1954
18th March 1954
Introduction of the Baking Industry Hour of Work Act
1955
26th October 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
Flour other than wholemeal to be supplemented with certain vitamins by law
1963
14th April 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
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
The possible genetic modification of wheat and soya flour and the protests against it
1996
18th March 1996
The removal of azodicarbonamide and potassium chloride from the permitted list of flour improvers