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‘Milkshake’ tax proposals included in green paper despite Boris Johnson’s opposition to ‘nanny state’ policies Food Industry

‘Milkshake’ tax proposals included in green paper despite Boris Johnson’s opposition to ‘nanny state’ policies

Ministers have published a green paper suggesting that a milkshake tax may be introduced - just hours before the likely election of a Prime Minister opposed to such levies. A long-awaited green paper on prevention of ill-health was published on Monday night,…
bubmag
July 23, 2019
Government’s ‘laissez-faire’ approach to salt reduction will ‘kill or maim thousands’, experts warn Food Industry

Government’s ‘laissez-faire’ approach to salt reduction will ‘kill or maim thousands’, experts warn

Tory ministers decision to let the food industry regulate its own salt reduction efforts has caused thousands heart disease, strokes and cancers, and hundreds of deaths, a damning study has found. The number of avoidable deaths could climb as high as 9,000 b…
bubmag
July 18, 2019