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Little and large

Wine Nebuchadnezzars, Methuselahs, jeroboams... Why it's all a show.

By Tim Atkin18 Apr

Two months ago we published a leaked questionnaire from the Cabinet Office, which illustrated how confused the Government's policy towards genetically modified crops had become. Compiled in the same week that the Prime Minister assured the country that GM foods were safe, the memorandum posed a series of questions to officials that any government would require answered before giving the all clear. Some of the most fundamental issues - like the health implications of GM food - had still not been addressed.

13 Apr

Minister orders GM watchdog clearout

Ten members of the Government's 13-strong advisory committee which grants licences for genetically modified crops are to be replaced with `independent' members not linked to the biotech industry, Michael Meacher, the Environment Minister, said yesterday.

By Paul Brown, Environment Correspondent12 Apr

Caffeine chic

Here is the single most cheering statistic I discovered last year: the share instant coffee has in the Italian market is just one per cent. In England it is almost the other way round. Ninety per cent of the coffee we drink is instant. GK Chesterton may have written 'Tea is a gentleman, coffee is a cad', but I side with the cads and Italians on this one.

8 Apr

Scientists go to work on a super-egg

Scientists who went to work on the egg say they have produced health by the spoonful. They have produced a vitamin-supplement egg that could boost immune systems, lower blood cholesterol, enhance brain growth and protect against cancer.

By Tim Radford, Science Editor7 Apr

Writs issued for BSE victims

Families of human BSE victims are to start legal action against the Government this week for allegedly failing to protect their food from infected beef.

By James Meikle17 Mar

Favourite Mother's Day recipes

Mother's Day recipes to remember (and forget), from Nigel Slater, Phil Hogan, Kathryn Flett, Sophie Grigson and Mony Don.

14 Mar

E.coli outbreak under control

The outbreak of E.coli food poisoning in Cumbria that affected 38 people has been brought under control, health officials announced yesterday.

By Amelia Gentleman11 Mar

10 treated in hospital for E.coli poisoning

The number of people treated in hospital in the latest outbreak of E.coli food poisoning rose to 10 yesterday. An 18-month old girl, Leah Bruce, three other children and six adults are being treated after the outbreak in the Cockermouth area of Cumbria. Five other children were allowed home yesterday.

By Will Woodward6 Mar

Children and pensioners hit by E. coli outbreak

Two primary school children and a toddler were in a serious but stable condition in a hospital kidney unit last night after the worst outbreak of potentially lethal 0157 E. coli food poisoning since the attack in Lanarkshire last year which left 21 people dead.

By Martin Wainwright5 Mar

Prince in row over beef on the bone

Prince Charles and the Welsh Secretary Alun Michael were yesterday at the centre of a political row after being served banned beef on the bone.

By Jamie Wilson and James Meikle2 Mar

On the case

A weekly bulletin for wine lovers

By Tim Atkin28 Feb

Two of the best...

Pork dishes often work equally well with red and white wines. But not here. The presence of red wine vinegar, not to mention garlic, ginger, maple syrup and Worcester sauce would be too much for a white wine, even a richly textured one. New England isn't exactly a famous red wine-producing area, so I'd be tempted to look to the South of France or Spain for a good match. Ideally, this should be something warm, lush and alcoholic but not too tannic. (I'm worried about the underlying sweetness in this dish.) I've chosen two wines from the southern Rhône: the bright, peppery, abundantly fruity 1996 Sablet, La Ramillade Château du Trignon (£5.49, Majestic) or the denser, more assertive 1996 Cairanne, Domaine de l'Oratoire Saint Martin (£7.30, Berkmann Wine Cellars, 0171 609 4711).

By Tim Atkin28 Feb

World wine web

An interactive masterclass

By Tim Atkin28 Feb

Watchdog slams Monsanto ads

Monsanto, the US company at the centre of the storm over genetically modified food, has been condemned for making 'wrong, unproven, misleading and confusing' claims in a £1m advertising campaign.

By John Arlidge28 Feb

Land for the people

The conjunction of the debate in Britain over genetically modified food and the European Union's timid yet contentious revision of its agricultural policies demonstrates all too clearly the gulf between popular hopes and official attitudes.

27 Feb

They don't know, you know

Science can deliver the moon, Neil Armstrong's small step and all, but the moon it cannot promise. The chain of cold logic and hot ambition that led from Isaac Newton's garden to the Sea of Tranquillity in 1969, paradoxically cannot guarantee that genetically modified tomatoes will be absolutely safe to eat - nor that the moon will hang there in the earth's sky tonight.

23 Feb

'Frankenstein' drives demand for organics

As consumer demand for organic food soars, the Soil Association is fielding more and more enquiries from farmers on how to convert to organic methods. The association's organic conversion service has taken more than 1,000 calls this year - 100 of them last Monday alone in response to press coverage of concern about the new biotechnologies.

21 Feb

Thought for food

We British seem to have developed a taste for the instant obsession. A fortnight or so ago it was Glenn Hoddle and his forthright views on reincarnation which were debated morning, noon and night. This week our fixation has been a matter equally rich in mystery and confusion, if of rather more direct concern to everyday life. The topic of the hour has been genetically-modified food - what it might do to us and what it might do to the planet.

20 Feb

Mutants not to our taste

Will "Frankenstein foods" cause two-headed rabbits to sprout in fields otherwise denuded of life except for giant tomatoes?

20 Feb

Brussels is still tied in knots over an obligation to take US imports

Across Europe the debate over genetically modified foods may have been less frenetic than in Britain over the last week, but it has certainly been going on longer.

By Stephen Bates20 Feb

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Food stories

Little and large

New GM watchdog

Minister orders GM watchdog clearout

Caffeine chic

Scientists go to work on a super-egg

Writs issued for BSE victims

Favourite Mother's Day recipes

E.coli outbreak under control

10 treated in hospital for E.coli poisoning

Children and pensioners hit by E. coli outbreak

Prince in row over beef on the bone

On the case

Two of the best...

World wine web

Watchdog slams Monsanto ads

Land for the people

They don't know, you know

'Frankenstein' drives demand for organics

Thought for food

Mutants not to our taste

Brussels is still tied in knots over an obligation to take US imports

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