Inside food & drink manufacturing
The Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 introduces some significant changes which food and drink manufacturers will need to be attuned to. Angie Jefferson, RD RNutr and strategic projects manager for the British Nutrition Foundation, outlines what we know so...
If you manufacture food or drink in the UK, the rules that govern your products may soon be able to change more quickly than ever before.
As food manufacturers engage with the newer rules stipulated by Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility, many are discovering gaps in their historic packaging compliance. Here’s what you need to know.
Professor Tim Spector says the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) decision to uphold its ruling that Zoe’s Daily30+ supplement advertisement was misleading is a profound failure of logic.
As the Government’s flagship SPS agreement with the EU shows signs of strain, James Watson, partner at Argon & Co UK, explores what this moment means for UK food and drink manufacturers’ resilience, risk exposure, and readiness for the next shock to hit...
Anxiety about the state of the UK’s health, especially the stubbornly high rate of childhood obesity, has long shaped the UK’s approach to regulating food and drink advertising. But early 2026 marked a turning point.
The Conservative Party has promised to close what it is calling a “flag loophole” for ‘Made in the UK’ certifications.
Frances Coulson, partner and head of insolvency & restructuring at law firm Wedlake Bell examines the latest ONS insolvency rates.
More than a decade after the World Health Organization classified processed meats such as ham as Group 1 carcinogens, concerns over nitrites/nitrates in food continue to spark debate. Sarah-Jane Dobson, partner at law firm, Ashurst, discusses.
Exchange for Change – the industry-led company in charge of leading the UK’s Deposit Return Scheme across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland – has made five senior leadership appointments and published logo guidance.
Legal expert Anousha Davies offers key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s decision in the Oatly v Dairy UK case for plant-based producers.
UK retail is operating in a challenging environment. Consumers are cautious, competition is global, and ‘dupe culture’ continues to blur the boundaries between inspiration and imitation, writes Michael Conway, partner in the intellectual property team at...
The oat drink company has lost an on-going legal battle against Dairy UK over the use of the word ‘milk’ in its marketing, which it says will only make things harder for plant-based brands.
The UK health and safety regulator is rolling out a series of inspections to check that businesses are properly protecting workers from dusty ingredients.
Hundreds fall ill following mass salmonella outbreak after eating pork scratchings produced at a Tayto Group Ltd factory in Westhoughton, Bolton.
The recall has since prompted non-profit campaign organisation, Foodwatch, to file a lawsuit. Food Manufacture speaks to law firm Birketts to gain further clarity on what could happen next.
Amsterdam is set to ban meat advertising, reflecting a wider cultural shift taking place within the Netherlands.
Concerns over a potentially deadly toxin contamination in a batch of Nestlé baby formula have grown this week, with the existing urgent recall also impacting Danone and Lactalis.
The retailer has issued an urgent recall notice after a foreign body contamination was detected in Lily’s Kitchen branded dog food cans.
Legal expert, Andrew Walker, partner in the MMT team at Morton Fraser MacRoberts, highlights the top three regulatory changes set to impact the UK food and beverage industry this year.
The UK’s Extended Producer Responsibility is poised to transform alcohol aisles and challenge long-standing marketing strategies. Mark Dodds, chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink, and Agriculture Group explains how drink businesses...
The UK Government has rolled out its finalised junk food ad ban, clamping down on TV and online adverts for HFSS foods.
Farming is the only remaining “primary” manufacturing sector that still exists in every county across the country, former National Farmers Union (NFU) president Baroness Minette Batters has said in her Farming Profitability Review.
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published its final guidance for advertisers concerning the upcoming restrictions on so-called ‘less healthy’ foods.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed Professor Ian Young as its new chief scientific adviser (CSA).
There are several challenges and question marks that remain around Seasonal Worker visas, Denise Osterwald, legal director in the immigration team at Birketts LLP explores...
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland has called on the Government and Parliament to support business growth, build a resilient workforce and work towards net zero.
SMEs face an uphill battle with ‘day-one rights’ for employees and can’t afford to make recruitment mistakes, writes Denis O’Driscoll, managing director at specialist food and drink recruitment firm Corvin Fox.
The Food Standards Agency has published updated Food Law Codes of Practice and Practice Guidance for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but some of the changes have already ignited debate among food safety circles online.
Nine of Britain’s biggest supermarkets have written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to urge her to exclude shops from the proposed business rates surtax.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has called for a long-term plan to “build resilience” in the food sector.
The food and beverage manufacturing sector is facing pressure from a surge in employment tribunal claims, a leading law firm has revealed.
The High Court has granted The Animal Law Foundation permission to challenge the UK Government after it amended an EU welfare law that prohibited the handling of chickens by their legs.
The EU Commission has announced a further delay to the anti-deforestation rules citing IT issues.
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) consultation on the first proposed authorisations for cannabidiol (CBD) food products marks a turning point for the CBD industry in Great Britain.
Sainsbury’s was ordered to pay a woman who was the victim of sexual discrimination nearly £60,000 in compensation following a tribunal last year.
The Government has published its response to the consultation on the draft advertising regulations around less healthy food and drink advertising on TV and online.
The proposal, which could save tens of millions of pounds, was set out as a government commitment in the 2024 King’s Speech and underscored in Labour’s recently published 10-Year Health Plan.
With just months to go before promotional deals are banned on products classed as high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS), what does Labour’s pledge to repeal the rules mean for food manufacturers?
A consultation on the proposed authorisation process for cannabidiol (CBD) food products has been launched by the Food Standards Agency.
The UK Government has launched a landmark review of the parental leave and pay system, with implications for employers across the food and beverage manufacturing sector.
Food and drink manufacturers in the UK are still waiting for clarity on how new advertising restrictions on less healthy food (LHF) products.
Four people have been arrested in relation to recent cyberattacks that targeted Co-op, Marks & Spencer and Harrods.
An investigation has been launched into the proposed £1.2 billion acquisition of Bakkavor by Greencore.
Mondelēz has called for a one-year delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation amidst rising cocoa prices.
Following major confusion after a shock announcement last month, the European Commission has clarified it has not withdrawn the Green Claims Directive but will do so if microenterprises are not removed from its scope.
Food manufacturers will be required to meet new healthy food standards to help tackle the UK obesity epidemic.
The UK Trade Strategy has vowed to protect the UK’s largest manufacturing sector.
The Industrial Strategy sets out a 10-year plan to boost investment and create skilled jobs, with the aim of making it easier and simpler for companies to do business.
There were fewer code issues and improved treatment of grocery suppliers by retailers.