The Food and Drink Innovation Network are usually pretty topical with their seminars but they excelled themselves this week. On Tuesday, not only did they have a regulatory lawyer explaining exactly what the High Court action which launched this morning could mean, but we had the …
Food/Health Policy
One Epipen? No, surely, it should be two.
The prescription of auto injector pens (Epipen, Jext, Emerade etc) for those who are thought to be at risk of anaphylactic shock is now fairly standard – although, all too often, this is accompanied by little if any serious advice on how to use them.* However, advice from MHRA …
Call for action on antibiotics
A recent investigation by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics has found antibiotic resistant E coli in UK origin pig and chicken meat sold in major UK food retailers – and they are not happy about it! So they are writing to all of the major supermarkets asking them to work …
Lean Logic and Surviving the Future
Those of you who knew David Fleming or have read any of his works will be delighted to hear that, thanks to the sterling efforts of Shaun Chamberlain and publishers Chelsea Green, both Lean Logic, David's life's work, and Surviving the Future, Shaun's edited introduction to …
‘Why Lidl are not nuts’
Lidl is in trouble with the FSA and has recalled some of the Honey Peanuts because the word 'peanuts' does not appear on the pack even though there is a picture of them. And yes.... this is important. Yet again, I am totally with Alex who rightly maintains that rules must be …