Those of your read my blog last week about the new allergen labeling regulations coming into force in the UK in 2014 may have noted Hazel Gowland's comment at the bottom about the legibility of labeling on prepacked foods – what you buy in the shops. I had suggested that we had …
Food/Health Policy
Allergen labelling – non pre-packed foods and wines
Over the last few months the catering/food service industry has been getting in a major lather over the imminent (2014) implementation of regulations requiring them to declare the presence of major allergens in their products – bringing them into line with the retail trade which …
35 million family plots produce 77% of Russia’s vegetables and 60% of its meat….
No – not some lovely green wish list – official Russian statistics from 1999 when 'more than 35 million families (105 million people, or 71% of country’s population) owned a dacha or a subsidiary plot and were cultivating it… The 35 million plots of these families occupy more …
The three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink
'The Royal Society - the UK's national academy of science - has today named the fridge, pasteurised milk, and the tin can as the three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink. These relatively modern innovations outscored more ancient inventions including the …
Research – benefits and frustrations
I have only just realised, belatedly, that you are able to subscribe for email updates on specific research threads in our huge research and news forums. (For any of you who are not aware of them, these are John Scott's weekly, and sometimes daily, updates on new research and …