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Don’t
keep us guessing: Campaigners call for more information on fast
food menus
The Food Commission is urging the UK government to make fast food
chains display nutrition information on menu boards, next to the
name and price of the item. Embargo 00.01am
Monday 11th August 2008
Are
superbugs spreading on food?
About half of all antibiotics used in the UK each year are
given to farm animals, often to prevent, rather than to treat,
disease. It is generally accepted that farm antibiotic use contributes
to the problem of antibiotic resistance in food poisoning infections,
such as salmonella and campylobacter, but Richard Young, organic
farmer and policy adviser to the Soil Association, argues in the
latest issue of The Food Magazine that over-reliance on
antibiotics in farming is also increasing the number of other
serious infections in humans which fail to respond to most antibiotics.Embargo
00.01am Monday 11th August 2008
Warning
labels for coloured foods to become EU law
The
European Parliament has voted in favour of labelling foods containing
the six food colours E110, E104, E122, E129, E102 and E124 with
the words "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention
in children."
8th July 2008
Warning
labels are not enough
The Action on Additives campaign calls for six artificial food
colourings to be banned from food, not labelled as, "may
have an adverse effect on attention and activity in children."
7th July 2008
Success
for Action on Additives campaign: artificial food colourings to
be removed from food and drink products
The
Action on Additives campaign welcomes the Food Standards Agency’s
(FSA) decision to advise ministers to call for a mandatory EU
ban on six artificial food colourings. This advice will be coupled
with a voluntary ban in the UK by the end of 2009. Advice to parents
will be re-drafted in line with this policy decision.
10th April 2008
International
appeal for European Commission to suspend use of suspect food
additives
Forty two public interest organisations from twelve EU member
states have appealed to the European Health Commissioner to suspend
the use of six food colours that have been linked to increased
hyperactivity in children.
9th April 2008
Campaigners
call for action after EFSA decision on food additives and children’s
health
The
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today published its opinion
that a UK study provides limited evidence that two different mixtures
of synthetic colours and sodium benzoate tested ‘had a small
and statistically significant effect on activity and attention
in some children selected from the general population.’
14th March 2008
One
thousand reasons why suspect food additives are hard to avoid
Campaigners at The Food Commission have found more than 1,000
food, drink and medicine products that contain one or more of
the seven food additives that have been linked to increased hyperactivity
in susceptible children.
8th March 2008
Fruity
food flavourings fleece shoppers
Much of the flavour in modern food and drink can come from an
unexpected source, a survey by The Food Commission has revealed.
There are currently around 2,700 flavourings which can be added
to the food we eat, but none of these need to be declared as ingredients,
leaving consumers unaware of what they are really eating.
25th February 2008
Suspect
food additives still widely used in children's medicine
Suspect food additives were found in 40% of the children's medicines
examined in a new survey by The Food Commission. The survey examined
five types of prescription and over-the-counter medicines, including
pain relievers and antibiotics, for the presence of the seven
food additives linked to hyperactivity in children.
25th February 2008
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