The fight against the rise of dementia in the UK could be helped if functional food and drink manufacturers did more to promote good brain health, an industry leader has claimed.
Environment secretary Liz Truss will be travelling to China in December with the aim of reducing barriers to UK pig exports to the world’s most populace nation as its demand for protein rises.
Work aimed at reducing the surface levels of campylobacter contamination on poultry could be overtaken by events, as new research suggests internal spread of the pathogen in chickens as well.
A scheme which rates the hygiene of food businesses across the UK looks set to follow Wales and soon Northern Ireland (NI) by becoming compulsory in England over the next few years, the head of the Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) Local Delivery...
Migrant workers make a key contribution to food and drink manufacturing and their loss to the sector would be seriously damaging, according to informed industry sources.
Food and drink manufacturers are planning to lure young engineers away from competing sectors, such as aerospace and automotive, during Tomorrow’s Engineer Week, which started on Monday (November 3).
Walsh Mushroom Group has invested £2M in a new packaging and distribution site in Evesham, Worcestershire to help it meet “growing demand” for UK-grown mushrooms.
Tulip and Scottish pork producers have taken control of a Scottish processing plant as part of a new collaboration said to be "fantastic news" for the Scottish pig industry.
Masons Yorkshire Gin founder Karl Mason has built a £250,000 turnover distilling business in under a year, despite having no previous manufacturing experience.
Three companies have joined forces to develop a trio of flexible packaging approaches for meat products, which help minimise the opportunities for cross contamination of pathogens and reduce food and packaging waste, both in-store and at home
Manufacturers will face much tougher scrutiny and audits from their retail customers, which could face soaring financial penalties running into millions of pounds for mislabelled products under new EU rules, a regulatory expert has warned.
A box and crate labeller from Marel has been upgraded to extend its use to wet seafood processing environments. A waterproof chassis and indicator has been added to the OCM9500 so that it can withstand full washdown to IP69K, subject to the printer being...
A recloseable screw cap is now being used to provide greater convenience when opening carton packs, and when pouring and portioning out long-life foods such as soups, sauces, tomato products and desserts.
New, purpose-designed spray guns and other equipment have been developed by Swiss company Krebs in conjunction with chocolate maker Barry Callebaut to make life easier for food processors that use these devices to apply coatings such as chocolate and...
German brewery Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus, which has its headquarters in the Lower Bavarian village of Moos, has brought its bottling kit up to date with a new filler from Krones, plus a Checkmat bottle inspector and associated conveyors.
A new thermal fluid heating system has been installed at Bernard Matthews’ poultry processing plant in Norfolk by boiler specialist Babcock Wanson. It makes use of an EPC1000ES fully automatic coil type unit as the main heater for the processor's...
Boyd Food Machinery, which supplies refurbished and new equipment, has set up facilities in Belfast and County Waterford to meet growing demand for food processing and packing kit.
Baker Perkins has extended its range of kit for lollipop production by developing one-shot technology for depositing double-ball lollipops on its ServoForm range of depositors. It already supplies kit for spherical, conventional ball and flat lollipops,...
A new pneumatic conveyor concept has been developed by pneumatic and electrical drive specialist Festo, which enables the transfer of delicate products such as fruit and vegetables with minimal damage
New Britain Palm Oil (NBPOL) faces a £1bn takeover after receiving a formal notification from Sime Darby Plantation of its intention to make a cash offer for all issued and soon-to-be issued shares.
Sir,Ask anyone whether they’d prefer food made from ‘natural’ or ‘artificial’ ingredients and the results will always favour the natural option (see article 'Demand for naturally-sweet rises', Food Manufacture, October 2014, p21).
Sausage skin maker Devro expects to complete the second phase of the restructuring of its operations in Scotland at the end of the first quarter (Q1) of 2015. This is expected to deliver £5M of savings in the second half of the year.
Insects are unlikely to become a viable solution to feeding the increasing global population if western attitudes towards them remain negative, according to a leading analyst.
The performance of Associated British Foods’s (ABF’s) sugar division was worse than expected in preliminary full-year results to September 13, according to City analyst Shore Capital.
A row has broken out between the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) over its retail survey charting Campylobacter contamination of poultry in stores.
Food and drink manufacturers and retailers have been warned to beware the threat of Christmas food fraud, as cash-conscious shoppers hunt for the best deals; possibly tempting some in the supply chain to break the law.
The bidding war for United Biscuits (UB) has come down to three players: Kellogg, Burton’s Biscuit Company and Turkish food producer Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi, which have all now submitted final bids.
Diageo has agreed to sell its Bushmills Irish whiskey brand to Jose Cuervo Overseas in return for full ownership and control of Casa Cuervo’s tequila brand Don Julio and $408M (£255M).
Morrisons’ trading remains a worry, as the retailer enters a critical quarter in a currently “un-investable” British retail sector, warns City analyst Shore Capital, ahead of the firm’s third-quarter results to be posted this week.
Coombe Fisheries has doubled its processing capacity and created 27 new jobs with a new £4M seafood packing, freezing and storage facility in Barnstaple, Devon.
An official enquiry into dairy prices has been launched by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee following the rapid plunge in milk prices in the past year.
Weakening global demand for Scotch whisky could put the brakes on Diageo’s plans to upgrade its northern distilleries as part of the business’s £1bn expansion plan announced in 2007.
Supermarkets face a Halloween shock as three in 10 shoppers (29%) said they aimed to buy seasonally-themed products from high street discount retailers, according to the latest IGD research.
Government pressure on food firms to make healthier products could boost business for food manufacturers and retailers, as more consumers tried to lead a healthy lifestyle, according to new research.
Coffee manufacturers could boost sales by developing the broader variety of products that consumers buy elsewhere in Europe, according to Carlos Diaz, food director at Food Innovation Solutions (FIS).
Half of all UK teachers, and students aged 14–16, are unaware of the science and engineering careers available, despite four out of five young people saying they would consider such a role, according to Nestlé.
Food and drink manufacturers are transforming their impact on the environment and the entries for this year’s Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEAs) reflect this, according to food industry consultant Jean Feord.
