Ice cream accompaniment manufacturer Marcantonio Foods has been fined £300,000, after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metalworking lathe.
Global speciality cheese business Norseland has won the coveted Dairy Manufacturing Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London at the beginning of this month...
Dairy Crest has reported “an encouraging first half” in its interim results published yesterday (November 9) for the six months ended September 30 2017.
The dairy industry’s needs must be recognised in British trade, labour and a domestic agricultural policy to ensure it remains competitive post-Brexit, urged the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Complementary foods for babies should be encouraged from around six months of age and should include iron- and calcium-containing foods, a draft report from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has recommended.
Dairy processor First Milk is to cut 30 jobs across two sites in the Lake District and Wales, as part of plans to increase efficiency at its factories.
Dairy processor Müller is to invest £100M in its UK yogurt and desserts business over the next three years, with plans to upgrade capacity and capabilities at its three sites in Shropshire.
Dairy Crest’s four key brands – Cathedral City, Country Live, Clover and Frylight – will continue to drive volume growth for the company in the first half of this year, according to its pre-close trading update for the six months to September 30.
Danone, the French food company best known for its Activia yogurt and Evian water, experienced a share price rise last month following suggestions that it could be facing renewed pressure from investors to improve its profitability and shareholder value.
Arla Foods UK reported a 10% sales rise in its branded products in the six months to July 1, driven by its Lurpak butter and Castello cheese brands, after a “turbulent” six months for the sector.
A Scottish dairy boss has called on the sector to “think big” and increase production in order to make the most of the economic uncertainties posed by Brexit.
A blaze at a cheese factory in south Wales was battled by fire crews yesterday morning (August 15), while firefighters tackled a burning food packaging manufacturer at the weekend.
Biscuit manufacturer Pladis’s Christmas launches and the newest beer from heavy metal music group Iron Maiden lead this photogallery of the latest food and drink product developments.
Bradburys Cheese, based at Buxton in Derbyshire, has launched a new range of mini-portion cheeses with the help of customised, high-speed Artic flowrapping technology from Ulma Packaging.
An advert that criticised dairy practices as ‘inhumane’ has escaped being banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), despite complaints from workers in the dairy industry.
Müller UK and Ireland Group has applied for planning permission to extend its Telford factory in a £40M investment – a move which would double its capacity and create 52 jobs.
Biogas generated from food and drink process waste offers a low-carbon commercial transport fuel for the future, a study for a leading British bioenergy company has shown.
A cheese blending boss has claimed a new factory and an exclusive Guinness deal is likely to double the turnover of his business by the end of the year.
Wyke Farms has agreed a deal to extend its partnership with The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (OMSCo), to become what it claims to be the EU’s largest producer of organic cheddar cheese.
Big food and drink manufacturers in the UK and US are losing sales to small suppliers, as retailers bid to lure millennial shoppers, reveals new research from Mintel.
Risk-averse food manufacturers need encouragement to invest in healthier products, a nutrition consultant and industry insider told a seminar dedicated to processed food at the US Institute of Food Technology (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo.
Attempts to secure an EU 13.5 health claim for probiotics are being hindered because it’s “nearly impossible” to design a digestive study that demonstrates improvement in a healthy group of people, according to a leading figure in the field.
Food and drink manufacturers were recognised in a list of the top 200 UK businesses with the fastest growing international sales, featured in this photogallery.
An advert for Arla organic farm milk has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after it ruled the advert contained misleading environmental claims.
Dairy foods’ nutrition and health benefits must be recognised and celebrated, according to The Dairy Council, as it launches its Milk Manifesto, backed by nutritionists and academics.
Iodine levels in organic milk are now ahead of conventional milk for the first time since testing began, according to a study by a farmers’ co-operative.
Beechdean Group has acquired 50% of ice cream manufacturer Lovingtons, in a joint venture designed to grow investment and boost the manufacturing capabilities of the company.
