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Pork Farms pumps half a million into gluten-free
Pork Farms has pumped half a million pounds into a new gluten-free (GF) bakery brand that is being manufactured at its chilled quiche Riverside Bakery in Nottingham.
Archives for June 26, 2014
Lidl creates 2,500 jobs, as Morrisons admits discount challenge
Discount chain Lidl has revealed plans to create 2,500 jobs in a £220M expansion, the day after Morrisons’ boss Dalton Philips admitted you can’t “out-discount a discounter”.
Food firms suggest Suarez should bite products not people
Food and drink manufacturers have taken to Twitter to respond to Luis Suarez’s alleged biting of Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay and Italy football match at the World Cup in Brazil last night (July 24).
Top 10 tips to improve food industry traceability
The public’s understanding of food traceability has shot up the agenda in recent years, as a result of much hyped food scandals. The recent media furore around halal only serves to highlight this and reinforces the fact that traceability is an area of...
SACN REPORT: REACTION
Carbohydrate report: reaction in quotes
Public Health England will investigate taxing sugary drinks according to the paper it issued alongside the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN’s) draft report published today (June 26).
SACN report
Sugar intake should be halved, advises SACN report
The intake of added sugar in people’s daily diet should be halved as part of a campaign to cut Britain’s soaring obesity levels, according to an influential report by government adviser the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).
Government reaffirms British food and drink pledge
Environment secretary Owen Paterson has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to give British produce a greater share of its £2.66bn spend on food and drink.
Sugar targets ‘counter productive’ in obesity battle
Introducing sugar targets, in a bid to battle Britain’s obesity crisis, would be counter-productive, said Susan Jebb, ahead of a key report from Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).
GMB to fight 64 planned job cuts at Burton’s Biscuits
Trades union GMB has vowed to fight Burton’s Biscuit Company proposals to cut 64 jobs at its factory at Sighthill near Edinburgh.