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Interoute Transport Services has appointed Graham Wood as contracts manager for its specialist bulk foods division. Graham has risen through the ranks at Interoute on...
Northern Foods has appointed Stefan Barden to its boardas executive director for the chilled division.Barden began his career with Unilever and has extensive experienceof the...
The food industry is increasingly hoping that data synchronisation and other new technologies will help improve its fortunes, even though manufacturers don't expect a return...
The new owners of own-label confectionery firm Toms are on a mission to double the £40m business in the next five years.Entrepreneurs Steven Joseph and...
Culina Logistics has opened its third temperature-controlled distribution centre at Prime Point in Staffordshire. The 15,956 metre squared site, which reflects growing demand from retailers...
Tex-mex specialist Discovery Foods has boosted its presence in the Scandinavian market with a £2m contract to supply sauces, tortillas, tortilla chips and related products...
The first private training supplier has been appointed as a verifier for the Green Card skills passport scheme - the new national training database for...
Food and drink manufacturers could save up to £1,000 per employee by cutting the waste they produce, according to Envirowise, the government-funded body charged with...
Ferndale Foods has made more than 500 staff at its Erith factory redundant.The company proved unable to secure additional business to replace a £40m ready...
Macphie of Glenbervie
A survey by the Food Standards Agency found excessive amounts of some metals in supplements designed to promote good health.Of 200 products tested, eight were...
Leading potato supplier Greenvale AP has launched a new spud, especially suited for crisping.Said to be the only commercially available potato of the highly prized...
Europe's top scientists are being sought by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its scientific committee and several advisory panels.Appointments run from May 2006...
New measures are to be introduced to minimise TB infection from cattle. Incidence of the disease - which presents a human health risk - has...
A political challenge to European Union (EU) powers, sparked by a row over smoke flavourings in food, has been thrown out.The British government objected to...
A takeover, which would reduce the number of global suppliers of the natural emulsifier lecithin from four to three, is to be investigated by the...
Peers have hammered the government's emergency planning for bird flu which, they say, could lead to food shortages."We are alarmed at the risk of serous...
A new food testing laboratory has opened at Leeds University.Backed by the Yorkshire Forward development agency, the lab will work with the region's Food Technology...
Dr Jon Bell, chief executive of the Food Standard's Agency is to step down after six years at the top.Chairwoman Deirdre Hutton said: "Jon has...
Food Manufacture's sister publication The Grocer is to sponsor the 2006 Egg Awards, which include categories for best use of Lion Egg products and best...
A major European meat processor has lifted its 10-year ban on meat from animals reared on genetically modified (GM) feed.Swedish Meats, a farmer-owned co-op with...
A new type of sugar, similar to fructose, which occurs naturally in heat-treated dairy products, has been approved for use in manufacturing by the Food...
Food giant RHM is planning higher quality Mr Kipling and other branded cakes in a bid to boost sales this year, following the range's "disappointing"...
Manufacturers are being encouraged to throw their weight behind Fairtrade Fortnight, which last year saw sales of products carrying the Fairtrade mark treble.Two hundred suppliers...
The final nutrient profiling model designed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to improve children's diets by reducing the amount of junk food advertising directed...
Backlash feared as producers adopt alternative fat technologies
Finding the right person for the job has never been easy, but new age discrimination laws coming into force this autumn could bring a whole new set of difficulties to the recruitment process, says Rebecca Green
It's been a tough year for ready meal producers, faced with continually squeezed margins. Rebecca Green finds out how they have responded
Ingredients claiming to improve eye health will gradually shift from the supplements market to the functional foods arena, the UK boss of ingredients firm LycoRed...
High blood pressure is the number one health concern among UK adults, according to research from Mintel commissioned as part of a major new study...
The heart health category is likely to broaden significantly in the next couple of years as manufacturers start to incorporate cholesterol-lowering plant sterol esters into...
Kliklok-Woodman has introduced several new features to further enhance its successful range of CertiWrap wrap-around cartoning machines, the CertiWrap C80 and C150, aimed at the...
Plastic food container supplier Anson, has developed a new range of standard microwave containers, with over 50 options, to provide producers of ready meals with...
Having identified a gap in the market for a space saving, fully automatic and efficient compact tray sealing machine, Packaging Automation has come up with...
Pioneering moves in finance and ops
Additives are again hitting the headlines, particularly in relation to the sweetener product aspartame.Media attention was certainly focused on aspartame in July when the Ramazzini...
Fayrefield Foods is launching the first products containing Forbes Medi-Techs' cholesterol-lowering Reducol plant sterols in the UK and Ireland this month.Marketing director Chris Swire said...
Functional ingredients might sound like a licence to print money, but suppliers need to do more to stand out in a crowded market, says Elaine Watson
Experts in sensory evaluation are urging manufacturers to reject artificial tasting devices in favour of training up and screening taste panellists."Electronic tongues don't reflect what...
