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Caterers buying more green products
GREEN CLEANING products are more popular than they were five years ago, according to new research. Almost two thirds (60%) of 750 businesses quizzed in an independent survey said they buy more eco-friendly cleaning products now than in 2008.…
FootprintComment: Lisa Ackerley, MD at Food Hygiene, provides her take on the new Which? research into food hygiene ratings
A RECENT STUDY in Which? magazine suggested that when it comes to food hygiene we are living in a “postcode lottery”. The publication is pushing for mandatory display of the food hygiene rating in a prominent position. Why? Because outlets…
Bigger fines for food fraud
THE EUROPEAN Commission wants to impose “truly dissuasive” fines in a bid to combat food fraud. The proposal is part of a package of food safety measures published this week. Health commissioner Tonio Borg said the package would…
Food fight: Is there enough GM-free soya for Britain’s poultry farmers
THE AVAILABILITY of GM-free feed for poultry has been shrouded in mystery and contradictory information. Recently, four supermarkets ditched policies that had been in place for over a decade requiring suppliers to feed poultry 100% GM-free soya. Will foodservice companies now…
Reviews of horse meat scandal announced
THE WAY in which the Food Standards Agency (FSA) responded to the horse meat scandal will be assessed as part of an independent review. Whilst the agency’s…
Whitbread burger given the OK
A WHITBREAD BURGER that tested positive for horse DNA above the 1% threshold has now been shown to contain less than 1% horse meat. On March 26th, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) advised that a Whitbread burger had tested…
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…
The political print: The blame game
NO SOONER had the horse meat scandal erupted than the blame game began. ’Twas ever thus. Every scandal needs a villain and there’s no more convenient villain than one that is unidentifiable. …
Horse meat found in Edinburgh schools
A BATCH OF frozen mince containing between 1% and 5% horse meat was supplied to a primary school in Edinburgh prior to the product being recalled by distributor 3663. Eighty-five meat product samples have been taken from the City…
