THE NFU has long fought for better relationships between retailers and farmers, but its president also has the government’s buying practices in his sights. In an exclusive interview, published in April’s Footprint, Peter Kendall refers to food procurement within central government as “lax”, and says [...]
HORSE MEAT in school meals, pork in prisoners’ halal pies and a damning verdict on hospital catering have meant a troubled start to 2013 for catering companies. It might be a silly superstition, but 2013 is not turning out well for companies [...]
THE DEPARTMENT of Health has announced eight principles to encourage the improvement of hospital food. The list includes the adoption of Government Buying Standards as standard wherever possible. Hospitals should also regularly evaluate their food service and act on feedback from patients. Healthy diets [...]
Jim Paice has been left with egg on his face after his department failed to meet its own buying standards on food procurement. With the angry Minister promising immediate action, David Burrows asks whether the Government really has an appetite for sustainable food? Its not the first time a Minister has been left red-faced on [...]
The new buying standards introduced by the Government in September are weaker than those in fast food outlets like McDonalds. New research carried out by the Good food for our money campaign compared the governments food procurement standards with those of McDonalds in five key areas. In three cases (eggs, milk and fairly [...]
