The Government has confirmed that there will be 45,000 visas for seasonal workers available for businesses next year, to help boost the UK’s horticulture industry.
Morrisons is scrapping date labels and removing ‘Display Until’ messaging on nearly 200 of its fresh fruit, vegetable and salad items to help reduce waste.
Welsh Leeks have become the latest addition to the UK Geographical Indication (GI) Scheme, which protects the name, authenticity and characteristics of regional products.
The NFU (National Farmers’ Union) is calling for an urgent investigation by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) into whether an “exceptional market conditions” declaration should be made under the Agriculture Act 2020, given...
A new video game helping kids get a taste of working in sustainable food production has been launched by engineering skills and software development firm Enginuity.
Bakkavor, the fresh food manufacturer, is proposing to close two factories - Bakkavor Salads in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire and Bakkavor Desserts in Leicester - which could impact 900 jobs.
Convenience food manufacturer Greencore Group says consumer demand is holding up well but it remains cautious about the potential impact of the cost-of-living crisis.
Puratos UK, the bakery and patisserie ingredient specialist, has acquired fruit grower and processor Fourayes for an undisclosed sum as part of its farm-to-fork strategy.
Potato supplier Branston is launching a drive to find new recruits to join its prepared foods factory near Lincoln as demand for its products continues to grow.
From energy price hikes to the pressing need to decarbonise the food and drink supply chain, we explore some of the issues impacting the operation and innovations in refrigeration and the UK cold chain.
The war in Ukraine and impact on the supply and transit for wheat and fertilizers in the Black Sea is tilting global food security into a state of 'high risk', new analysis from consultancy McKinsey & Company has revealed.
As extreme weather and drought ravage the UK, we look at the challenges the record temperatures and potential water shortages have had on the food and drink industry.
Infarm, the vertical farming company, has opened one of the largest urban farms in Europe and its first high-capacity Growing Centre in the UK in Bedford.
The Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand risk significantly undercutting domestic products, endanger food standards and threaten sustainability, according to members of Scottish government and the Welsh meat processing community....
GrowUp Farms has secured £100m from green infrastructure investment firm Generate Capital to fund the creation of its new vertical farm at Discovery Park, Kent.
Recipe box firm Gousto welcomed three additional blue-chip institutional investors onto its register after securing $230m (£172.3m) of investment led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 last month.
Welsh food and drink businesses have secured more than £14m in new and potential business deals as a result of BlasCymru/Taste Wales 2021, according to Meat Promotion Wales
The Government has extended the Seasonal Workers visa scheme to the end of 2024 to allow foreign workers to pick edible and ornamental crops, but employers were warned this isn’t a long-term solution.
In the world of detection and inspection, the latest advances in food safety technology have been propelled by a need to not only save space and money, but also larger goals of becoming more sustainable and offering more comprehensive coverage for discovering...
Marcel Koks, Industry & Solution Strategy Director for Food & Beverage at Infor, asks how food manufacturers can lead the way when it comes to reducing the huge amounts of food wasted by consumers each year.
Eating less protein, CO2 emissions labelling and gene editing were some solutions that could help reduce UK food producers’ environmental impact, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (DEFRA’s) chief scientific advisor.
Her excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for food & water security, addresses how technology can help solve food security problems in this exclusive opinion piece.
Agri-tech company B-hive Innovations has received funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to lead a research project, which will detect early potato diseases and defects before they hit supermarket shelves.
Potato processor AH Worth Ltd has been fined £300,000 for health and safety failings, after employees were exposed to sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas released due to poor to planning and unsafe systems of work.
Reports are surfacing of substantial amounts of vegetables going to waste that would otherwise be destined for fresh produce or frozen food processors because of the lack of labour required to harvest them.
Prepared fruit and fresh fruit drinks supplier Orchard House Foods has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Steve Corby as its new chief executive and Antony Greenwood as commercial director.
Improving the taste and increasing the longevity of fresh produce and ultimately producing the best possible salads for food processors, light manipulation is proving its potential.
Potato packer R S Cockerill has completed a £3m investment into its site in Dunnington, North Yorkshire, as it celebrates 21 years of working with machinery supplier Haith.
