21 Dec 2005
in various food groups that had marketers scrambling
for the product-line emergency cord. The medical proof that Sudan 1
could cause cancerous tumours prompted hysteria among supermarkets and
food manufacturers ...
that sales of
Worcestershire sauce, Branston pickle variants and frozen ready-meals
suffered. Eagle-eyed food ...
14 Dec 2005
A leading policy group has slammed food manufacturers for putting commercial gain ahead of public...The Food Ethics Council has criticised manufacturers for introducing
'healthy' junk food ranges rather than altering the fat and sugar
content of their core lines. Food giants including Heinz ...
urges the government to introduce more stringent
regulatory measures to force food companies to raise ...
14 Dec 2005
The confectionery giant has poached Dr Robbie Burns, formerly nutrition
science and policy director of Mead Johnson, the food division of
pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb, to fill the post. Dr Burns, who will be based in both the UK and the US, will join Cadbury
Schweppes' Global Science ...
13 Dec 2005
| by by Staff
around its neck.
The text on the ads reads "Foie gras, food for sadists".
The ads were refused ...
12 Dec 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
for the first time with a food education-themed online campaign....The Marlow Foods brand has worked with communications agency Brahm to create a promotional ...
their intelligence in the IQ Test with 100 general knowledge, food, science and sport questions.
The secondary ...
is effective learning, and we hope that the competition will engage young people in learning about food ...
08 Dec 2005
manufacturing, engineering, textile and food technology. A fifth of England's food is produced there. Georgina ...
08 Dec 2005
| by Hannah Marriott
the quality of food fed to kids. Jamie's School Dinners received two gongs at the National Television Awards ...
or worthy. Groups such as Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, have been campaigning ...
attitudes – to which the food industry has to respond – will leave a legacy.' Most agree ...
08 Dec 2005
high-fat foods, but many people don't know that obesity is a major risk factor for certain cancers ...
05 Dec 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
power' of ads in a move that could have a massive effect on confectionery, fast food and toy companies....their parents for toys and junk food.
Last month, the European Parliament gave the green light to a wide ...
showed that it had only a "modest direct impact" on the food that kids eat. Nestle and Mars have come ...
ads. Several ad agencies and food companies, including General Mills, Kellogg and Kraft Foods, hit ...
02 Dec 2005
The latest is from Alcohol Concern, which wants the enforcement of the
rules on drinks ads to be policed by an independent body led by
non-industry figures. Just as the calls for a TV ban on snack-food advertising to children is
a seductive idea that doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, so the same is
true ...