We had a nice little bit of coverage on last night's ITN 6 o'clock news thanks to a report from the Royal Society of Public Health revealing that : * Over two thirds of all takeaways visited (55 around London) failed to provide legally required information on how customers …
Gluten-free
All go – at the Allergy Show!!
It was certainly all go this weekend at the Allergy + FreeFrom Show in Olympia's Grand Hall. We haven't yet had all the stats but the perception of all of the exhibitors that I spoke to was that it was definitely bigger and better than last year (already a record year). That …
Gluten recalls
There was been a huge outcry on social media and elsewhere recently over gluten contamination that occurred in the Genius factory. It triggered a whole slew of products recalls not only of Genius products but of supermarket freefrom lines manufactured by Genius. I missed most of …
Life before ‘freefrom’
Paddy J was a subscriber to the original Foods Matter magazine and followed a 'freefrom' gluten-free diet long before the term was invented. She does not have much patience with those food sensitive people who complain that there are not enough freefrom wheat/dairy/nut/soya …
Precautionary allergen labelling – have we got the balance wrong?
In managing food allergy there are two major hazards: The failure to recognise a food allergen that has been included in a dish as an ingredient and The accidental contamination of an otherwise allergen-free food with an allergen. But while the failure to recognize …