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Success
for Action on Additives campaign: artificial
food colourings to be removed from food and drink products
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The
Action on Additives website lists over 1,000 products that contain
one or more of the additives shown to increase hyperactivity in
children. The campaign has significantly contributed to
the Food Standards Agency’s decision (10th April 2008) to
advise ministers to call for an EU ban on six artificial food
colourings. This advice will be coupled with a voluntary ban in
the UK by the end of 2009.
For
more information visit the
Action on Additives website. The site allows you to submit
more products and comment on the foods, drinks and medicines already
listed.
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Pineapple
bling
“I call this photo of myself pineapple bling,”
says Moses Kibuuka Muwanga, founder of the Jali Organic
Association. When Sheffield-based Muwanga inherited nearly
500 acres of an island in Lake Victoria off the banks of
Uganda, he did not evict the squatters who had taken up
residence, instead he got them together to set up an organic
fruit business. See Food Magazine 78, published 6th
August 2007
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Additives
should carry health warnings
A
report published in the latest issue of The Food Magazine
(June 2007) reveals that several preservatives and colourings,
which are regularly used in food and drink products, are
supposed to carry health warnings when used in medicines
for human consumption. The additives, some of which have
already been linked to behavioural problems in children,
do not have to carry any warnings when used in foods and
drinks.
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Check
out Chew
on this - a great new website to get children
thinking about food!
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Making
a complaint
Take action against
misleading advertising or packaging. How to make a complaint
if you have purchased food or drink that is unfit for consumption
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The
Food Commission is coordinating a pioneering project in
south east London which aims to improve the health of thousands
of tenants and staff of the Sydenham-based Hexagon Housing
Association.
The
Healthy Hexagon Eat less salt project
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Faking
the flavour
 Flavouring
is a frequently over-looked ingredient which crops up in much of our food
and drink. But, why does our food need extra flavourings and what are
they made from?
First published
in The Food Magazine - see
the full story here.
Give
artificial colours the red card
 Research
has confirmed a link between certain food additives and hyperactivity.
We investigate the use of these in children's medicines.
First published
in The Food Magazine - see
the full story here.
Who
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of preventable diseases such as obesity, cancer and strokes?
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much of it promoting products with unhealthy levels of fat, sugar or salt.
Celebrities
encourage children to consume burgers, crisps and soft drinks. Over one
in five adults are now obese and children are rapidly catching them up.
Improving the
food we eat is an essential step towards protecting the nation's health.
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February 2008
Legal
challenge to baby formula rules: A legal challenge by baby formula
manufacturers has stopped the introduction of new rules to control the
marketing of their products
Dutch choose sustainable fish: Shoppers in the Netherlands take serious
steps to protect their seafood supply.
Choice on our high streets: The Competition Commission believes that
to provide shoppers with more choice we need more big supermarkets.
Such logic poses an immense threat to our remaining independent shops.
Government promises to tackle obesity: The Government is trying,
again, to cut obesity levels. Will a new £372 million strategy called
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives make any difference?
Trans fats and fast food: Are fast food eaters at more risk?
Egg labelling: The ongoing battle to find out where our eggs actually
come from.
Give artificial colours the red card: Research has confirmed a
link between certain food additives and hyperactivity. Anna Glayzer investigates
the use of these in children's medicines.
Healthy food costs more: The price difference between healthy and
less healthy foods is increasing, and the difference is greatest in low
income areas.
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High art, low wages: It is not easy to purchase a healthy diet
on a low wage. Campaigners are challenging employers like the Tate Galleries
to pay their workers a 'Living Wage'.
Feeding
the thousands: Most of us would balk at feeding ten dinner party guests,
never mind thousands of strangers. And yet, this is what Sikh temples
do every week. Jessica Mitchell reports.
Meat eater's dilemma: Animal welfare concerns and meat scare stories
have dominated the headlines since the 1980s. But finally, the environmental
impact of livestock products is being officially recognised.
Faking the flavour: Flavouring is a frequently over-looked ingredient
which crops up in much of our food and drink. But, why does our food need
extra flavourings and what are they made from? Ian Tokelove investigates.
Liquid candy and crunchy nuts: An international alliance of campaign
organisations, including The Food Commission, is calling for tighter controls
on the marketing of sugary drinks. But, soft drinks are not the only sugary
problem, as The Food Magazine reports.
Obesity - make industry solve the problem: Respected US lawyer Stephen
Sugarman wants to put a legal duty on food companies to reduce child obesity
levels. Tim Lobstein reports.
FSA challenged to define 'seasonal': Consumer, environment and food
groups have protested to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about the misuse
of food labelling terms.
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Breaking the rules on baby food: A new report details the insidious
ways companies undermine breastfeeding.
Legal, decent, honest and true? Misleading food and drink advertisements
are supposed to be regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
Here we report on recent adjudications.
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