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      <news:title><![CDATA[What happens when half your welders retire?]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Hovis distribution drivers pause strike at “eleventh hour”]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Lessons from the 2026 egg Salmonella outbreak]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[In 2017, the FSA updated its guidance on the safety of runny eggs, noting that those which carry the Lion mark can be consumed by pregnant people, babies and the elderly.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Diageo Cameronbridge to be brought to a “standstill” as strike dates revealed]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026/09/23/the-surprising-reason-dunbia-ripped-out-robots-from-its-meat-factory/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The competition has the same machines. Now what?]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food Manufacture steps inside Dunbia Cross Hands for an exclusive look at its operation. Pictured: Site director, Carlos Silva with FM editor, Bethan Grylls.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[IMTA CEO: Why Britain can’t afford to turn its back on meat trade]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Export demand for cuts of meat that are less popular with UK consumers but prized elsewhere help businesses achieve carcass balance.]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026/09/23/stonegate-could-sell-hundreds-of-pubs-to-heineken-as-debts-mount/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Stonegate in talks with Heineken as debts mount]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Heineken already operates around 2,350 pubs in the UK.]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026/09/22/multivac-uk-is-set-to-open-a-new-innovation-centre-in-manchester-next-year/</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-22T15:56:31.351Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Multivac UK to open new CX and innovation centre in Manchester]]></news:title>
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