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Dr Christian Jessen: The new health drink - coffee

21.09.11
I challenge you to scan any health magazine and not find numerous recommendations to give up tea and coffee. This advice is, of course, utter twaddle.... more

No more 'sell-by' dates on food in bid to cut £12bn waste

15.09.11
The 'sell-by' date on food packaging is to be removed in a bid to cut the £12 billion worth of good food which ends up in the bin... more

Killer food bug hits seven in Britain

02.06.11
'Wash your salad' warning comes as seven people in Britain have been infected with a deadly 'mutant' form of E.coli that is sweeping Europe, it has been revealed... more

Fake £2 Jacob's Creek wine pours into UK

06.04.11
Fake bottles of a best-selling Australian wine have flooded the UK market, trading standards officers have warned ... more

Germany starts to slaughter its pigs as dioxin scare worsens

11.01.11
Hundreds of pigs are slaughtered in Germany as the country’s poisoned animal feed scandal worsened... more

Cloned meat and milk are not safety risks, say scientists

26.11.10
Cloned meat in British supermarkets comes a step closer as government scientists say it poses “no greater safety risk” than conventional food... more

Charles Campion is The Smart Shopper

09.09.10
All the latest food news from our man in the know Charles Campion... more

Calls for food watchdog to be axed over cloned meat crisis

05.08.10
Britain's food safety watchdog under growing pressure to explain its handling of the crisis over cloned meat... more

Clone animal sausage and cheese 'widely on sale in UK'

04.08.10
Salami and cheese produced using clone animals imported from Europe could be widely on sale in Britain, it has emerged... more

Milk from clone farms is used across Europe

02.08.10
Holidaymakers across Europe may have unwittingly been drinking milk from the offspring of cloned cows, it has emerged... more

There’s a bad whiff about this fuss over fragrance

16.07.10
Imagine if Walnut Whips were banned because of nut allergies - but something similar is happening in the perfume world... more

City Spy: Bosses shunned the Tories on National Insurance

19.04.10
One of the features of the letter in protest at the Government’s proposed NI increase is the prevalence of retailers - as, City Spy hears, Next's Simon Wolfson was the orchestrator... more

For a brighter baby, breast no longer beats bottle

22.01.10
So, breastfeeding infants may not make them any cleverer. This may sound like an uncontentious statement of the obvious. In fact, it’s a weapon of war for the breast-is-best lobby... more

Parents aren't poisoning kids, food firms are

14.01.10
Just when you thought you could breathe easy, safe in the knowledge that the selection boxes, chocolate coins, sugar mice and Coco Pop breakfasts of the festive season hadn't been so unhealthy as to put your child into a hypoglycaemic coma, along comes another survey to prompt a new bout of self-flagellation for January... more

‘British made’ labels on meat from abroad to be banned

14.01.10
Misleading 'British made' labels on popular meat products such as sausages and pies are to be banned... more

Swallow this: organic food is no better for your health

30.07.09
Most organic agriculture is now no closer to Blackberry Farm than a can of Stella is to home brewing ... more

Organic food ‘no healthier’ blow

29.07.09
Organic produce is no better for health than conventional food, the Government's Food Standards Agency announced... more

Food industry told to slash salt levels in bid to cut heart attacks

18.05.09
Bacon, bread and a list of other basic foods face a salt clampdown, under radical measures launched by the Food Standards Agency... more

High street coffee shops cut salt and fat in food

06.03.09
Seven coffee shop and food chains have promised to cut the level of salt and fat in their produce as part of a healthy eating campaign... more

US peanut butter linked to poisonings

21.01.09
British consumers were warned not to eat peanut butter made in America after 474 cases of salmonella poisoning in 43 states... more

Menus to start counting calories

15.01.09
The Government has launched a new calorie labelling scheme to help diners watch what they eat in restaurants and other food outlets... more

Poison pork fears grow as watchdog calls crisis summit

08.12.08
Fears are growing that contaminated pork products from Ireland could still be on sale across Britain... more

Boy aged six is among seven obese children taken into care

29.10.08
At least seven morbidly obese children were taken into care last year by social services... more

Sorry,Your Highness, but science just isn't your field

14.08.08
Prince Charles has launched another scathing attack on GM crops. But, says an expert, the possible benefits of this technology far outweigh any dangers... more

League table names and shames capital's dirty hospital kitchens

05.06.08
Hospital kitchens and canteens in London are among the most unhygienic in the country... more

Bottled water sales dry up as London turns to tap

14.04.08
Sales of bottled water are dropping amid growing concern about its harmful effects on the environment... more

Commons bans bottled water at MPs' meetings

13.03.08
Bottled water has been banned from Parliament meetings in a victory for the Evening Standard's Water On Tap campaign... more

Food warnings on menus

31.08.07
Restaurant owners face having to include warning labels on their menus listing the full contents of all their dishes.... more

Catch the best fishmongers

21.02.07
There's no need to cast your net wide to find a good fish supplier. A choice selection is available across the capital.... more


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