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FSA appoints new independent chair at ACMSF
Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Heather Hancock has announced the appointment of Professor Bill Keevil as independent chair to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). Advice from the ACMSF is used to inform the FSA’s policy...
Nestlé accelerates action to tackle climate change and commits to zero net emissions by 2050
Global food giant, Nestlé has announced its ambition to achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It says it will embrace the most ambitious aim of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Ahead of the U.N. Secretary-General’s Climate...
UK may face ‘watered-down’ food regulations after Brexit warns UK Trade Policy Observatory
The UK Trade Policy Observatory (UK TPO) is warning that the UK public may face the prospect of watered-down food regulations after Brexit with Parliament having little say . New analysis by legal experts at the University of Sussex-based UK TPO warns that stringent...
Acquisition of Soya International gives AAK major foothold in speciality lecithin
AAK is set to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of speciality lecithin after acquiring a majority stake in UK-based Soya International. The business will trade under a new name – AAK Soya International Ltd. AAK Soya International supplies a comprehensive...
NFU calls for delay to farm support changes after Agriculture Bill falls
The NFU is calling for the Government to delay its planned phasing out of farm support payments, after the Government’s decision not to carry forward the current version of the Agriculture Bill into the next session of Parliament. Farm support payments were due to be...
Flexitarians’ appetite for plant-based food-to-go continues to grow
According to Marketing Week, last year, the UK launched more vegan products than any other nation, making it the country’s fastest growing culinary trend of 2018 with a market worth of £310m[1]. With 21% (approximately 22 million people) claiming to be ‘flexitarian’...
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UK may face ‘watered-down’ food regulations after Brexit warns UK Trade Policy Observatory
The UK Trade Policy Observatory (UK TPO) is warning that the UK public may face the prospect of watered-down food regulations after Brexit with Parliament having little say . New analysis by legal experts at the University of Sussex-based UK TPO warns that stringent...
Retail industry rejects Government’s claim of “no shortages of fresh food” under no deal scenario
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has responded strongly to Michael Gove’s claims on The Andrew Marr Show* that a no deal Brexit would not result in any food shortages. A spokesman for BRC said: “It is categorically untrue that the supply of fresh food will be...
Demand for government to reveal plans to stop no deal food crisis
Former Prime Minster Gordon Brown has backed calls by GMB, the union for food workers, food charity Hope Not Hate and the alliance for better food and farming Sustain, to demand Boris Johnson comes clean on the potentially disastrous risks a no deal Brexit will have...
UK Government must urgently review its stance on tariffs says NFU Scotland
The UK Government has been urged to scrap its proposed tariff schedule and pursue a post-Brexit approach to international trade that acts in the best interests of Scottish food and farming. That call takes on greater urgency following the announcement on plans to...
Suppliers must prepare now for inevitable cost price negotiations in event of no-deal Brexit
The announcement that discounter Lidl is expecting UK suppliers to meet the cost of any EU tariffs on products moving from the UK into Ireland as a consequence of a no-deal Brexit should act as a warning for FMCG suppliers to prepare for a new round of cost price...
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