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      <news:title><![CDATA[NFU slams decision to close down UK’s oldest sugar factory putting over 100 jobs at risk]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[McCormick reveals big plans and exec team for Unilever Foods merger]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavour, with approximately $7 billion in annual sales across 150 countries and territories.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Steven Darrah (pictured) is the founder of REALLY HONEST.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Waitrose pulls chocolate chip brioche packs over metal and hard plastic contamination risk]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Manchester manufacturer ordered to pay £65K after failing to declare ‘dangerous’ levels of allergen]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Nestlé Purina invests £478M into new pet food factory]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The pet care category is expected to continue growing, supported by rising pet populations, increasing demand for super-premium nutrition and the premiumisation of wet cat food.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Major retailer hit with £2M fine after pest infestation in multiple stores ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Three B&M stores in Birmingham were implicated.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Handtmann marks 40 years of UK innovation]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Pictured L-R: Harald Suchanka, divisional CEO, Handtmann Processing; Craig Nield, head of operations and technical, Handtmann Ltd; Anthony Daniels - managing director, Handtmann Ltd; Romina Muller, global vice president sales & marketing, Handtmann Processing; Steve Shortall, head of after sales, Handtmann Ltd; and James Ellard, head of finance, Handtmann Ltd.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[UK soft drinks sector saw inflation-busting ‘record’ year in 2025 ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The UK soft drinks sector proved resilient in 2025.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Robot dog ‘Spot’ patrols Coca-Cola Europacific Partners UK factories]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Frozen food worker takes firm to tribunal as working conditions were ‘too cold’]]></news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-22T08:27:42.57Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[From M&Ms to mini fillets: How the ASA is interpreting less healthy food rules]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[There is now a 9pm watershed restriction on the advertising of less healthy food or drink products on broadcast TV, and a 24-hour restriction on paid-for advertising of these products online.]]></image:caption>
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