THE HORSE MEAT scandal – and the pressure all those discarded burgers put on recycling facilities – can spark a debate on the growing quantity of food we throw away. In the UK we spend less than ever on food but waste more of it. The [...]
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CATERERS, CHEFS and retailers have joined forces in a bid to end hunger in Africa. Sainsbury’s, Compass, The Co-operative and Marks and Spencer are among the initial sponsors of “Food for Good”, a new campaign being run by charity Farm Africa. The businesses will come [...]
RETAILERS ARE benefitting from a passion for local food, but some caterers are eyeing the strong and growing market too, Footprint talks to BaxterStorey’s Ian Platt. The government’s green food report took a few by surprise with a recommendation for [...]
THE FRENCH might be having a good chuckle at “les rosbifs” when it comes to our aversion to horse meat, but yesterday French radio ran a serious report on the scandal. What’s more, Footprint Media Group CEO Nick Fenwicke-Clennell was interviewed for the piece. During [...]
THE BOSS of Iceland has launched a scathing attack on the catering industry, claiming that they and the local authorities are to blame for the current horse meat crisis. In an interview with the BBC on Sunday, February 17th, Malcolm Walker blamed the “invisible” [...]
THE FOODSERVICE sector has been dragged into the horse meat scandal with Compass and Whitbread having found horse DNA in products sold as beef. Horse meat has also been found in cottage pies supplied to 47 schools in Lancashire. The news emerged just a fews hours [...]
FOODSERVICE COMPANIES have reacted to help calm concerned clients and customers following the horsemeat scandals. So far the discovery of horse DNA has been limited to products in the retail supply chain, but foodservice companies assured that checks are underway and double-checks are taking place [...]
LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to recognise healthy best practice within foodservice. The high profile judging panel this afternoon rewarded those [...]
Latest statements – February 15th, 2013
By footprint on February 16, 2013
Published in: Comment and tagged BHA, Brakes, Compass, Compass UK & Ireland, Creative Foods, Whitbread.
LATEST STATEMENTS as of 15th of February, 2013 Compass statement – February 15th, 2013 It was recently reported that Rangeland Foods had discovered horse DNA in a raw ingredient labelled as beef at its manufacturing facility in Co. Monaghan, Ireland. Rangeland Foods publicly stated [...]