Ambient grocery logistics consolidator Boughey Distribution has signed a 12 month contract with one-way trip pallet pool provider LPR following a three month trial into...
From time to time food manufacturers run out of warehouse space and are faced with the dilemma of either using outside storage or moving to...
Customer and service related issues - such as a temporary loss of sales and a reduction of service levels - are the biggest concerns facing...
The sector skills council for the food and drink industry, Improve, is calling for a rethink of a proposal that would end fully funded food...
Food manufacturers are pressing laboratories to develop a test for bird flu in food, despite assurances from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that avian...
Food producers and farmers in Yorkshire and Humberside are missing out on a lucrative local market worth up to £220m a year because of short-sighted...
Energy drinks consumption is racing towards the 4,100m litre mark by 2009, having leaped 18% in the past year, according to drinks consultancy Zenith.It predicted...
Multi nationals accused of pedalling nutrigenomics rather than raising dietary standards
Competitive tendering is preventing hospitals from serving food that will make patients well, according to evidence presented to a Westminster Diet and Health Forum. It...
'Someone, somewhere doesn't want this Act'
Pickled Shallots and Onions in Balsamic Vinegar are the two latest additions to Petty, Wood's range of pickled products under its Epicure brand."Our research revealed...
Until a few years ago no one other than diet obsessives read the back of food packs. Now, we're all food detectives, comparing fat content...
Dieters craving a guilt-free pastry fix will be rejoicing over the news that a cheese and onion savoury pastry roll has been developed under licence...
Rosenborg Blue Cheese with Cranberries is certainly not to be sniffed at; according to brand owner Arla, it is the first ever Danish Blue with...
Proving that Valentine's Day is not the exclusive territory of confectioners, Hertfordshire-based Tyrrells is launching its latest 'loving creation' - Strawberry, Sweet Chilli & White...
After the Christmas festivities, many consumers looking to lose a few pounds will be struggling to swap canapés for carrot sticks. Savoury snack producer, Pepsico...
Snack specialist United Biscuits UK (UBUK) has announced its plan of action for 2006 after identifying three main consumer trends: pleasure; healthier products; and making...
Firms that pay employees and suppliers through BACS (Bankers Automated Clearing Service) transfers have been warned that their payroll systems face a New Year nightmare.Banks...
Although he started out as a chemical engineer focusing on kit, Steve Williams soon realised that success was largely down to the way you motivate the people who operate your machinery
The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) will shortly re-launch its award-winning website.The new-look site at http://www.ifst.org has been rebuilt to improve navigation and...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on how to persuade people to eat healthy diets and take more exercise.In a recent green paper, the...
Suppliers need to look farther up the supply chain if they are to prevent a repeat of sudan 1
The food industry could avoid consumer backlashes over food safety by being more proactive and engaging with the public at a much earlier stage in...
Time for transparency at the Joint Health Claims Initiative
Food safety takes priority over fire safety
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has appointed an external communications company to help convey a more positive message about the industry after admitting that...
Retailers need a data clean out if GDS is ever to work
The recent flurry of activity around isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) found in Nestlé baby milk cartons highlights the pressure that packaging suppliers come under to find alternatives...
As the focus for international packaging machinery manufacture shifts to eastern Europe and the Far East, UK engineering companies are finding it harder to compete...
Icelandic Glacial may not yet be a household name, but this new arrival in the bottled water sector won a double victory at a recent...
The food industry is still at the bottom of the global league table for research and development (R&D) spending, according to the latest European Union...
Pushed one way by ever-tighter budgets and another by the need to innovate, brands and their packaging suppliers are increasingly looking to academia to plug...
Rockwell Automation, one of the world's largest control and instrumentation suppliers, is targeting the European food and beverage sectors over the next five years with...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has urged further cuts in non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) found in food because of concerns about their long-term health...
Significant percentage are growing by 10%
'Responsibility is now focused on every manager that provides a service. that's a huge change'
Food manufacturers have called for an investigation into possible market distortions, which are resulting in them paying much higher prices for gas than their competitors...
Moves are afoot to revamp food safety qualifications in a bid to help manufacturers comply with new European hygiene regulations, which came into force this...
The first chilled ready meals and desserts for people on restricted diets should hit stores this spring following a deal between gourmet food manufacturer Castle...
Heinz is working on a £250,000 project to trial lightweight cans, which, if successful, it claims could reduce household waste by 28,000t a year. Trials...
The new owner of London-based fish processor MacKenzie Brothers has unveiled ambitious plans to build a £70-80m food empire over the next two years.Arnold Lewis,...
Time is running out for administrators at Harvestime (2005), who are still struggling to sell the business's loss-making bakery in Walsall.Joint administrator John Kelly of...
Laboratory equipment and services suppliers and some health inspectors have misled manufacturers into believing they needed to increase microbiological sampling to meet new rules which...
Recruiting graduates into the food and drink manufacturing industry is a bit like leading a horse to water and trying to make it drink, Rebecca Green finds out what can be done to ease the burden on employers
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