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Industry responds to government tariff review
The recent government tariff review has met with a negative response from many parts of the food and farming sectors. NFU President Minette Batters said the government has severely undermined the British farming industry by confirming it will remove the tariff...
NFU Scotland highlights damaging tariff schedule affecting Scottish food and farming
NFU Scotland has written to Scottish Secretary of State Alister Jack after repeated warnings to the UK Government over what it claims is a damaging Brexit ‘no deal’ tariff schedule. Since March, NFU Scotland confirms that it has persistently raised deep concerns over...
BFREPA launches contract guidance to restore supply chain balance
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association has launched free, professional guidance to help restore balance in the supply contracts held between farmers and egg packers. Earlier this year the organisation vowed to help reform outdated agreements which a...
Supermarket sales growth accelerates
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show year-on-year supermarket sales grew by 1.3% during the past 12 weeks as Sainsbury’s returns to growth and Brexit deadline day approaches. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar,...
Welsh firm fined £93,000 following allergic reaction to tzatziki
Zorba Delicacies, a multi-million-pound manufacturer of dips, deli fillers and soups, has pleaded guilty to three food safety charges at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court after a woman suffered what was described as a ‘potentially fatal’ allergic reaction. During the...
Chief Medical Officer wants snacking ban on public transport
A ban to stop people snacking on public transport has been suggested by England's outgoing chief medical officer, which she claims could help tackle childhood obesity. According to government figures six out of every 30 children are obese and Professor Dame Sally...
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Industry responds to government tariff review
The recent government tariff review has met with a negative response from many parts of the food and farming sectors. NFU President Minette Batters said the government has severely undermined the British farming industry by confirming it will remove the tariff...
“We’ll do all we can to keep export markets open” says HCC chairman
The chairman of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), Kevin Roberts, has used an address to the world’s largest food tradeshow to emphasise the Welsh red meat industry’s determination to continue exporting to the European market, whatever the outcome of Brexit...
UK’s biggest 150 food producers suffer falling profits
An increasingly uncertain economic landscape and the looming threat of Brexit is continuing to take its toll on the food and drink industry. The UK’s biggest 150 food and drink supplier profit margins fell for a second consecutive year to 5.8% in 2018 from 6.2% in...
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...
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