The Week has suddenly become a fertile source of captivating research reports - or is it merely that I failed notice them before? Anyhow, here are two more offerings from last w/e's edition. Apologies if you have seen either elsewhere before. Peacemaker pigs A group of …
Food/Health Policy
Why would a leading KC be taking the government to court over the roll out of 5G?
Michael Mansfield KC is widely known for representing the families in the Grenfell Tower, Lockerbie, Hillsborough, Ballymurphy Massacre and Stephen Lawrence cases. He is now heading up a team of lawyers who are suing the government over their roll out of 5G technology. How …
New light on product recalls
A new research report logging food allergen recalls in the UK from 2016 to 2021 was published on a line few days ago. With results similar to those in other economically comparable countries it throws useful light on allergen control within the food industry dealing with …
FSA’s Food Hypersensitivity Symposium 2022
Earlier this month the Food Standards Agency held one of its annual food allergy/hypersensitvity (FHS) symposiums. We were in the middle of the FreeFrom Food Awards judging so I couldn't be there in person but fortunately they offered on line access to all of the talks and …
Take Hunger Off the Table – 20-21st March
So - there are now more food banks in the UK (well over 2,000) than McDonald's restaurants (1300)? Actually that figure is now well and truly out of date. Thanks to the rising cost of living and the uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, there must now be more than twice as …