Archive for March, 2014

Leicester City Council calls for action over contaminated meat

Leicester City Council calls for action over contaminated meat

Leicester City Council is considering taking action against meat vendors in the city after an extensive investigation revealed that nearly half of all meat in the area contained ingredients from an “undeclared species”. In what promises to be a follow-up to the 2013 horse meat scandal, the council found widespread contraventions of food labelling law. It launched a citywide meat[Read More…]

Atos to access NHS data

Atos to access NHS data

Atos will soon be given the powers to directly access the records of millions of patients across the UK, it has been revealed. The controversial firm has attracted widespread criticism after assessing millions of terminally ill and disabled patients across the UK as fit to work. Some of those patients died shortly after the Atos medical assessment. While that does[Read More…]

Intel vows to stop using conflict minerals

Intel vows to stop using conflict minerals

Intel has recently vowed to stop using conflict minerals, it has emerged. The multinational electronics company is responsible for producing computing chips and other technological devices, which often make use of conflict minerals such as coltan in order for them to work properly. However, they have now claimed that they will no longer include precious metals mined in regions controlled[Read More…]