{"id":1691,"date":"2010-09-10T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2010-09-10T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-10T09:00:34","slug":"this-weeks-food-news-10th-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/09\/10\/this-weeks-food-news-10th-september-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s food news | 10th September 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/7992072\/Food-Standards-Agency-spent-7m-on-nannying-campaigns.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/7992072\/Food-Standards-Agency-spent-7m-on-nannying-campaigns.html', 'FSA spanks \u00a37m on nannying');\" target=\"_blank\">FSA spanks \u00a37m on nannying<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fsa-salt-sales-might-be-up-but-consumption-is-down_dnm_headline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1694\" title=\"FSA-Salt-sales-might-be-up-but-consumption-is-down_dnm_headline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/fsa-salt-sales-might-be-up-but-consumption-is-down_dnm_headline.jpg?w=101\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>In the past year the Food Standards Agency has spent \u00a37m on a campaign to get us to eat more healthily. It has been seen by campaigners and MPs as a huge waste of taxpayers money. \u00a33.5m was spent on a salt-awareness push, which included a questionnaire with such searching questions as &#8216;Too much salt is bad for your heart, a.True or b.False&#8217;. Genius.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>&#8216;Sustainable&#8217; fish &#8211; a caveat<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/msc_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1693\" title=\"msc_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/msc_logo.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>Experts have accused the Marine Stewardship Council of capitulating too readily to trawlermen, and &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/news\/why-your-sustainable-fish-may-not-be-as-guiltfree-as-you-think-2070109.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/news\/why-your-sustainable-fish-may-not-be-as-guiltfree-as-you-think-2070109.html', 'endorsing fisheries racked by overfishing');\" target=\"_blank\">endorsing fisheries racked by overfishing<\/a>&#8216;. The group of scientists have raised questions about the drop in MSC-certified fisheries, and the Council&#8217;s toleration of bottom trawling.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/news\/fast-growing-salmon-cleared-as-fit-for-human-consumption-in-us-2071295.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/news\/fast-growing-salmon-cleared-as-fit-for-human-consumption-in-us-2071295.html', 'Fast growing salmon given the go ahead');\" target=\"_blank\">Fast growing salmon given the go ahead<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/frankenfish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1692\" title=\"frankenfish\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/frankenfish.jpg?w=108\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/frankenfish.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/frankenfish-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a>A salmon that has been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal has been cleared for human consumption in the US. The fish could be on supermarket shelves within the next two years. Environmentalists fear the salmon will escape and interbreed with wild salmon, causing ecological chaos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Other food news this week:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/foodanddrinknews\/7986111\/Berlin-cannibal-restaurant-exposed-as-fake.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/foodanddrinknews\/7986111\/Berlin-cannibal-restaurant-exposed-as-fake.html', 'Berlin &#8216;canninbal&#8217; restaurant exposed as fake.');\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin &#8216;canninbal&#8217; restaurant exposed as fake.<\/a><br \/>\n* Chemicals in non-stick pan may raise child cholesterol, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-11201956\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-11201956', 'say scientists');\" target=\"_blank\">say scientists<\/a>.<br \/>\n* Raymond Blanc given a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/foodanddrinknews\/7987073\/Raymond-Blanc-lifetime-achievement-award-from-Good-Food-Guide.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/foodanddrinknews\/7987073\/Raymond-Blanc-lifetime-achievement-award-from-Good-Food-Guide.html', ' lifetime achievement award from the Good Food Guide');\" target=\"_blank\"> lifetime achievement award from the Good Food Guide<\/a>.<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/news\/rat-found-in-tin-of-baked-beans-2069687.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/food-and-drink\/news\/rat-found-in-tin-of-baked-beans-2069687.html', 'A rat is found in a tin of beans. ');\" target=\"_blank\">A rat is found in a tin of beans. <\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/foodanddrinknews\/7985994\/Britains-biggest-restaurant-to-cater-for-800-customers-a-night.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/foodanddrink\/foodanddrinknews\/7985994\/Britains-biggest-restaurant-to-cater-for-800-customers-a-night.html', 'Cosmo opening UK&#8217;s biggest restaurant in Croydon');\" target=\"_blank\">Cosmo opening UK&#8217;s biggest restaurant in Croydon<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been to the Bristol one. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/02\/09\/cosmo-pan-asian-restaurant-bristol\/\" target=\"_blank\">VeryBadIdea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Blog of the week:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>* The recipes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voracious-eater.blogspot.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.voracious-eater.blogspot.com\/', 'The Culinary Tales');\" target=\"_blank\">The Culinary Tales<\/a> are consistently appealing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Recipe of the week:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>* &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/marmadukescarlet.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/punjabi-chicken-curry.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/marmadukescarlet.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/punjabi-chicken-curry.html', 'A gloriously haphazard curry');\" target=\"_blank\">A gloriously haphazard curry<\/a>&#8216; from Marmaduke Scarlet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Video of the week<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>* Some clever and peaceful sleight of hand from magician DMC:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qD9gnq3rio?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-1691\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">0<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FSA spanks \u00a37m on nannying In the past year the Food Standards Agency has spent \u00a37m on a campaign to get us to eat more healthily. 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