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Children's Food Campaign attacks FSA retreat on food labelling

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
We call on the FSA Board to reject the reccomendation to weaken support for traffic light labelling
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Careless government spending threatens wild fish survival

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
David Drew MP introduces legislation in Parliament to stop the public sector buying endangered fish.
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Children's Food Campaign wins fight against product placement of junk food

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
Children’s food campaigners today declared victory in their campaign to stop the Government introducing product placement of junk food in UK-made television programmes.
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£75,000 now available for ‘grow your own’ schemes

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The cash is available as part of the Capital Growth scheme, supported by the Mayor of London and managed by London Food Link, which encourages Londoners to grow their own food in under-used areas of the capital.
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Parents furious over 'hypocrisy' of cereal ad

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
Read The Independent article about Change4Life-partner Kellogg's outrageous adverts encouraging children to eat Coco Pops after school.
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Fifteen’s head baker teams up with the Real Bread Campaign for National Apprenticeship Week

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
Head baker Kenny Rankin will be sharing his knowledge of artisan bakery with the Real Bread Campaign in a bid to highlight the importance of bakery apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week (1-5 February).
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Mayor launches competition to get London’s school kids growing their own food

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
London's primary school children are being encouraged to grow their own fruit and vegetables by the Mayor, Boris Johnson, through a new Capital Growth schools competition launched today (Thursday 21 January).
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Celebrity chef Loyd Grossman joins attack on government for hospital food failure

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
Loyd Grossman responds to the Good Food for Our Money campaign's 'A Decade of Hospital Food Failure' report by declaring 'it is a scandal that improving hospital catering remains far from the top of the NHS agenda'.
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Government wastes over £50m on hospital food failure

Sustain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The Government has wasted over £50 million since the year 2000 on at least 17 separate initiatives to improve hospital food, which have resulted in almost no improvement to the quality of meals served, or to their nutritional and environmental value.
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ACAF open meeting 3 March 2010

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
A summary of the Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF) meeting held on 3 March 2010 is available. The meeting gave an opportunity for interested parties and members of the public to observe how this government advisory committee operates, and to follow the debate on a range of animal feed issues.
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Scores on the Doors Working Group agenda published

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The Food Standards Agency has published the agenda and papers for the meeting of the Scores on the Doors Working Group on Consistency Issues on Thursday 11 March.
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Invitation to novel foods open event

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is holding an open event on novel foods in London on Wednesday 21 April 2010. Anyone can attend, including members of the public.
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Tesco withdraws four varieties of sandwiches

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
Tesco has withdrawn four varieties of its sandwiches with 'use by' dates of 5 March 2010 and 6 March 2010, because the lettuce used in the sandwiches might be contaminated with slug pellets.
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Local authority enforcement monitoring data published

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The Agency has today published a paper on the enforcement of food law by UK local authorities in 2008/09. The paper, which includes enforcement activity data that has been collected using a new monitoring system, will be discussed by the FSA Board at its open meeting next week.
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Agency publishes proposals for better labels

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The Agency has today published a paper, which will be discussed at an open Board meeting next week, setting out proposals for front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling. The Agency is proposing a flexible approach to implementing a single front-of-pack label to help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food.
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FSA Board meeting papers published

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The agenda and papers for this Wednesday's FSA open Board meeting have been published. The meeting is being held in Cardiff on 10 March 2010. It will begin at 9am and will be chaired by Agency Chair Jeff Rooker. You can attend in person, watch it live online or listen-in via a free phone number.
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British attitudes to new food technologies

FSA - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:06
The Food Standards Agency has published new research looking at people?s attitudes to emerging food technologies, including genetically modified (GM) food, high pressure treatment, gas filled packaging and hypothetical foods that have health benefits.
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Re: Permaculture thesis

Manchester Permaculture - Tue, 09/03/2010 - 23:11
Hello Fiona Really nice to receive your email. Can I ask just out of interest how you heard about us? It sounds like your project is really interesting, and

Launch of the Stockport Hydro Ltd share offer at STOCKPORT TOWN HALL

Manchester Permaculture - Tue, 09/03/2010 - 21:52
INVITATION You are warmly invited to the launch of the Stockport Hydro Ltd share offer at STOCKPORT TOWN HALL on Tuesday 6 April 2010 at 6.30pm Representatives

What Next? Discussion evening

Manchester Permaculture - Tue, 09/03/2010 - 18:58
Hi Please see info below about evening in Chorlton. What Next? An evening of inspiring and practical talks and discussion, towards making Chorlton a greener
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