Horsemeat: learning the lessons of an avoidable crisis
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Paula Widdowson, commercial director of food and drink sector skills council Improve, is to join Northern Foods in a new position as director of corporate...
Bottle Green Drinks Company, best known for its elderflower cordials, grew sales by 10% in 2007, despite the disappointing summer and a change of ownership.The...
Foods aimed at toddlers may be unsafe because manufacturers do not have appropriate nutritional guidelines to follow, a leading manufacturer of babyfood products has claimed.Babylicious...
Free-from food specialist Bells of Lazonby has had to recall selected Christmas products because of incorrect allergen labelling.According to the Foods Standards Agency (FSA), the...
Savoury products supplier Balance Foods is poised to double in size during 2008 following an impressive debut year.The Godalming-based business has turned over £3M since...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is embarking on a review of the evidence for the reported health benefits of dietary fibre components within food.It is...
British retailers are backing the Red Tractor food assurance scheme with two thirds of all eligible fresh commodity foods sold through the major high street...
Britain’s meat producers have launched a campaign to regain export markets worth £70M a year, lost because of bans imposed during the foot and mouth...
A £1.75M warehouse for ambient food ingredients and packaging materials is to be built in Trondheim Way, Stallingborough, Yorkshire, thanks to local logistics firm East...
The British Soft Drinks Industry Foundation (BSDIF) has set up a scholarship to address the growing shortage of people entering a career in food science...
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) board decided against calling for a ban on trans fats when it met last week, preferring to see saturated fat...
Food group Greencore has continued its strategic move to reduce its dependence on the UK multiple retail market by two new acquisitions of manufacturers supplying...
Budget cuts to other bodies funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) look likely, with the Waste & Resources Action Programme...
Sainsbury may introduce a scorecard system that weighs up a new product’s potential environmental and ethical impacts, to determine whether or not to take it...
Frozen food businesses are working together to identify ‘hero’ products, which will be used to introduce packaging innovations.This follows a workshop: ‘Optimising Packaging in The...
As part of its continuing programme to support its customers through innovation into healthier foods, Greencore has appointed Emma Darlaston as company nutritionist. Darlaston, who...
Patrick Coveney, chief financial officer at Greencore, will succeed David Dilger as the firm's chief executive from March 31 2008."We are pleased to have been...
Stephen Robertson has been appointed to succeed Kevin Hawkins as director general of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).Earlier this year, Robertson stepped down from the...
Caterers from large restaurant chains to fish and chip shops will in future have to provide detailed allergen information for customers under a new EU...
Competition lawyers have rejected claims that they dished out poor legal advice to clients who have just been fined vast sums by the Office of...
The European Botanical Forum (EBF) will meet representatives from the European Commission (EC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) tomorrow (Tuesday Dec 11) to...
Walter Scott, production director of Wilkin & Sons, has been appointed joint md of the company with effect from the January 1 2008 in place...
Collaboration between government, the food industry, pressure groups and consumers is necessary if a workable and sustainable food chain is to become a reality, according...
Food and drink manufacturers in Yorkshire will be able to get free advice on how they can use innovation to drive business growth at a...
Foul odours, allegedly caused by London-based Katsouris Fresh Foods and Kolak Snack Foods, have forced local residents to seek an injunction against the firms.The residents...
A test that can be used to confirm the breed and origin of meat from farm animals has been developed by scientists at the Universitat...
A nutrition expert has criticised the hiding of vegetables in toddler dishes - an approach often used by baby food manufacturers to get kids to...
Morrison has appointed two new joint heads of product development to spearhead the supermarket's redevelopment. Simon Mitchell joins from Asda where he was head of...
Greencore’s planned entry into the US market is likely to come through the acquisition of a chilled food business supplying brands, bosses have confirmed.Chief financial...
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has been doing a good job in protecting workers from exploitation in difficult circumstances, according to an independent report commissioned...
Northern Foods has become the latest food manufacturer to sign the Skills Pledge, publicly committing to raise the skills levels of the company’s 11,000 employees,...
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) is seeking to change the regulations to allow an increase in the temperature at which frozen food can be...
The European Commission’s continued refusal to approve the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops that have got the seal of approval from its own scientists...
The integration of Premier Foods and RHM is progressing faster than expected, and will deliver “significantly more savings than targeted”, according to business analyst Panmure...
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