A steady degradation of our food supply system

We can see something is wrong with the food system, and that things have been getting steadily worse over the last couple of decades or so, not least from the seriousness of rising cases of diet-related morbidities (cruelly exposed...
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The perils of dodgy kebabs . . .

In our Response to the draft London Food Strategy in July 2018, we devoted a section on the threats to the safety, assurance and integrity of our food supplies — to which we owe the Association of Public Analysts...
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Belfast Summit: More about the food crime musical

“What we have now is a way of translating something very important and very scary to a lot of people,” said Professor Chris Elliott in an interview after he’d seen the world premiere of The Hand That Feeds; A musical...
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Food crime – why should doctors care?

Birmingham Food Council Directors Dr John Middleton and Professor Jim Parle have written an article on food crime from a doctors perspective; published by the British Medical Journal today.
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Discussion : Food Crime and Integrity

These are notes and quotes paraphrased from the round table discussion at the Food Crime and Integrity Event Wednesday 3rd December 2014. Comment: It’s really pleasing that the Elliott report was produced – and that the FSA are developing the food crime...
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