Bringing cake to office as harmful as passive smoking, UK food watchdog says

Bringing cake into the office is as bad as smoking around others, says expert

Colleagues bringing cake to the office should think twice, a top food regulator chair has suggested – before equating it to smoking. Food Standards Agency chairwoman Prof Susan Jebb, who made the comments in a personal capacity, not as the FSA head, said the sweet treat could tempt colleagues. She t...

Professor warns against cake in office: Like passive smoking

Lotte has a birthday, which is why she has brought a damp and snoggy Finnish brownbrow to her colleagues on the job.

Cake in office as harmful as secondhand smoke: U.K. food official

Bringing cake into the office to share with colleagues is seen by many as an innocent way to celebrate a birthday.

UK's top food watchdog: Bringing cake to the office is similar to secondhand smoke

Even the prime minister weighed in after the chair of the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency suggested that bringing cake into an office is similar to putting colleagues at risk with passive smoking.

'Bringing cake into the office is as bad as passive smoking'

Professor Susan Jebb says that passive smoking inflicts harm on others 'and exactly the same is true of food'

Cake in the office is as harmful as secondhand smoke, U.K. food official says

“If nobody brought in cakes into the office, I would not eat cakes in the day," Food Standards Agency chair Susan Jebb, speaking in a personal capacity, said of office cake culture.