LACA

  • Prize display for champions of healthy living

    ACCORDING TO dubious research cooked up for a marketing campaign a few years ago the third Monday of January deserves the title of “Blue Monday”. That’s when people are at their most miserable, thanks to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold… Read More

  • Horse meat testing expanded

    TESTING FOR horse meat will be extended to include stock cubes, stewing steak and gelatine. In all, 514 products will be tested, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced. The full results will be published.   The sampling for the… Read More

  • Caterers ‘real culprits’ in horse meat scandal.

    THE BOSS of Iceland has launched a scathing attack on the catering industry, claiming that they and the local authorities are to blame for the current horse meat crisis.   In an interview with the BBC on Sunday, February 17th,… Read More

  • Latest statements on horsemeat scandal, as of February 13th

    Note: The Food Standards Agency statement for caterers is available here.   ARAMARK statement:   “We can’t speak for the catering industry and weren’t present at today’s meeting.  From our standpoint, all ARAMARK-authorised suppliers of products containing meat and processed… Read More

  • “Tougher” tests on beef products agreed

    FOOD SECRETARY Owen Paterson has told Sky News that an “international conspiracy” could be at the centre of the horse meat scandal. LACA confident that school food not contaminated   His comments came following an emergency meeting with food retailers… Read More

  • Video – Inaugural Footprint Health & Vitality Honours

    LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to… Read More

  • Companies Rewarded for Healthy Best Practices In First-Ever Foodservice ‘Health & Vitality Honours’

    A NUMBER of organisations sufficiently advanced in the health, nutrition and vitality arena will be rewarded for their efforts with recognition in the first-ever “Health & Vitality Honours” – a brand new scheme specially created to establish a platform for… Read More

  • Times’s Coren reviews school meal

    CARSHARLTON BOYS Sports College has received a glowing report from one of the country’s top restaurant critics.   Giles Coren, who reviewed the schools’ lunch meals for his regular feature in the Times magazine on Saturday, rewarded a ‘7.5 out… Read More

  • Stealth successes

    NEVER WORK with animals or children. Those involved in school catering would certainly agree with the latter after a rollercoaster month which has placed school dinners firmly back on the political and media agendas.   Jamie Oliver got the ball… Read More

  • Healthy school meals increase

    THE NUMBER of children having healthy school meals in England has risen for a fourth year running – with an estimated 167,000 more children using their school dining rooms last year.   New figures, reported by local authorities and published… Read More