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Food Industry Coverage in the UK National Press
FOSCAN is a bibliographic database designed to provide you with a daily update of press coverage relevant to the food and drinks industries. FOSCAN may be browsed on a daily basis, or searched retrospectively. The daily news is available at 11.30am each morning, enabling you to scan the current events over your mid-morning coffee. Each record summarises the points of the original story and provides a reference to the source publication. More specialised searches can be constructed in the archive file, allowing you to research past stories.FOSCAN will enable you to
| Monitor food safety concerns | Track competitor activity |
| Understand consumer attitudes and buying patterns | Follow nutrition, health and dietary issues |
Use FOSCAN to answer questions such as
Subject Areas
| Health & environmental concerns | Company intelligence |
| Government policy | Consumer issues |
| Microbiological & safety concerns | Developments in food technology |
Sample Record
Battery hen conditions condemned.
Times 060400 p4
The EU's Scientific Committee on
Animal Health and Welfare has condemned the conditions in which some battery-farmed hens
are reared, and has called for a complete overhaul of production methods across Europe.
Chickens are reported to suffer from serious health problems, including leg injuries,
heart failure and dermatitis, as a result of factory farming methods.
EDX, POULTRY, ANIMAL WELFARE, EUROPE, POLICY
Sources
Information is derived from UK National newspapers, UK Sunday newspapers, specialist science magazines, selected women’s press, MAFF and DH press releases.Database Scope
| Database | File Size | Time Span | Updating | Growth per Year |
| FOSCAN | 100,000 records | 1985- to date | Daily | 7,200 records |
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Tel: +44 01372 376761 Fax: +44 01372 386228
