Reformulating products to help improve their shelf life can not only reduce food waste but help save businesses money as well, according to food ingredients manufacturer Kerry.
Marcel Koks, Industry & Solution Strategy Director for Food & Beverage at Infor, asks how food manufacturers can lead the way when it comes to reducing the huge amounts of food wasted by consumers each year.
Convenience food manufacturer Greencore has been forced to recall wraps from three supermarkets, after they were contaminated with small pieces of metal.
Lidl UK features in our roundup of recent food safety recalls, after the discount retailer recalled its Italiamo Cream of Potato & Spinach Soup, after discovering, due to a packaging error, some packs contained minestrone soup.
Nestlé has suggested that its packaging for shelf-stable products may in many cases be overspecified, and that a more sustainable use of materials could go hand-in-hand with reduced shelf-life.
Food manufacturers are helping consumers to make significant cuts in the £12bn worth of food they waste each year, according to new research from the government-funded Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
The June issue of Food Manufacture, out today (May 30), features an invitation from the Food Safety Agency’s (FSA’s) chief scientist to report food manufacturers that jeopardise safety by cutting corners.
Food trade bodies have slammed the “muddled” publication of new government guidance on food date labelling, and called for more clarity on date labels.
The current UK date labelling regime confuses food businesses, increases consumer risk by “diluting key food safety messages”, and costs industry millions of pounds a year.
Responsibility for food labelling in England moved to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) last year. Since then, there has been a deafening silence on the fate of the draft Date Marking Guidance...
A rapid egg cooling system that uses carbon dioxide to create a thin layer of ice on the inside of the shell would cut salmonella illnesses and significantly extend product shelf life, said the US scientist spearheading the development.
Retailers and food manufacturers have been quick to sign up to Courtauld Commitment Two (CC2), the second phase of the voluntary agreement to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and waste.
