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  • Millenials drive demand for certified fish

    Millenials drive demand for certified fish

    Shoppers’ spend on eco-labelled fish has increased for a fourth year running, according to new research by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). Total spend on seafood carrying the MSC ecolabel in the UK exceeded half a billion pounds (£754m) in… Read More

  • Tesco threatened with legal action over fake farms

    Tesco threatened with legal action over fake farms

    A food charity is threatening to take Tesco to court over its controversial use of ‘fake farm’ branding on its fresh produce. Feedback is supporting the owner of a real farm called Woodside Farm – a name shared with Tesco’s… Read More

  • Give peas a chance

    Give peas a chance

    The Food Foundation’s new campaign could finally be the spur to get Britain eating more veg, writes Nick Hughes. It’s not often that the entire food sector unites around a single ambition. So hats off to the Food Foundation, whose… Read More

  • Future of food safety is in the balance

    Future of food safety is in the balance

    The Food Standards Agency is quietly proposing the most dramatic shake-up of regulations in almost 20 years. Nick Hughes looks at the details. You could be forgiven for not having heard of “Regulating Our Future”.  The document was pushed out… Read More

  • Food fraud: the dark side of ethical eating

    Food fraud: the dark side of ethical eating

    Criminals have seen a chance to profit from the boom in sustainable food and businesses need to take the problem seriously, writes Nick Hughes. It’s an unfortunate paradox of the market economy that as a desirable market prospers a less… Read More

  • The robots are coming

    The robots are coming

    Machines are replacing people on farms, food factories and McDonald’s restaurants. But fears that they will make humans redundant are overblown, writes Nick Hughes. When self-service kiosks began rolling out to McDonald’s outlets in 2015, staff could have been forgiven… Read More

  • Labels v taxes: which way to cut carbon?

    Labels v taxes: which way to cut carbon?

    Politicians need to encourage a shift to sustainable diets in the fight against climate change. The big question is how. What does a kilo of greenhouse gases buy you in the supermarket? Researchers at Lancaster University and RMIT in Melbourne,… Read More

  • Think like a criminal to beat the food fraud

    Think like a criminal to beat the food fraud

    Since the horsemeat scandal, health and safety offences can bring big fines or even prison. Businesses have to be cunning to stay safe, writes Tony Hines. The scandal over undisclosed horsemeat in food products in the UK forced businesses, the… Read More

  • FSA pledges action after E.coli revelations

    FSA pledges action after E.coli revelations

    The Food Standards agency has vowed to tackle the use of antibiotics in livestock farming after new research found growing levels of resistant E.coli bacteria in supermarket meat. The study commissioned by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics found that… Read More

  • Cage-free commitments heap pressure on caterers

    Cage-free commitments heap pressure on caterers

    A flurry of retailer commitments to source cage-free eggs represents a seismic shift for the sector and puts pressure on foodservice operators to follow suit, according to Compassion in World Farming. Major UK supermarkets and convenience chains including Tesco, Aldi,… Read More