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BSB Timeline

1954

18th March 1954

Introduction of the Baking Industry Hour of Work Act

1955

26th October 1955

1955

The British Society of Baking (BSB) was founded in 1955 by a group of leading UK bakers who had attended the American Society of Bakery Engineers (ASBE) conferences. Impressed with the American society and the content of its conferences, they felt that a similar organisation in the UK would be helpful for people involved in all aspects of the baking industry.

1956

18th March 1956

National loaf abolished

1956

28th September 1956

1956

Flour other than wholemeal to be supplemented with certain vitamins by law

1963

14th April 1963

1963

Bread and Flour regulations and changes to them over the years

1965

18th March 1965

BSB presentation on the CBP which included at tasting trial between bread made by the CBP and tradition processes

1970

19th March 1970

Growth of hot bread shops and supermarket Instore bakeries

1971

18th March 1971

1971

Research shows health benefit of a high fibre diet, resulting in a greater promotion of wholemeal, brown, and fibre enhanced breads

1987

16th July 1987

1987

The possible genetic modification of wheat and soya flour and the protests against it

1996

18th March 1996

1996

The removal of azodicarbonamide and potassium chloride from the permitted list of flour improvers

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