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Fast food giants targeted over antibiotic use
Campaigners have marked World Antibiotics Awareness Week by calling on KFC, Subway and McDonald’s to end the routine use of antibiotics in their livestock supply chains. The group, which includes Consumers International, ShareAction and The Alliance to Save our Antibiotics,… Read More
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Milk crisis comes to our doorsteps
FARMERS SUFFERING from low prices have so far targeted supermarkets with their protest but foodservice firms can’t afford to ignore the issue, writes David Burrows. The milk crisis has finally spilled over into the foodservice sector. In recent weeks retail… Read More
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Future’s bright for sustainable eating
SUSTAINABLE DIETS and the notion that meat consumption should be reduced are controversial topics, so Footprint asked former, newly knighted, NFU president and current chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Sir Peter Kendall his thoughts. … Read More
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Footprint Forum Report: Holding out for a hero
IN EUROPE, genetically modified crops have remained in labs while the rest of the world plants more and more. Does the technology need a champion? It seemed apt that the Footprint Forum to discuss the sensitive issue of genetically modified (GM) crops took… Read More
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GM needs a hero
GENETICALLY MODIFIED foods have very little chance of being accepted in Europe unless celebrity chefs and retailers back them. With UK retailers having put expansive GM-free policies… Read More