Manufacturers need to use market intelligence and horizon scanning tools to protect themselves against the next food scandal following the horsemeat contamination incidents this year, experts have argued.
Few advanced economies can measure up to the potential of emerging markets, which have been forecast to exhibit the fastest growth rates for food and non-alcoholic beverages over the next five years, according to a new report from global law firm Linklaters.com.
Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) has opened a new facility, which will allow microbiological testing of foods to be carried out under factory-like production conditions.
Employees of the Molson Coors brewery in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, will demonstrate in public tomorrow (May 25) against management’s alleged plans to cut their pay and reduce their terms and conditions of working.
Soft drinks firm Britvic’s plan to cut hundreds of jobs – with the closure of two factories and a warehouse – has been slammed by the union Unite as “a bitter blow” to the workforce and the local economy.
Consumers of sports and active nutrition products are becoming more savvy and seeking bespoke products – instead of those which simply fuel them or aid recovery.
The brain and vision benefits of omega-3 are offering vast opportunities to food manufacturers on the back of positive European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claims rulings.
The British Poultry Council (BPC) has appointed Andrew Large as its new chief executive, following the retirement of Peter Bradnock after a 22-year tenure.
Chilled food manufacturer Greencore will continue to benefit from the long-term trend towards convenience food but, in the UK, the horsemeat scandal is continuing to depress its performance.
Britain’s leading bakery brand owner Warburtons has completed the purchase of speciality bread and pastry manufacturer Giles Foods, for an undisclosed sum.
Bread bakers should be prepared to face further reductions in salt levels when new limits are set by the Department of Health (DH) later this year – despite hitting their 2012 targets and reducing levels by 40% over the past decade.
A woman’s diet and lifestyle before and during pregnancy, and her baby’s diet in early life, can affect the infant’s risk of succumbing to disease later on and this will have important implications for the food industry, a new scientific report has concluded.
Family-owned Roberts Bakery is investing £10M in building a third new bakery at its Northwich site to meet expected growth in demand for its plant bread.
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Paragon Quality Foods – the meat processor accused of supplying halal lamb burgers contaminated with pork to Leicester City Council – is considering legal action after independent tests confirmed the authenticity of its products, its spokesman told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
Some parts of the food industry lacked basic understanding of how the sector operated – until the horsemeat crisis forced people to grapple with its complexities, a food safety watchdog boss told Food Manufacture’s webinar last week.
Some retailers may operate double standards in demanding high levels of food safety from suppliers, while being unaware over the amount of products contaminated with foreign objects they sell.
Own-label food manufacturers, meat processing firms and bakery ingredients companies are among 40,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still awaiting compensation after some banks mis-sold loan ‘protection’ products which proved both damaging...
Chilled convenience food manufacturer Bakkavör claimed its wide product portfolio had allowed it to offset the effects of poor weather and the horsemeat crisis, after releasing first quarter results for the 13 weeks ended 30 March.
Food companies struggling to address deficits in their pension funds have been thrown a lifeline by the government appointed watch-dog that oversees company pension schemes.
Supermarket Morrisons has agreed a partnership with the online distribution business Ocado – including the acquisition of its distribution centre – in a deal that will see deliveries to customers start by January 2014.
The horsemeat crisis is bringing four benefits to the UK food industry, despite all the adverse publicity that followed in its wake, said speakers at Food Manufacture’s webinar – Horsemeat, learning the lessons of an avoidable crisis – held yesterday...
The key business challenges for food firms whose products aid disease management are overcoming the "huge disconnect" between the number of consumers who claim to be interested in them and the number who actually purchase them, while also making...
Do you remember when sales of Perrier Water were hit in 1990 by traces of carcinogenic benzene found in the bottles? The company had to withdraw 160M bottles worldwide at a cost of £150M and saw sales tumble for four years. Or when Heinz had to withdraw...
Horsemeat contamination, which has plagued Britain’s food sector in recent months, was clearly fraud perpetrated by a large organisation over a long period of time, according to one meat supplier at the centre of the scandal.
Specialist meat packing business Hilton Food Group is benefiting from its “broad geographic reach” despite the tough economic conditions, said City analyst Pamure Gordon.
Northern Ireland food manufacturer Linden Foods has invested £5M to create 179 new, mainly production, roles in response to demand from the convenience food sector.
Functional food firms are failing to win health claim approval for their products because they are repeatedly neglecting two of the three key requirements for success, the man in charge of the process has revealed.
Online grocery retailer Ocado is “playing with fire” as it negotiates a deal with Morrisons, which is eyeing a late entry into the online market, analysts have warned.
A new non-genetically modified (non-GM) ‘superwheat’ developed for growing in the UK, which yields 30% more than traditional wheats, could be of a quality suitable for breadmaking, according the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB).
BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) tops a somewhat conservative list of Britons’ favourite sandwich fillings, with prawn mayo and ham and cheese featuring highly on the glamour-free list.
The functional food industry and regulators have been responsible for public health malpractice verging on gross negligence for failing to adequately communicate the health benefits of good nutrition.
