UK coalition's vision on food and health dismays campaigners
By: Ben Cooper | 15 July 2010
The UK government's intention to cancel the GBP75m social advertising campaign supporting the Change4Life programme has dismayed campaigners who remain equally concerned about the future of the Food Standards Agency, the UK's independent food watchdog. Ben Cooper assesses reaction from industry and campaigners to the new coalition government's emerging thinking on food and health.
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The UK government's intention to cancel the GBP75m social advertising campaign supporting the Change4Life programme has dismayed campaigners who remain equally concerned about the future of the Food Standards Agency, the UK's independent food watchdog. Ben Cooper assesses reaction from industry and campaigners to the new coalition government's emerging thinking on food and health.
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