger brands say WH Smith is charging exorbitant sums despite poor implementation and compliance issues
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator ‘not fit for purpose’ farming groups tell MPs
Food businesses and farming campaigners met a group of MPs and peers at the House of Commons yesterday to discuss calls for a single, central regulator
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NewsLabour revives energy drinks ban ditched by Tories as ‘nanny state’
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed the move could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children
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Comment & OpinionRetailers must join the consultation on under-16s energy drink ban
The UK government has announced plans to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s, with a new public consultation launched to gather feedback from retailers and other stakeholders on implementation, says MP Ashley Dalton
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NewsCMA tells ministers to stick with Groceries Code Adjudicator
The role of Adjudicator Mark White has been under scrutiny recently after the Department for Business & Trade launched a review in May
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Comment & OpinionBabyfood 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 & OpinionMandatory health targets are a game-changer for M&A strategy
Food businesses are facing pressure to get healthier from government and major investors
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat do shock HFSS report authors want the government to do?
The first independent report on the HFSS promo ban is out, and after slamming ‘botched’ plan, its authors want the ban to target all HFSS products
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NewsInvestors call for Wes Streeting to publish mandatory health targets plan
The investor group issued a statement today calling on ministers to prescribe ‘robust metrics’ for companies’ obligatory reporting and targets
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NewsPromo study academics meet government to call for extension of HFSS ban
The experts will call on the DHSC and Defra to expand the scope of the ban beyond the 13 pre-packaged products covered by the original legislation brought in by the previous government
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NewsConfidence flatlines for food companies as fears grow over Reeves’ budget
A new FDF survey of its members found confidence levels in the second quarter of the year were still at ‘-40%’
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Comment & OpinionWhy the HFSS promotions ban was never going to work
It’s easy to carp from the sidelines when well-intentioned folk try to effect important change – but the HFSS promotions ban was never going to work.
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Comment & OpinionA 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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NewsHFSS promotions ban slammed despite reduction in junk food sales
Two million fewer junk food items were sold every day. But researchers from the University of Leeds concluded that the ban could have resulted in a much bigger shift
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NewsAmazon facing class action for ‘artificially inflating prices’
The Association of Consumer Support Organisations is commencing proceedings on behalf of 45 million UK consumers
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Comment & OpinionNavigating the HFSS ad ban: from food porn to brand power
Whatever your feelings about the rights or wrongs of the HFSS regulation, it’s going to lead to a revolution in the way we sell food products, says Jon Evans, CCO at System1
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NewsFood companies to begin tests on greenhouse gas footprinting
The ‘LED4Food’ programme, spearheaded by climate change experts Wrap, will introduce common methodology to allow various rival carbon footprinting systems used by food and drink companies to work in harmony