Police have arrested a man in south Wales on suspicion of exploiting workers as an unlicensed gangmaster in the fresh food packaging and processing sector.
Welsh soft drinks producer Radnor Hills has ploughed £6m into a new production line that enables it to reduce polyethylene terephthalate (PET) content in bottles.
Trans fat limits for food have been introduced into EU draft legislation, with a proposed restriction of 2g per 100g of fat, where trans fatty acids (TFAs) are not naturally present in animal fat.
It may no longer be fashionable to look at downtime in isolation, but many packaging equipment suppliers believe this metric still offers some easy wins for manufacturers keen to reduce unnecessary costs.
The organic food sector has called for a clear contingency plan to ensure the continued trade of organic produce with the EU, should the UK be faced with a no-deal Brexit.
As the Government cranks up its efforts to reduce the UK’s severe childhood obesity problem, questions on whether fibre could play a bigger role are emerging.
UK ice cream manufacturers have reported soaring profits thanks to the record-breaking heatwave this summer, according to industry body the Ice Cream Alliance.
The latest update to the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety will move the goalposts in terms of food and drink hygiene with companies under even greater scrutiny.
Hovis’ warehouse and logistics operations managed by DHL in Southampton and Bawtry are to cease by the end of the year, following the bread-maker’s announcement that it was closing its Southampton mill.
Digitalisation of the quality assurance (QA) process is the only way food and drink firms will be able to achieve compliance with the new British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standards for Food Safety, the head of a food compliance software provider...
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has reacted angrily to the Brexit minister’s claim that those fearing the consequences of leaving the EU without a deal were “prophets of doom”.
It seems unlikely that perceptions of packaging, in particular plastics, will ever return to what they were just a year ago – nor should they. But companies are reporting less ‘demonisation’ and point-blank rejection of plastics among consumers. Instead,...
Proposals by the EU to restrict packaging and other items for serving food would lead to the spread of a number of foodborne virus and bacteria, such as salmonella and campylobacter, an expert in food science has claimed.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reported a drop in formal enforcement actions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while the number of written warnings to food firms has increased.
Real Good Food (RGF) Group’s board criticised the ‘uncontrolled growth’ of infrastructure and overheads and the ‘ill-advisedness of investing’ before securing necessary funds that had sparked a drastic business overhaul in the past financial year.
Hovis has announced a big shake-up of its milling operations in a move trade union Unite warned could have ‘serious ripple effects’ on logistics jobs across the UK.
