Inside food & drink manufacturing
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned frozen food retailer Iceland from using an advert that discredited the inspection standards of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
Suffolk-based food business Indo European Foods has been ordered to pay over £18,000 for safety failings after a worker suffered serious injuries when his arm became caught in unguarded machinery.
Tesco’s £300,000 fine over a misleading half-price offer for strawberries presents a nightmare for all involved in pricing seasonal products, a senior lawyer has warned.
The foundations of the next food scandal are being laid by some retailers, as they drop pledges, made following the horsemeat crisis, to adopt shorter supply chains, warns the National Pig Association (NPA).
Thai food manufacturer CP Foods UK has invested £4M in a new food factory in Newmarket that has created 100 jobs.