Inside food & drink manufacturing
Eggs scandal
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed eight cake mix product recalls over fears that eggs used in their manufacturing have been contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, taking the total number of recalls to nearly 40 products.
The government has pledged £5M towards a new policy research unit dedicated to understanding the causes of childhood obesity.
UK grocery sales have grown 2.9% year-on-year, according to a new report from information specialist Nielsen, as the European grocery market grew at the fastest rate in three years.
The number of migrant fruit pickers working in the UK should either stay the same or increase after Brexit, according to a new survey of voters who backed Britain’s exit from the EU.
Savoury pastry manufacturer Pukka Pies has appointed former 2 Sisters commercial director Deborah Ewan as its new ceo.
The UK government must outline how it plans to protect Scotland’s fish and seafood sectors after Brexit, the Scottish government has urged.
British biscuit manufacturer Paterson Arran has raised £100,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in one year, through the sales of promotional packs of its shortbread.
The fipronil insecticide egg contamination scandal, while not in the same league as the Sudan 1/ Para Red dye scandal of 2005, has some parallels.
Welsh burger supplier The Burger Manufacturing Company will open its new £4M production facility in Powys on Wednesday (September 6).