It is so long since I have blogged that I have almost forgotten what the blog looks like... All down to the 'clear up' after the very successful FreeFrom Food Awards party and presentation on the 17th (see here for the winners and here for Alex's usual witty report on the party). …
Food/Health Policy
Cut government red tape…
As many of you will probably know, the natural health industry (makers of herbal, homeopathic, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicines, nutritional supplements etc) have been fighting a bruising and often unsuccessful battle with Brussels for some years over the the regulation of natural …
Pink Slime…
Last week's final despatch of the shortlisted products in the FreeFrom Skincare Awards to our Beauty Bible volunteers for month-long intensive testing sessions has freed me up to to check out the huge pile of interesting emails and news items that have arrived in my in-box over …
Supermarkets and moral fibre…
A couple of days ago I received an incandescent-with-fury email berating Sainsbury's and Waitrose for stocking Belvedere Broccoli, a conventionally bred, non-GMO broccoli devloped by the Great Evil One, Monsanto. Now I hold absolutely no brief for Monsanto – I think they …
Allergy versus intolerance – again…
Today's excellent coverage of 'freefrom food' – a fab, in depth investigation on Radio 4's Food Programme (you can 'listen again' or download a podcast here) and a short item on BBC 1's Breakfast this morning – were, on the whole, pretty balanced, but they have caused the usual …