Don't let them eat cake | New guidance urges employers to ban cake from the office

One of the quirkier indulgences of being office-based is the frequent access to some form of junk food. Whether it be a charity bake sale, a colleague’s birthday or simply a company benefit, workers are rarely far from access to a multitude of cake or sweets.

However, whilst many may delight in taking a tea-and-treat break to get though a long afternoon, a new statement from the head of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Susan Jebb, likens this habit to smoking, in regard to its damaging impact.

The FSA, the body responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, has thus advised businesses to banish cake and other sugary treats from the office, which has certainly garnered opinions from across the nation.

“If nobody brought cakes into the office, I would not eat cakes in the day. But because people do bring cakes in, I eat them. Now, OK, I have made a choice, but people were making a choice to go into a smoky pub,” Jebb noted at an event recently hosted by The Times newspaper.