Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

Approximately five million tons of edible food worth £6bn is estimated to be thrown away in the UK each year!
The government is hoping to put an end to this by simplifying the dating labels on food. The current system of ‘sell by’ ‘best before’ & ‘display until’ labels as well as the ‘use by’ ones [...]

There was disappointment & outrage on Wednesday as the European Parliament appeared to reject recommendations designed to promote better health among consumers, in favour of the interests of the food industry.
Consumer & health groups were dismayed at the rejection of the proposals which were the result of much research in an attempt to devise a [...]

The majority of British consumers want to buy sustainably sourced fish, but the information currently available from retailers is confusing, says a new report from consumer watchdog, Which?
Greenpeace give a good & simple definition of sustainability for those who are unsure of exactly what the term means: ‘a particular seafood is sustainable if it comes [...]

Government watchdog makes an unexpected u-turn in the fight to help us separate the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ in our shopping basket.
Four years ago following extensive research, the government’s Food Standards Agency recommended a system of traffic light labels to help people make healthy choices when buying food. The scheme is an attempt to tackle [...]