AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
The Government is to launch a large-scale campaign to combat the flagging reputation of British food standards in the eye of the consumer. It comes as the BSE and foot and mouth crises leave consumer confidence in British produce at an all-time low.
COI Communications is developing a brief for an above-the-line advertising campaign for the Food Standards Agency, which will explain the body's work. The advertising will also attempt to educate caterers in hygenic and safe methods of food preparation.
A number of COI roster agencies have been asked to prepare for a strategic pitch on ideas of how the FSA should position itself. It is thought that the shortlist includes five agencies.
Nic Fearon, information officer at the FSA, confirmed the pitch but was reluctant to go into any details. "There is possibly something in the offing in the next few months," he said. "We are discussing the brief. It is going to be for a long-running campaign -- definitely one year and possibly up to three."
The FSA was launched in April last year under the banner of bringing all aspects of food safety and standards, "from farm to fork", under the ...