Leatherhead Food Research highlights the volatility of regulations linked to environmental sustainability, health and wellness, and quality and safety as a key issue for the food and beverage sector.
Georgia Carr, associate at intellectual property law firm Potter Clarkson, discusses the role of intellectual property in protecting data-driven innovations.
Katrina Anderson, associate director and Sian Edmonds, senior associate at Osborne Clarke, discuss five stages to navigate when developing and commercialising a new alternative protein product.
In this companion piece to this month's robotics and automation feature, Luke Jackson – director at law firm Walker Morris specialising in technology, food and beverage and manufacturing – discusses the legal implications of robots in the factory....
The UK joining the Trans-Pacific trade bloc would be another nail in the coffin for animal welfare, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
Members of the dairy industry have repeated calls for the Government to make good on its promise for a dairy industry Code of Conduct to address power imbalances in the sector.
Earlier this month, Rod Addy of the Provision Trade Federation, looked at what the Windsor Framework could mean for the food and drink sector. Now, as things have settled, he delves a bit deeper into the implications and opportunities in part two of this...
The Government’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has raised serious concerns over animal welfare from the Royal Society for the Protection and Safety of Animals (RSPCA).
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has agreed a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland with European Commission president Ursula Van der Leyen, which would see the end of restrictions on the trade of goods traveling overseas in the UK.
Wine and drinks supplier Kingsland Drinks Ltd has been fined £800k after an HGV driver was killed after being hit by a forklift truck at its Salford depot.
Following a 7-month investigation, the Competition & Markets Authority has concluded it would be unfair on retailers and shoppers for Cérélia to acquire Jus-Rol. Here's what you need to know...
Claims that a farm supplying milk to Freshways, whose customers include Costa, Iceland and British Airways, is mistreating animals have been labelled as unfounded by Red Tractor Standards.
Kent-based baking firm David Wood Baking Ltd has been fined £858k after a worker had his arm amputated after getting caught in an industrial food mixer.
The UK government’s plan to push back its proposed ban on junk food adverts before 9pm on TV and online has been met by backlash from health bodies and industry pressure groups.
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) is seeking reparations for ‘illegal charges’ levied against its members by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), after successfully challenging the body on the lack of transparency on the calculation of...
Almost 6,000 CBD products have been added to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) public list of Cannabidiol (CBD) products that can be marketed in England and Wales.
The UK has missed out on important opportunities because of how geographical indication policy is used, a new report called Entitled Untapped Potential: Protected Food and Drink Name Policy in the United Kingdom, produced by a group of MPs, has claimed....
The Government’s delay in the implementation of restrictions on advertising and volume promotions for high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods has been criticised for contradicting its levelling up ambitions and escalating the cost of treating obesity.
Doughnut maker Urban Legend has praised the Government for sticking to its 1 October deadline for introducing restrictions on retail promotions of food and drink high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS).
A group of MPs have written to The Treasury calling for a review of duty plans which they claim will hit small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the wine and spirit sector.
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has been involved in a protracted dispute concerning the infamous Carcass 77 slaughtered at Cleveland Meat Company Limited back in 2014.
The meteoric growth in sales and the variety of plant-based foods has been so fast that the thinking on how such products are labelled has barely kept up. Here, Pete Martin, regulatory director at product information specialist Ashbury explores the latest...
Over the last few weeks, the pig sector has been in crisis as a shortage of butchers, a shortage of lorry drivers and an increase in pig numbers came together at the worst possible time.
Urgent progress is needed to support a unified eco-labelling system for food in UK, according to the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) chief scientific adviser.
Producers of edible insects in the UK have been left in legal limbo, after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) failed to notify producers of new regulations on novel foods post Brexit transition period, according to Horizon Insects.
Marcel Koks, Industry & Solution Strategy Director for Food & Beverage at Infor, asks how food manufacturers can lead the way when it comes to reducing the huge amounts of food wasted by consumers each year.
In an effort to tackle supply chain issues, the Government backtracked on its refusal to allow 'unskilled' labour into the UK and announced a temporary visa scheme for overseas HGV drivers, poultry workers and now pork butchers. The situation...
Fresh prepared food manufacturer Bakkavor Fresh Cook Ltd has been fined £130,000 for health and safety failings, after a worker was crushed in machinery at its Lincolnshire factory.
Uncertainty surrounded the launch of Natasha’s Law, as food businesses reported how unprepared they were for the new regulations that come in to force today 1 October).
A new best practice statement to respond to suppliers’ concerns about the way the large supermarkets are carrying out audits was unveiled by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) today (30 September).
Sports nutrition firm Applied Nutrition Ltd has been fined £70,000 for health and safety failings, after a worker’s hand was severed while cleaning machinery.
Drinks producer Chivas Brothers Ltd (CBL) has been fined £50,000 for health and safety failings, after an engineer visiting the site was crushed by machinery.
You would think the UK food sector has enough to deal with right now - upwards of 10% of the UK workforce deciding to remain in mainland Europe causing severe labour shortages, supply chain issues and stock delays.
A report calling for an overhaul of the UK's entire regulatory framework argues the move could unlock innovation in the food industry - Food Manufacture talked to MP and co-author George Freeman about that vision.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has just published a 215-page paper comparing how UK regulation of novel foods and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) differs from that of non-EU countries.
Welsh Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has become the first registration under new UK Geographical Indication (GI) schemes to receive protected status since the end of the Brexit transition period.
More than 100 people who lost jobs when Tomlinson’s Dairies went into administration last year have won a legal battle against the company after a judge ruled they were not consulted properly on the redundancies.
Driving CBD food producers down the Novel Foods route is unnecessary and expensive, argues Mark Reinders, HempFlax boss and former president of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) in this opinion piece.
Small business are to be exempt from the Government’s ban on junk food advertising, as sweeping bans on ads for foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) come into force next year.
Barnsley-based Darwin’s Dairy Ltd has been fined £6,000 for food safety and hygiene offences after failing to implement and maintain Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
