Susan Jebb news and analysis – Page 3
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Analysis & FeaturesHow ready is the food industry for the HFSS clampdown?
The Grocer’s HFSS Clampdown Conference this week revealed a shocking lack of preparedness for measures due to come in later this year
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NewsChris Tyas and TikTok to speak at The Grocer’s HFSS conference
TikTok, Unilever, NielsenIQ, Kantar Worldpanel and HIM among latest companies speaking at The Grocer’s HFSS clampdown conference
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Comment & OpinionPig crisis conflict to seasonal wage confusion: five key takeaways from the NFU Conference 2022
The conference was a day of lively debate as it broached the problems currently facing farmers with speeches from NFU president Minette Batters, Defra secretary George Eustice and more
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Comment & OpinionHealthier aisle ends show supermarkets have a key role in ‘levelling up’ health
It’s encouraging to see Tesco and Sainsbury’s already working on making stores healthier
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat future for the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit?
As the Russell Hume case collapses, where does NFCU go from here?
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Comment & OpinionDoes the appointment of the FSA’s new boss signal a new direction?
Professor Susan Jebb is ‘not a food safety person’, says one source. But she will have big decisions to make on that front in her new role
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NewsFSA appoints scientist Professor Susan Jebb as new chair
Jebb will start her three-year term on 1 July
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will be the impact of the HFSS clampdown?
Health campaigners say government restrictions on HFSS foods are long overdue. Industry claims the costs outweigh the benefits. So will it help?
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NewsBanishing sugary cereals to top shelf shown to have little impact on consumer behaviour
The move led to a switch to healthier, higher-fibre cereals put in their place of less than 1%
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NewsHigh-sugar breakfast cereals ‘nudged’ to top shelf in supermarket anti-obesity trial
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and more launch in-store trials of ‘nudge’ obesity measures
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NewsHenry Dimbleby appoints ‘free thinkers’ to National Food Advisory Panel
The Leon founder says he deliberately appointed figures who were not scared to rock the boat, but also ‘not afraid to change their minds’
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NewsMedia Bites 9 May: Sainsbury’s, Price wars, BRC/KPMG
Sainsbury’s bosses have exercised share options worth £4.5m, the timing and size of which could raise eyebrows so soon after the Asda merger was announced
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Analysis & FeaturesChildhood obesity strategy: what can industry expect next?
The childhood obesity strategy is out at last, but it leaves many questions unanswered. Here’s what industry can expect next
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Analysis & FeaturesAre mandatory targets inevitable in the war on sugar?
EU competition law and the squeeze on local authority budgets pose major challenges to the imposition of a regulatory appraisal
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Comment & OpinionMPs’ sugar and HFSS mega-crackdown plan is obese with impracticality
Surely the biggest priority for government strategy is that it is measurable, realistic and – above all – evidence-based
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Comment & OpinionPHE’s call for ‘responsible promotions’ opens up old wounds for industry
Public Health England’s revelation yesterday that its evidence review supports bringing in a tax on added-sugar drinks has…
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NewsOliver 'confident' David Cameron will reconsider sugar tax
Jamie Oliver claims talks with PM have left him “utterly confident” the government is poised for a sugar tax u-turn…
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NewsFruit juice to stay on 5 a day product list despite calls for removal
Experts brought in to oversee overhaul of 5 a day message will call for clarification to restrict intake to no more than 150ml per day
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Analysis & FeaturesConservative election victory: where now for food and drink?
From Brexit and the war on sugar to the wider Responsibility Deal and the state of Britain’s high streets
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Comment & OpinionMaking public health commitments count
New research commissioned by Fishburn for a recent industry round table chaired by Professor Susan Jebb found 83% of consumers cannot name any public information campaigns