Organic approaches to future food security will be conference focus
Organic and agro-ecological approaches to future food security will form the focus of a major conference in Birmingham this month.
The annual ORC organic producer’s...
Danes want 60% of public food service meals to be organic
The Danish government has set an ambitous new target that 60% of the food cooked in public sector kitchens – including hospitals, schools and...
Chupa Chups takes top spot in “dodgiest” claims awards
The makers of Chupa Chups lollipops have been declared winners of the ‘Dodgiest Junk Food Claim’ of 2011, receiving more than twice the number...
Two years of "carnage" as supermarkets build what they want
Figures from property consultancy CBRE show that supermarket expansion has increased dramatically since the the beginning of the recession.
According to a report in The...
Two years of “carnage” as supermarkets build what they want
Figures from property consultancy CBRE show that supermarket expansion has increased dramatically since the the beginning of the recession.
According to a report in The...
Know your veg? Get along to Vegfest!
Leading buyers, managers and staff from the natural Products industry are expected to be heading for Europe’s biggest — and coolest — veggie events...
Essential Trading switches onto solar power
Bristol-based wholefood manufacturer and distributor Essential Trading has invested £100,000 in a new solar PV electricity system from Solarsense at its Fishponds warehouse.
Essential says...
Junk food firms targeting children with online games
A new report from two leading charities accuses big food firms of using online games and competitions to market junk foods to children.
The report...
First free-from skincare awards launched
The team behind the Foodsmatter website have launched the first ever free-from skincare awards.
The awards, which will be presented in May 2012, are designed...
Agrochemical industry steps up pressure on retailers over GM
Agrochem trade association Crop Protection Association is stepping up the pressure on the UK’s biggest retailers to drop their resistance to GM, reports The...
Scandinavia show hits its stride as key brands commit
At over 35% sold Natural Products Scandinavia is hitting its stride as a host of key brands commit to the event which takes place...
Scandinavia show hits its stride as key brands commit
At over 35% sold Natural Products Scandinavia is hitting its stride as a host of key brands commit to the event which takes place...
Portas to push for rates discounts and ‘high street teams’
Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas will present her review ‘The Future of Our High Streets’ to the Government today (December 13)
The retail guru was...
Portas to push for rates discounts and ‘high street teams’
Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas will present her review ‘The Future of Our High Streets’ to the Government today (December 13)
The retail guru was...
Which? welcomes claims regs “based on fact, not fiction”
The consumer group Which? has welcomed last Monday’s (December 5) vote by the EC Standing Committee on Animal Health and the Food Chain to...
Uncertainty remains over “politicised” MPLs — Mathioudakis
Basil Mathioudakis, head of the EC’s food law unit DG SANCO, has conceded that uncertainty continues over the issue of maxium permitted levels (MPLs)...
MHRA “investigating nine companies” over herbals
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has told nutraingredients.com that it is currently investigating nine companies over possible breaches of new...
EC brushes aside industry protests to forge ahead with controversial claims...
The European Commission has brushed aside Europe-wide industry protests to forge ahead with implementation of the controversial Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation.
On Monday (December...
VMS sales fall but ageing population signals brighter future
Sales of vitamins minerals and supplements (VMS) in the UK have fallen for three consecutive years according to a new report from analysts Key...
Trial shows DHA supplementation improves memory and cognition
The findings of a new clinical trial show that fish oil supplementation improves memory in healthy adults
The results of the study presented today (29th...