Food Commission

http://www.foodmagazine.org.uk/home/

The Food Commission (UK) Ltd is a not-for-profit company and takes no funding from the food industry. The Food Commission's work is mainly funded by subscriptions to The Food Magazine, project grants and individual donations.

The Food Commission has been instrumental in ensuring that the public, and the media, now have a much greater interest in the food we eat and the effects it can have on both our health and our environment.

Some of the campaigns supported by the Food Commission are:
• The Food Irradiation Campaign was a long running campaign designed to prevent the unnecessary irradiation of food in the UK. The campaign made clear that, 'good food does not need irradiating'.
• The Menu Labelling Campaign wants to improve the public's health by requiring fast-food and other chain restaurants to provide calorie and other nutrition information on menus and menu boards.

What I learned that was special:
• Almost 30% of household expenditure on food in the UK is allocated to eating outside the home and 30% of people eat out at least once a week.