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2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Two leading health food companies - Holland & Barrett and Peter Black Healthcare (Red Kooga) - are continuing to sell irradiated food supplements, despite repeated warnings that the products are probably breaking the law (23/10/2001)
Replacing a nutritious breakfast with a substitute 'breakfast bar' could be a nutrition nightmare, according to Food Magazine survey. Tests of 18 products showed that all of them were either high in fats or sugars, or both. (23/10/2001)
Nearly three-quarters of the foods which use additives are high in sugar, salt or fat, and are foods which the Department of Health urges us to cut back on, according to a survey published in today's Food Magazine. (23/10/2001)
The cancer-causing chemical found in soy sauce, 3-MCPD, is also found in a wide range of UK-made foods, according to a survey the government published quietly last February. (20/07/2001)
Irradiated food products are illegally being sold in the UK despite retailers' claims that their food is not irradiated, reports the Food Magazine today. (07/02/2001)
The Food Commission today warned consumers to be alert for irradiated food which may be labelled as 'electronically pasteurised' or 'ion-beam sterilised' or use other deceptive descriptions. (23/01/2001)
The Food Commission slams nutrition labelling laws on dietary fibre as 'chaotic' and says that new proposals from the Food Standards Agency will, 'make a bad situation worse'. (22/01/2001)
