Food UK news 2005 to 2007



2007


 * Public unaware that most milk, dairy products and pork from GM, November 16


 * 95 per cent of more than 11,000 public respondents' to a Government consultation, are opposed to Government proposals to grow GM crops alongside conventional and organic. "It is bizarre that the Government is now talking of providing strong evidence for its proposals. It should have done this in the first place. The consultation has been a complete charade." FoE, November 8. A legal opinion for Friends of the Earth by two of the UK's leading European law specialists also found the DEFRA proposals to be fundamentally flawed and incompatible with EU law.


 * Cod stocks begin to recover, but constrain catches to give young fish the opportunity to grow and to reproduce, say International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, October 15 topic, place


 * Protestors pre-plant GM trial site with organic potatoes, mutatoes.org, April 22
 * UK households waste a third of food they buy, WRAP, March 16
 * Defra statistics indicate healthier trends in food purchases. Defra, January 16

2005
 * A case for a sustainable food logistics centre - a food hub, November 23
 * Traffic light food labelling will help busy shoppers make healthier choices, says NCC, November 16
 * Films of Local Food Week in Southville, Ashton and Bedminster, Bristol, UK, October 28
 * Top chefs tell PM to ban junk food marketing to kids, October 10

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Local food
 * f3 - the local food consultants

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