How metals in food impact children's behaviour
25-Mar-2009 - The contamination of food with certain metals needs to be urgently addressed in light of...
EFSA slashes heavy metal limit
24-Mar-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority has lowered the tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for cadmium after...
Confectionery firms criticised for not removing colours
20-Mar-2009 - Cadbury and Mars are attracting severe criticism from food campaigners, who say they have not...
CIAA responds to points raised by anti-GDA campaign
20-Mar-2009 - The CIAA has responded to criticisms levelled at its GDA nutrition labelling system by a...
Guest article
UK labelling proposal under the spotlight
02-Mar-2009 - Owen Warnock, partner and food law expert at international law firm Eversheds, checks the fine...
Half of all consumers ignore food labels
24-Feb-2009 - About half of consumers never read the nutrition label before purchasing pre-packaged food, according...
Calls for stricter meat product origin labelling
16-Feb-2009 - A bid to change the law for country-of-origin labeling of meat is to be launched...
‘Portion size’ may not be a good way to curb obesity: Study
29-Jan-2009 - Nutritional labelling may mean more to consumers than portion sizes, according to a joint study...
New gluten-free labelling could mean extra costs for bakers
23-Jan-2009 - New rules from Brussels implemented this week on the labelling and formulation of gluten-free foods...
Prepare now for new additive and enzyme regulations
15-Dec-2008 - Companies should check now whether their additives, enzymes and flavourings comply with the EU’s new...
Special comment
Irish pork: Bringing home the bacon on food safety
10-Dec-2008 - The Irish pork crisis has consumers staring at the prospect of an empty table at...
Nut allergy fears becoming hysterical: BMJ
10-Dec-2008 - Fears over the dangers of peanut allergy, a potentially deadly allergy for certain people,...
Industry salutes ‘deletion’ of national labelling schemes
01-Dec-2008 - The rapporteur’s report on the food information proposal has elicited a positive initial reaction from...
Investigation finds oats illegally labelled organic
27-Nov-2008 - Batches of organic oats being sold in the UK could be flouting the law after...
Confidence in safe food supply slipping
18-Nov-2008 - More needs to be done by the government to protect the public from contaminated food,...
Website aims to solve food labelling confusion
14-Nov-2008 - A new website due to launch in the UK next year aims to reduce consumer...
UK salt concern at a five year low, FSA survey
07-Nov-2008 - UK consumers have worried less about salt and additives this year and more about saturated...
Wide scepticism of industry interest in cloned food, Commission survey
10-Oct-2008 - A new Eurobarometer survey that has revealed consumers’ views on animal cloning for food production...
Melamine in confectionery detected on UK shelves
06-Oct-2008 - Confectioners and food firms in the UK are on the alert after the country's...
EUFIC publishes first results of EU labelling survey
29-Sep-2008 - Most UK consumers are aware of guidance daily amounts (GDA) and traffic light labelling, but...
FSA seeks research for allergy labelling changes
23-Sep-2008 - The UK’s Food Standards Agency is working on improving allergen labelling and control practices...
Industry decries too complex labelling proposal
02-Sep-2008 - The proposed regulation on food labelling is too complicated, makes unrealistic demands on font size,...
Stores slammed for unhealthy food promos
01-Sep-2008 - Claims that UK supermarkets are promoting more unhealthy foods than they were two years ago...
Commission to be quizzed on cloning safety, ethics
29-Aug-2008 - The debate over products from cloned animals entering the European food chain will enter a...
No cancer concerns over paprika colour for foods: study
21-Aug-2008 - The increasing use of paprika as a food colour does not present any safety concerns...
