All Regulation articles – Page 2
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Comment & OpinionHow grocers should respond to new checks on buy now, pay later
From 15 July, BNPLs will now be mandated to run affordability checks for borrowers – meaning several millions of people will no longer be able to use it. Chris Bennett of Fair For You offers advice on how to respond
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NewsMPs demand FSA-led crackdown on HFSS loopholes
Ministers should close ‘glaring loopholes’ in the new junk food advertising ban, which MPs said allow junk food brands to continue advertising unchecked
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NewsFDF fibre campaign reports vast improvement in servings
The FDF today revealed its Action on Fibre campaign had seen big improvements in fibre across products such as bread, yoghurts and snacks
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Comment & OpinionWhat the latest ASA HFSS rulings mean for brands
What do a winking yellow M&M and an almond croissant have in common? Both have helped shape the ASA’s emerging approach to HFSS advertising rules, says Katrina Anderson, partner at Mills & Reeve
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NewsSupermarket bosses in appeal to ‘save’ Wales deposit return scheme
Figures including Tesco UK CEO Ashwin Prasad and Sainsbury’s chief Simon Roberts have joined drinks leaders from companies including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in a letter to Welsh first minister Rhun ap Iorwerth
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News‘Scramble’ to meet new packaging tax deadline
The scheme administrator had already brought forward the deadline to 1 November and has now moved it again, to 1 September, following discussions with ministers
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Comment & OpinionJunk food ad ban: clarity, confusion and a pizza-sized loophole
The stage is now set for an almighty clash between health campaign groups, politicians and the food industry after today’s landmark ASA rulings
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NewsBacklash as fast food chains swerve government’s junk food clampdown
In a string of Advertising Standards Authority rulings published today, the watchdog dismissed complaints about the ads of companies including Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC and Uber Eats
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NewsDubai chocolate in food safety fail, finds FSA test
Only one of 45 Dubai-style chocolates passed every check in the FSA’s latest retail surveillance programme
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NewsAIMS appoints former FSA heavyweight as new chairman
He began his new role on Wednesday 1 July, succeeding John Thorley
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Comment & Opinion‘Made in Britain’ labels are no substitute for farming policy
In a return to the old political battleground of food labels, more than 40 MPs have called for the government to require clearer country-of-origin labelling on a wider range of meat products
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Comment & OpinionWhy food and drink brands need to invest in tackling litter
Recyclable packaging alone won’t solve litter – a Yorkshire pilot shows behaviour change can work, says Alison Ogden- Newton, CEO of Keep Britain Tidy
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NewsEU approves pioneering food additive for tackling obesity
Now it is approved in the EU, the scientists behind the ingredient expect the UK regulator to quickly follow suit
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NewsHealthy food proposals could cut childhood obesity by a quarter, study finds
The policy is aimed at encouraging supermarkets to make the average shopping basket healthier
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NewsWelsh food businesses call for DRS alignment with rest of UK
Unlike schemes launching in other parts of the UK, Wales plans to include glass
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Comment & OpinionShopworkers deserve better than a law with no teeth
Tougher laws have failed to prevent an increase in assaults on shopworkers in Scotland. What’s going on?
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NewsScottish retail worker assaults rise every year since 2021 protection law
There have been 1,318 incidents of retail worker assaults reported to Police Scotland in 2026 so far
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Comment & OpinionThe regulatory reckoning coming to the period aisle
New regulation is coming to period care – and retailers carry more risk than they think, says St.John Pearce-Burke, co-founder & CEO at TOTM
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Comment & OpinionThe Treasury can’t mark its own homework on alcohol duty reform
As we approach the three-year anniversary of the first major reform of the UK’s alcohol excise regime in over 50 years, Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association, shares his hopes and fears of the government’s evaluation of the new system
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Comment & OpinionThe bowl of cereal that broke the nutritional algorithm
A 20-year-old agorithm is about to reclassify Bran Flakes as junk food – it’s time to fix it, says Adam Aljewicz, director at WeAreSPQR