A Staffordshire baker is using mobile phone technology to promote the British origin of her biscuits, which she is pitching to the catering committee of the 2012 Olympics.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is consulting on its revised Strategic Plan for 2010–2015, following the transfer by the coalition government of its responsibilities for nutrition and health in England to the Department of Health (DoH).
Early success in exceeding environmental targets set out at the Milk Roadmap’s launch in 2008 may lead to far more anaerobic digestion (AD) plants being constructed around the country than had been planned, according to Dairy UK.
The regulatory hoops and time it takes manufacturers to get novel foods or health claims approved are putting the future of the EU’s food and drink sector in jeopardy, the new president of the Food and Drink Federation has warned.
The Foresight Committee’s global food security report will call for greater investment and research into technology supporting farming and global measurement of climate change influences and effects, among other themes.
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Auditors have warned that a famous Liverpool brewery faces material uncertainty over finances that may threaten its survival, but its owners remain “optimistic” they can turn things around.
Fears are growing over Leamington Desserts' future as a going concern, after administrator KPMG failed to find a buyer for the firm before last night's sale deadline, although it remains in talks with one interested party.
Manufacturers could be missing a golden opportunity by not developing fortified foods aimed at the large number of people suffering from vitamin D deficiency, according to a nutritional expert.
Premium pudding firm Gü has “sincerely apologised” to consumers for a production error that means some chocolate truffles on UK sale could contain mould.
Union representatives will meet Nestlé bosses on January 16 to ask for a 'social audit' on the harm that could result from the firm's phased closure of its Castleford site from December 2011.
Production has restarted and staff paid at Longbenton Foods’ Amble site following a dispute with its former administrator, FoodManufacture.co.uk has learnt.
Trade union Unite has accepted an offer from Heinz to attend talks tomorrow aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute at its Kitt Green canning site, but has attacked the firm's "hypocrisy" over pay.
Business is thriving, but a European dairy futures market would stem worries about price volatility for key inputs, says leading UK dairy group Meadow Foods.
The City code regulating hostile acquisitions of UK firms needs a radical overhaul, with greater employee and community consultation at the top of the agenda, say union leaders.
Bakkavör says staff have the right to demonstrate against proposed redundancies and contractual changes at its Bourne salad site, but is "disappointed" by trade union Unite’s understanding of the situation.
Fears are growing over the future of Longbenton Foods' Amble factory, after the local council confirmed it has been locked since December 6, while the firm is now embroiled in a court case with the site's former administrator.
Windsor-based functional and medical food firm Provexis is actively seeking to acquire technology firms in the sector, with ceo Stephen Moon stating that its lack of purchases over the past six months has been “disappointing”.
Limited changes to the City code regulating hostile acquisitions of public firms are welcome, but sweeping changes risk hurting British business, top lawyers agree.
The founder of a successful UK cherry juice firm is exploring possible product launches on a functional foods platform, FoodManufacture.co.uk can reveal.
Members of the trade union Unite have organised a demonstration in Spalding this Friday to protest against the loss of up to 170 jobs at Bakkavör's Bourne salad site.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has bought UK functional food firm Maxinutrition for around £162m, to secure a presence in the protein-based sports nutrition market.
A Polish worker has been awarded over £50,000 in damages by a Northern Irish Industrial Tribunal after suffering sexual and racial harassment at Mac’s Quality Foods.
The co-founder of Scottish brewery Brewdog has sent an open letter to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) complaining that existing tax arrangements have stopped his firm from investing in the UK economy.
A Lancashire-based sauce producer hopes to double production in the next year to around 60,000 bottles, having just started production at a new factory site.
Premier Foods will need to turn things around pretty quickly over the coming months or patience in its chief executive could run out, City analysts and corporate finance sources have warned.
The administrator running the former PoleStar Foods frozen desserts business at Leamington Spa says he has had “several expressions of interest” in the business.
Nestlé Confectionery UK is proposing to close its Castleford factory and merge all of its UK 'seasonal' manufacturing into its Halifax site by the end of 2012.
Dairy was the top performing category in the latest ECR UK on-shelf availability survey, achieving 97.91% availability in an audit at the leading supermarkets conducted during October 14-20 compared with 96.2% in October 2009 and 96.33% in October 2008.
Unite has written to management at Bakkavör’s Bourne fresh produce site insisting that better site management could reduce the need for planned redundancies and “savage attacks” on workers’ terms and conditions of employment.
A change to EU legislation means that terms such as 'artificial' and 'nature identical' used to describe flavours will no longer exist as of January 20, posing problems for manufacturers making claims on their products, such as 'no...
Kraft claims that coffee production at its Banbury site has been “relatively unaffected” by a fire on Monday morning that drew six fire crews from two counties.
New research reveals that the costs of labelling changes for the food and drink industry are “substantially greater” than European and UK legislators have previously estimated.
Premier Foods has promoted Hovis and chilled food boss Tim Kelly into the newly-created role of chief operating officer in a bid to "align its structure more closely" with its stated aim of "brand-building and innovation".
Last week's meeting between industry stakeholders and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on gut health claims has left Danisco feeling 'slightly more positive', although many firms were left feeling disappointed by the lack of specific...
Heinz has "already taken steps" to ensure customers' shelves will remain stocked with Heinz beans in the event of strikes at its Kitt Green factory, bosses have revealed.
