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Half of Spanish restaurants serving fish that doesn’t match the menu
In the largest study of its kind to have taken place in Spain, researchers have found mislabelled fish in around half of restaurants involved in a survey.
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Irish food safety received three complaints every day over unfit food
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has revealed its 2017 figures, showing a 42 per cent increase in complaints relating to non-display of allergen information.
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How green is your ham and cheese? Study looks at the environmental impact of sandwiches
An all day breakfast runs up the same carbon tab as a 12-mile drive, but a home-made ham and cheese might be the way forward.
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Guidelines issued to help navigate the complexities of comparative nutrition
A trade body representing the food and drink industry in the UK has issued guidance tailored to helping food manufacturers make sense of comparative nutrition claims.
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All plastic packaging in the EU recyclable by 2030
New targets have been set across Europe by the European Commission in a bid to fast-track the move to a more circular economy.
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Discover the latest in artificial intelligence technology with OAL
Discover how OAL are using the very latest in artificial intelligence technology to protect brands from costly human errors in the food manufacturing industry at Empack 2018, a show dedicated to the future of packaging technology...
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Food provenance group sets out aim to ’empower the consumer’
Happerley has created a trade network that provides certification for food suppliers by tracing their products right back to the primary producer.
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Iceland announces aim for plastic free own brand by 2023
Getting ahead of the trend with many UK supermarkets as they move to more sustainable modes of operation, Iceland has announced it aims to be plastic free by 2023.
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Whitepaper: Gelatine Species Determination – to aid labelling claims
A new approach to gelatine testing...
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UK Food and Drink Federation ‘welcomes’ 25-year environment plan launch
Among the actions outlined is a pledge to eliminate all avoidable waste by 2050 and all avoidable plastic waste by end of 2042.
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Survey of French frozen chicken finds 23 per cent contains too much water
Samples of chicken of varying national origin were taken from 37 different establishments in France and tested for compliance with European water-content regulation.
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The latte levy: industry reactions to 25p charge proposal
“Why charge consumers 25p a cup when the industry is willing to provide funding for recycling?” – Executive Director of the Foodservice Packaging Association.
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New product data and image service for 2018
productDNA:hub is a universal service for retailers and suppliers to share and manage images and data, using the same language to describe their products.
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Plain packaging could cut drinks industry profits by $300 billion
Plain packaging has been a legal requirement on all cigarettes sold in the UK since May this year. But how would the same kind of ban affect the food and drinks industry?
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Nearly half of Canada’s fish mislabelled, report suggests
An investigation has uncovered how food fraud, a criminal industry worth CAD$52 billion worldwide, is affecting seafood in the Canadian capital.
