Focus: UK food makers must use freedom responsibly
By: Ben Cooper | 2 December 2010
The publication of the UK coalition's public-health policy will have given the food industry further reason for satisfaction at the new administration's approach to working with the sector, writes Ben Cooper.
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The publication of the UK coalition's public-health policy will have given the food industry further reason for satisfaction at the new administration's approach to working with the sector, writes Ben Cooper.
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