August 2018
Sugar remains key concern in FSA survey
The amount of sugar in food remains the top worry for consumers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Concern about sugar has risen more than any other issue since the Food Standards Agency (FSA) started its biannual public attitudes tracker…
Questions remain over junk food marketing rules
Do new rulings on online adverts for sweets and chocolate show self-regulation is working or woefully inadequate? In July 2017, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), placed restrictions on the advertising of food and drink high in salt, sugar and…
Plastics package: coffee pods, strawless lids and a bitter BBIA
This month we will mostly be confused by compostables and perplexed by plastics. By David Burrows. For years there have been calls to ditch weight as a measurement for waste and use carbon instead. An analysis of Scotland’s rubbish showed…
Hospitality firms would welcome “measured debate” on immigration
The government has failed to hold a “sensible debate” on immigration or build any kind of consensus on an issue that dominated the referendum on EU membership, according to MPs. The Home Affairs Committee warned that migration policy “now risks…
Food sector secretive over sustainability progress
UK food and drink companies are struggling to meet their sustainability targets on waste, renewable technology and sustainable investment. Green technology firm Food Fw analysed publicly available information from 178 companies within the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) in the…
Summer’s not over but natural resources have “run out”
Earth Overshoot Day came even earlier this year, on August 1st, prompting calls to cut food waste in half, invest more in low carbon energy and even have fewer children. Earth Overshoot Day is the date when humanity’s annual demand…
Pesticides residues in food remain low, says EFSA
Europeans continue to eat food that is “largely free of pesticide residues” or which contains levels of residues within legal limits, according to the European Food Safety Authority. Of the 84,657 samples for 791 pesticides analysed in 2016, more than…
