The group discussed topics including anti-biotic resistance, allergens, animal welfare standards, recruitment and retention, low carbon menus, sustainability and post-election UK.
At the Public Sector Catering Expo, Spector advised the audience to eat 30 different types of vegetable or fruit a week because,
After two years shadowing Stephen Forster as vice chair of LACA, Jacquie stepped up to become the chair of the school food people in September 2021.
The NFU believes that as a collection we need to champion British food. The webinar will discuss how we can work together to place it at the heart of menus.
The FSA will work to develop strong guidance for food businesses on how to provide written allergen information to help drive up compliance and make it easier for people with a food allergy, intole
The letter urged the Prime Minister to deliver five-a-day to a million children using the Food for Life ‘whole school approach’ to good food with sensory education and better school meals.
In 2022/23, children from the most deprived backgrounds were more than twice as likely to be at risk of obesity than children from least deprived backgrounds (13.9% vs 6.8%).
The topics up for debate include food quality and safety, staff recruitment and retention, and the actions needed to create lower carbon menus.
The Lifetime Excellence Award is given to an ‘outstanding personality who has, over the course of their career, demonstrated a unique and exceptional commitment to improving catering within the edu
The UK has one of the highest obesity rates in Europe with almost three-quarters of people between the ages of 45 and 74 in England considered overweight or obese.