Inside food & drink manufacturing
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).
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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.
A potato storage facility has had a noise nuisance abatement notice served by the local council overturned in court.
The proposed acquisition of Kellanova by Mars is set to face an EU antitrust investigation, according to Reuters.
The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) has launched a targeted investigation into whether Amazon.com, Inc has breached the Groceries Code.
Lords Committee has criticised the further delay to the advertising restrictions for less healthy foods, contending that voluntary compliance will be ineffective.
A father and daughter have been sentenced for causing unnecessary suffering to animals on their farm in Pembrokeshire.
Chicken shop chain Morley’s has won a Court of Appeal ruling protecting its trade mark against rival brand Metro’s.
More than 300 people are taking part in a class action lawsuit against Marks & Spencer after their data was lost in a cyberattack over the Easter weekend.
Linney survey finds that majority of F&B businesses don’t feel ready for the next raft of HFSS regulations.
The UK Government is postponing the rollout of TV and online advert bans on products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) until next year.
Euan Duncan – a partner in the manufacturing, media and technology team at Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP – explores how courts are ruling on intellectual property and trade mark disputes within the food and drink industry.
A report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has called on government to delay its reforms to agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR).
Health and wellness remain top consumer priorities - and governments are responding. Group sales & marketing director for Linney, Fiona Boam, explores how food producers can devise winning strategies in the face of less healthy food restrictions.
The Scottish Government has outlined key measures to support the food and drink manufacturing sector in its newly published Programme for Government.
Reform UK gained a substantial number of council seats in the local elections held on 1 May, while Labour and the Conservatives both suffered disappointing results.
Yoplait has launched legal proceedings against Danone in Ireland alleging that the firm has imitated one of its yoghurt products.
The way that regulated products are authorised in the UK has been streamlined after two changes to the process were introduced on 1 April 2025.
The Office for Budget Responsibility has labelled Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as a tax in its most recent economic and fiscal outlook.
Melissa Haskell, partner in the regulatory and licensing teams at Knights, explores the practical changes businesses must adopt in light of Simpler Recycling reforms and the anticipated implications of non-compliance.
Members of the food and drink industry have criticised the chancellor’s Spring Statement for its lack of support for the sector as it faces continued pressure from employment taxes and the loss of government support schemes.
The director of an ice cream maker in Wirral has been ordered to pay nearly £100k after pleading guilty to food safety offences across two separate businesses.
Darragh Killeen, Shannon Fahy and Emma Cullinan, lawyers at Browne Jacobson, explain why Oatly’s ongoing trade mark case lost in the Court of Appeal and is now set to be decided on in the Supreme Court.
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has launched legal action against the Food Standards Agency (FSA) challenging the charges it is levying against the industry.
A sandbox programme has been launched by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to inform how cultivated meat products are regulated in the UK.