LONDON: The label 'No added salt' looks likely to be permitted after the European Commission signalled support for amendments to draft health claims regulations, according to trade publication The Grocer.
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LONDON: Sales of Fairtrade products in the United Kingdom exceeded £1.2 billion last year, with sales tipped to hit £2 billion this year, according to British media reports.
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LONDON: Pubs and restaurants across England and Wales are using false ‘local’ claims on some of their products, according to the United Kingdom based industry publication, Big Hospitality.
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LONDON: A new proposal by the European Union could require previously frozen food to be labelled as such on the packaging, trade publication The Grocer reported.
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LONDON: DEFRA together with DFID have released a “Foresight” report addressing the increasing pressures on the global food system and the challenges that will need to be addressed. Find out more
LONDON: Feed costs in the United Kingdom have risen sharply and more and more farmers are expected to switch to cheaper, but less milk yielding, feed as the cost economics direct them. Find out more
LONDON: Confidence seems to be returning to the United Kingdom food service sector judging by the results of Christie & Co (auctioneers) report on their sales of businesses in 2010.
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LONDON: UK pie producer Higgidy’s sales rose by 77 percent to £8.1 million and Pieminister’s sales by 44 percent to £10.6 million.
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LONDON: VAT rises from 17.5 percent to 20 percent on 4 January 2011. Find out more
LONDON: Beverage brand Innocent has lost a long-running fight on VAT charges on smoothies.
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