Is your food labelling legal? #legallabelling

  Do you know the difference between ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten?’ What about ‘legal’ names and ‘customary names’? Does your food packaging clearly state the country of origin? Can your nutrition and health claims be substantiated? Do you know what’s acceptable and legal? All food manufacturers have a responsibility to ensure that the information

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Should the Olympics be sponsored by fast food and snack companies?

There has been much debate recently about the appropriateness of international food companies such as McDonalds, Coca Cola, Cadbury’s etc. being official sponsors/supporters for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The main argument is the perception that sporting prowess goes hand-in-hand with healthy eating therefore, by association, it could be construed that eating a Big Mac

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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Week, 2-8 July 2012 #obesityweek

30 or 40 years ago, a week highlighting childhood obesity issues in the UK just would not have happened. Why? Because there simply wasn’t anything like the proportion of overweight or obese children that we have today. Sure there might have been one or two ‘big boned’ kids in a class of thirty: equally there were

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Bring out the strawberries and cream – Wimbledon starts today!

It’s too bad if you’re not a fan of sport. We seem to be surrounded by it at every turn this year. Euro 2012, London 2012 and today marks the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.  Will we ever have a 21st century British Wimbledon champion? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, whether

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