Inside food & drink manufacturing
Tesco’s recent recall of two chicken products, reportedly the first case of campylobacter found in cooked chicken, risks creating tension between suppliers and retailers, warned business consultancy Crimson & Co.
Leading food and drink manufacturing representatives have signed an open letter to government, outlining 10 priorities that they claim are needed to protect the supply chain during the Brexit talks.
Premium confectionery business Hotel Chocolat has reported “encouraging growth” in its full-year results, boosted by new retail outlets.
North Sea cod stocks have bounced back to sustainability more than a decade after their near collapse, according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
FMEAs
Entrants to this year’s Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) should use their unique strengths as the basis for their entries, recommended FMEA judge Simon Chattock, ahead of the deadline for entries on Monday July 24.
A company that makes packaging for the food and drink industry has been fined £80,000 for health and safety failings, after a forklift truck struck a worker.
Coca-Cola European Partners’ (CCEP’s) head of sustainability Nick Brown is urging food and drink manufacturers to reform recycled packaging collection systems, as his business steps up its recycling programme.
With raw milk prices soaring, cheesemakers are looking for ingredients that will increase yields without compromising quality.
Dairy Crest’s key brands delivered a 7% rise in sales in first-quarter trading, while input costs rose “substantially” over the three months.
The owner of a cooking fat processor has been ordered to pay more than £6,100 after pleading guilty to food hygiene offences, including failure to ensure workers had received adequate food safety training.
Food ingredient prices could continue rising if Britain quits the EU, according to data specialist Informa Agribusiness Intelligence, after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed another round of increases over the past year.
Reckitt Benckiser will sell French’s Food to US spice firm McCormick, in a £3.2bn ($4.2bn) deal, the diversified consumer goods company confirmed today (July 19).
Charging food businesses for audits will be part of an overhaul of the way food safety and hygiene regulations are implemented, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed.