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Not my last bacon buttie
Posted in General, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs November 1st, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Today’s ‘revelations’ that bacon can cause cancer sent shock waves through Britain and had every news paper, radio station and news channel in over drive – why?
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(0)Food marketing: the other side
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs April 20th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
While it is all very well that the government, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Commission of Advertising Practice (CAP) (just to name a few) are banning the advertising of foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt to our kids, what’s it saying to us?
Tags FSA, Food, Thin, Obesity, Advertising
Back to the pyramid
Posted in General March 13th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
A new week and another chance to continue to abuse Ofcom for banning junk food ads and of course the government for making our kids fat.
Tags Food, Ofcom, FSA, Advertising
You should know what’s inside you
Posted in Advertising, Marketing January 8th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Another week and another series of people trying to tell us what we should and shouldn’t be eating. Responsibility has been passed down to food companies and manufacturers from the Food Standard’s Agency (FSA) and the Government with the new labeling systems that have started to surface on the front of some food packs.
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