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FSA sets authorisation deadline for CBD products
The FSA has set a deadline for CBD businesses to provide more information about cannabidiol (CBD) products and their contents. It also advises vulnerable groups not to take CBD, and healthy adults to take no more than 70mg a day. CBD is one of many chemicals called...
Nestlé records fastest growth in four years
In the company’s annual report for 2019, Nestlé recorded its fastest organic growth since 2015 and posted its highest net profit in almost a decade. The world’s largest food manufacturer saw organic growth of 3.5%, supported by worldwide sales of Purina PetCare and...
UK food market to be worth over £170bn by 2024, says GlobalData
A report by GlobalData suggests that the food and grocery market in the UK will be worth £174.5bn by 2024, with the ‘big four’ supermarkets set to lose out on a further £1.9bn of the total market. The company’s latest report, ‘UK: Food & Grocery 2019-2024’,...
Eustice replaces Villiers as Defra secretary in cabinet reshuffle
Farming minister George Eustice has replaced Theresa Villiers as Defra secretary as Boris Johnson conducts his first cabinet reshuffle following last year's general election. Eustice is renowned for his farming background and previously held the farming and fisheries...
Bühler and Givaudan opens plant-based innovation centre in Singapore
Bühler, a food technology provider, has teamed up with Givaudan to open a new innovation centre dedicated to plant-based food in Singapore. The new facility, located at Givaudan Woodlands site, will be jointly run by the two companies, bringing together a pilot plant...
Kieran Roche joins Valpak as director of new business
Valpak, the UK’s largest compliance scheme, has announced former commercial director of CBRE Group, Kieran Roche, as its director of new business. Valpak, which is part of the Reconomy group, says Roche brings a track record in growing business in a customer friendly...
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CIEH calls for parties to bring back Environment Bill
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has called on all political parties to commit to reintroducing and improving on the Environment Bill following the election. The Environment Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons on the 28th...
Bord Bia warns consumers may lose confidence in food products post Brexit
The latest insight from Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, has revealed a strong positive sentiment from UK consumers towards Irish food and drink products and a declining confidence in the availability of the food and drink they enjoy post Brexit. The insight, which...
FDF welcomes more time to scrutinise Brexit deal
As the Prime Minister looks set to attempt to get Brexit legislation through the House of Commons once again this week the food industry's main body is urging caution. Ian Wright CBE, chief executive, Food and Drink Federation, said: “Everybody has had enough of the...
PM against the clock to secure Brexit deal vote
Boris Johnson says he remains very confident about achieving the majority vote he needs at Westminster to get Brexit done by 31st October. The Brexit deal he struck yesterday with the EU will be put to Westminster MPs, prior to a Commons vote tomorrow. However, the...
Proposed Brexit deal agreed
A Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiating teams before the much anticipated meeting of European leaders in Brussels. A tweet from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: ‘We've got a great new deal that takes back control.’ The two sides have been...
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