Achievements recalled, friends remembered – and some serious points too at...
Board members past and present, company members, academics, supporters and regulators all came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the British Herbal Medicine Association...
New Planet Organic store will be chain’s “most prominent”
Planet Organic will open its seventh London store and undertake a major redevelopment of its Torrington Road branch during what the retailer is calling...
The UK wakes up to organic!
The Organic Trade Board’s (OTB) Wake up to Organic campaign took place on 17 June and was a resounding success, with a host of...
Skeptic group warns of “dangerous and unproven” allergy tests
Skeptic group the Good Thinking Society has warned that allergy and food intolerance tests “that have no scientific basis” are being widely used in...
European Court rejects HFMA/NPN health claims challenge
The General Court of the European Court of Justice has rejected a joint plea from the Health Food Manufacturers Association (HFMA) and Dutch trade...
Fresh faces for EFSA health claims panel
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has named the members of its health claims panel for 2015-2018, which will feature ten new faces.
New members...
Nuts may significantly reduce mortality, says Dutch study
A Dutch study, led by Professor Piet van den Brandt from Maastricht University, has found that the consumption of at least 10g of nuts...
Flaxseed supplements help reduce blood pressure
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in the journal Clinical Nutrition has found that flaxseed supplements can have a positive effect on...
Industry figures drive RSPH to include indie health stores in follow-up...
Following the omission of health food stores in the recent Health on the High Street report, NAHS Administrator Avril McCracken and Cheryl Thallon of...
Was this the beginning of a pro-GM television future?
Did the BBC Panorama programme GM Food – Cultivating Fear usher in a new “pro-GM television future”?
That’s the question raised by the head of...
Restrictive allergy diets leading to malnutrition in children, scientists claim
Middle-class children are increasingly at risk from malnutrition as result of being placed on restrictive allergy-diets by well-intentioned but misinformed parents.
That’s the warning from...
Almost a fifth of Britons don’t eat any whole grains
Experts at Newcastle University are calling for the introduction of guidelines on the amount of whole grains people should eat after it was revealed almost one in...
Deliciously Ella to front OTB’s #ThriftyOrganic Challenge
Top food blogger and best-selling author Deliciously Ella is to front a new Organic Trade Board initiative aimed at showing people that organic doesn’t...
Salmon oil found to reduce markers of oxidative stress
A study which researchers say may be the first to show that fish oil can reduce oxidative stress in healthy subjects, has found that...
Choose established seals to beat eco-label fraudsters – MSC
When consumers choose established sustainability seals – like Fairtrade, Soil Association and MSC – they are helping to beat growing ranks of eco-fraudsters.
That’s the...
Nominate your Health Food Heroes
Here’s an opportunity for you to nominate your Health Food Heroes – that’s products, not people, on this occasion.
That’s because in next month’s Natural...
NATRUE reports success at Membership Assembly
NATRUE hosted its Membership Assembly in May when leading experts in the natural and organic cosmetics field gathered in Berlin to find about the...
European Parliament report on new EU organic rules is “major...
IFOAM EU has welcomed a report from the European Parliament on European Commission plans for a new EU organic regulation due to be finalised...
Choosing organic – “a great contribution people can make”
Buying organic is a “great contribution people can make to support farming that’s better for the environment and for animals”, said Soil Association chief...
Riverford founder “mixing politics with potatoes” (no surprise there)
Riverford Organic founder Guy Watson has been accused of “mixing politics with potatoes’ after using his latest newsletter to attack both of Britain’s major...