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News: Real Bread Campaign hails ASA recognition as a victory for shoppers

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigation team has recognised: “…that consumers were likely to associate the term Real Bread with the Campaign, and therefore any references to ‘Real Bread’ which related to bread that did not comply with the term as defined by the Campaign had the potential to mislead consumers.”
Real Bread Campaign | Wednesday 27 May 2015

News: Plymouth nets third Sustainable Fish City accolade

Plymouth have become only the second city in the UK to achieve three Sustainable Fish City stars, thanks to commitments from Plymouth NHS Trust and City College Plymouth to serve only sustainable fish.
Sustainable Fish | Wednesday 27 May 2015

News: Minister backs sugar tax

Life sciences minister George Freeman has publicly supported a sugar tax, The Daily Telegraph and the Mail Online have reported. Mr Freeman is the first minister to back a sugar tax, which was ruled out last year by Jeremy Hunt the Health Secretary.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: New paper outlines 'mounting evidence' for unhealthy food taxes

The Food Research Collaboration paper has concluded that the growing obesity epidemic can be tackled by making unhealthy products with low nutritional value more expensive to reduce their consumption.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Policies to curb global sugar consumption

Sustain members the World Cancer Reserach Fund have issued a new report to help countries meet the World Health Organisation's latest sugar guidelines, which recommend that adults and children restrict their sugar intake to less than 10% of total daily energy intake.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Food Standards Agency measures to tackle campylobacter

The FSA have released details of the measures they are taking to make sure that poultry producers, processors and retailers take action to reduce levels of campylobacter in chicken.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Eating healthily protects the environment

Global Food Security, an alliance of the UK's main public funders of food related research have released a report outlining the priniciples of healthy and sustainable diets. The group reviewed a wide range of food-related academic literature to come up with the guidelines and found pro-environmental diets and healthy diets are clearly compatible. Their eight key prinicples are detailed in the report and include: eat a varied balanced diet, eat more plant based foods, value your food and don't waste it, choose sustainable fish, moderate your meat intake, include milk and dairy products and where possible plant based alternatives, drink tap water and eat fewer foods high in fat sugar and salt. See also Sustain's guide to eating more sustainably.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Sustain welcomes Government Minister's support for exploring sugar taxation

Ben Reynolds, Acting Coordinator of Sustain, said, ‘As the first minister to back a tax on sugar, this is an important development in tackling diet related disease, and what it costs our country.'
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Study finds that organic farming promotes biodiversity

A new study from researchers at Swansea University and institutes in France has found that organic farms act as a refuge for wild plants which are important for birds, bees and other farmland species.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Vote for the Fairtrade banana!

The Fairtrade banana has been nominated as the ethical product of the decade in the Observer Ethical Awards 2015. Over 1.2 billion Fairtrade bananas are now bought in the UK every year, impacting the lives of 25,000 banana farmers, workers and their communities in nine countries. The Fairtrade banana was the brainchild of Sustain member the Fairtrade foundation back in 1997 and by 2008 were the third most popular item sold in British supermarkets. You can vote for the Fairtrade banana here. Voting closes on 25th May.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015