27 Nov 1997
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The organic food market has doubled over the past two years in the
wake of a number of high...The organic food market has doubled over the past two years in the
wake of a number of high-profile food scares, according to a recent
report by Mintel.
The UK s 870 organic farms are currently ...
.
The market for organic food and vegetables is worth in the region of
pounds 260m in the UK. This is set ...
21 Nov 1997
| by JOHN TYLEE
The Government is to reject proposals by its top food expert to ban
food advertising aimed...The Government is to reject proposals by its top food expert to ban
food advertising aimed ...
controls over food sold near
school premises and preventing primary schools from selling sweets, some
snacks and soft drinks.
James s report attacks the food industry for targeting children as young ...
21 Nov 1997
| by TINA FOTHERBY
and sparked numerous TV reports.
The drive - which calls for a code of practice to ensure the food ...
.
The report was backed by the Consumers Association and the National
Food Alliance. Both provided third party endorsement, as did the
Government with Food Minister Jeff Rooker and Consumer Affairs Minister ...
20 Nov 1997
| by MIKE HEWITT
Retailers and manufacturers, exasperated by the length of time the
EU is taking to pass food...Retailers and manufacturers, exasperated by the length of time the
EU is taking to pass food ...
their adoption of Institute of
Grocery Distribution guidelines on how genetically-modified foods should
be labelled.
Food and consumer organisations have been pushing for legislation since
crops modified ...
13 Nov 1997
Don t worry about it until you actually get an offer: until then it
is all rather academic.
24 Oct 1997
| by JOHN TYLEE
carbohydrate-rich foods and proportionally less from fat.
It takes place against a dramatic reduction ...
food.
Filming of the commercial, in which Whitehouse will play one of his
comic characters ...
the food value of
bread using a distinctive character.
...
24 Oct 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The European Commission has brought in the Rowland Company in
Moscow to raise awareness of a food...food safety project in the area affected
by the Chernobyl nuclear accident of 1986.
Consumers are being exposed to food contaminated with radioactivity and
heavy metals like lead. They ignore safety warnings because they do not
currently trust the reliability of food testing, according to Rowland ...
17 Oct 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The CRS (Co-operative Retail Services) food division has taken on
its first PR manager in a bid...The CRS (Co-operative Retail Services) food division has taken on
its first PR manager in a bid ...
CRS and other food retailers is that the
majority of CRS stores are smaller food convenience stores ...
.
It was recognised at corporate level that the food business required
investment and updating, said Blake ...
17 Oct 1997
| by STEPHEN ARMSTRONG
s Masterchef programme, but has also just landed the editor s job
at BBC Good Food magazine....s Masterchef programme, but has also just landed the editor s job
at BBC Good Food magazine ...
he provided cover at
Cosmopolitan before securing the Good Food job.
Good Food is in quite ...
am trying to make it more impressive while keeping it aimed squarely
at the mass market. Good Food ...
17 Oct 1997
| by PETER SHELDON GREEN, managing director,
Organic food at vastly inflated prices has been steadily finding
its way into supermarkets...Organic food at vastly inflated prices has been steadily finding
its way into supermarkets in increasing quantities for some time now
Gestures have been made towards ecological issues with the offer of
paper bags, dump bins for recycling plastic carriers and the like. All
perfectly good and ethical ...