European plastics recycling bodies have criticised the European Commission’s (EC’s) delay in conferring legal authorisation on recycling processes for food-contact plastics, nine years on from the initial regulation and despite more than 140 positive...
Britain’s business community – including the food and drink sector – needs to play a bigger role in getting government to reform the UK’s broken social systems, according to Lord Digby Jones, former director general of the Confederation of British Industry...
Food manufacturers are being urged to act ahead of new legislation that will reduce the maximum allowed level of a deadly radioactive gas in the workplace.
Food manufacturers have been invited to participate in a project that aims to better understand a technique that rapidly monitors the oxidative stability of a range of oils.
Many food and drink manufacturers are missing out on large potential cost savings by not managing their water use and disposal more effectively, according to environmental services group Veolia, which provides a range of waste, water and energy management...
New European rules thought to offer manufacturers a greater opportunity to register ‘non-traditional’ trade marks may not be as straightforward as first anticipated, a law firm has warned.
The boss of a leading soft drinks company has called on both industry and government to do more to tackle plastic packaging waste, after acknowledging its impact on the marine environment was not sustainable.
Birmingham-based Cleone Foods, which makes Jamaican patties – a traditional Caribbean snack derived from a Cornish pasty – is making use of a fire sprinkler system as part of a risk management strategy.
The government’s leading nutritionist has slammed food and drink sponsorship of sporting and health-related events as being an inadequate way of addressing the nation’s obesity crisis.
A global initiative to develop a more sustainable food system has kicked-off with the creation of a $1bn (£760M) facility focused on land restoration and forest protection schemes.
Alara Wholefoods boss Alex Smith believes his firm is the most sustainable food manufacturer on Earth – and he tells Noli Dinkovski he is happy to hear from challengers
Nutrition experts have reacted with scepticism to research that found a “significant” link between price and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) following a trial in a chain of restaurants owned by Jamie Oliver.
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) flagship Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme has been criticised for being “on a wobble”, by a leading food hygiene auditing expert.
Food and drink manufacturers have been invited to win national recognition by entering their products in the Chefs’ Choice Awards, organised by the publisher of Food Manufacture, William Reed.
A new green coffee powder has been claimed by its maker to offer drinkers a gradual supply of caffeine for up to eight hours – removing the “boom and bust” effect of the stimulant.
A new cloud-based food composition database that enables manufacturers to monitor the nutritional content of products has been set up by Nutritional Information Solutions (NIS).
The boss of 2 Sisters Food Group Ranjit Boparan has said he would personally visit all retailers to reassure them of the safety of its West Bromwich plant, which was the subject of an undercover press investigation and Commons select committee inquiry.
This issue of Food Manufacture goes to press the day after 2 Sisters Food Group boss Ranjit Boparan gave evidence to the House of Commons’ Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee.
Soft and stone fruit supplier Mockbeggar has seen a large increase in packaging productivity at its farm packhouse located at Rochester in Kent, after installing a Sienna horizontal flow-wrapper from Ulma Packaging.
A purpose-built foam modelling studio that enables designers to make mock-ups of packs rapidly in order to test and modify them before release, has been built by RPC at its Rushden site in Northamptonshire.
A rugged headspace gas analyser that can be conveniently transported between packing lines and factory locations, which is targeted at modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) testing of headspace in gas-flushed food, has been introduced by Systech Illinois,
Pizza cheese manufacturer Dairy Partners, based on the edge of Newcastle Emlyn in Wales, has installed an energy-efficient cooling system from Aqua Cooling for pasteurisation and mozzarella production in a deal worth more than £600,000.
To enhance hygiene during manufacture and protect against cross-contamination, Gough Engineering has developed an easy-clean conveyor with a removable belt – as recommended by the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) – that allows...
Irish vegetable grower Leo Dunne has expanded its production operations, thanks in part to the installation of a new multi-head weigher. This has helped it to handle processed carrots that were oversized or irregular and not suitable for sale whole.
Single-operation beverage forming and filling into polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at commercial speeds has come a step closer with the unveiling by KHS of a system for filling liquids directly into heated preforms, using the pressurised liquid itself...
Metal packaging is increasingly being used in beverages for younger consumers, especially in smaller can sizes, thanks to a strong recycling story and eye-catching credentials.
Workers were evacuated from the Moy Park factory in Ashbourne in Derbyshire on Monday (October 30) and two were hospitalised, after a chemical incident at the chicken plant.
Global food giant Mondelēz International has posted growth in sales and income in its third-quarter results, after it bounced back from a cyber-attack in June.
A north Wales manufacturer of cake and confectionery decorations and inclusions is to increase its capacity by 40% as part of a £1M investment over the next 12 months.
The pursuit of improved traceability and fraud prevention along the global food supply chain has resulted in the increased use of sophisticated computer systems, which allow secure information sharing between those involved in transactions along the chain.