All Regulation articles – Page 68
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NewsDefra ready to fight EC over plans to ban flags on meat
Retailers and UK meat suppliers are set to be banned from using the Union Flag or other symbols that help identify the cou…
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Comment & OpinionWhen celebrity endorsements go bad
Rihanna’s recent High Court ruling against Topshop provides a lesson for any retailer seeking celebrity endorsement…
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NewsUnite to 'name and shame' zero-hours contract suppliers
Trade union Unite plans to name and shame food and drink manufacturers that persist in using zero-hours contracts…
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Analysis & FeaturesHas Strawberrygate hulled the lengthy promos of old?
As Daphne Smallman, 76, discovered while shopping at Tesco in June 2011, some pleasures aren’t as simple as they first app…
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NewsTesco strawberry fine: bad luck or well deserved?
Tesco can consider itself “unlucky” to have been caught out running a misleading promotion on strawberries in 2011…
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Comment & OpinionECJ says no to health claim loopholes
It is always a worry when the courts start to interpret new legislation…
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NewsImperial and JTI slam EU tobacco directive proposals
The UK’s two biggest tobacco manufacturers are backing the campaign to stop the EU Tobacco Products Directive…
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Analysis & FeaturesWill GCA's 1% sales fine be a real deterrent to supermarkets?
Suppliers like Christine Tacon’s idea, of course, but the devil is in the detail…
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Analysis & FeaturesC-stores pull in celebratory shoppers in the heatwave
The Grocer/Him! Shop Waves survey shows shoppers heading to c-stores in party spirit – but health is also on their minds…
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Comment & OpinionEnd of the nanny state?
After years of clamour for state manipulation of eating habits, a health minister has rejected dietary micro-management…
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NewsMore NGOs planning to turn backs on Responsibility Deal
More NGO members are threatening to walk out on the government’s Responsibility Deal, claiming they are disillusioned…
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NewsMinimum alcohol price evidence 'shot down in flames'
The evidence base for the government’s alcohol minimum unit pricing plans was “shot down in flames” this week…
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Comment & Opinion"So far, there has been little sign of the industry rising to the challenge"
It has been encouraging to see the spotlight back on children’s food in the past couple of weeks…
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NewsHealth minister Soubry rules out 'guilt lanes' crackdown
Anna Soubry has ruled out the prospect of a radical government clampdown on the marketing of HFSS products…
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NewsIs plain packaging to be introduced 'by the back door'?
The European Parliament has moved a step closer to introducing “plain packaging by the back door”…
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Comment & OpinionWhat cost changing the food system?
For years, public health people thought if they provided figures on the cost of poor diets, policymakers would respond…
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NewsLower-alcohol lines booming says DH
Supermarkets and suppliers are on course to smash the government’s target of removing one billion units of alcohol…
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NewsNow DH planning new code for marketing of HFSS lines
The government has started drawing up plans for a new industry code of practice on the marketing of HFSS products…
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Comment & Opinion
A label rule straitjacket
The new government-approved layout for front-of-pack nutrition labelling represents the culmination of months of hard work…
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Comment & OpinionTraffic-light front-of-pack labels will bring huge benefits
On Wednesday the UK governments launched a traffic-light nutrition labelling scheme for front-of-pack…