Fast food chain KFC’s inability to open stores after distributor DHL failed to deliver chicken supplies, dubbed the KFC Crisis, has sparked a storm of comments on Twitter.
Representatives from the UK meat and processing industry met with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) earlier this week to discuss concerns over recent cases of non-compliance.
Meat supplier Russell Hume has turned on the Food Standards Agency (FSA) as it emerged it had entered administration, with directors claiming “impossible trading conditions” following an FSA investigation.
The recent unannounced inspections of meat businesses conducted by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) came from “welcome intelligence” received following the Russell Hume recall situation.
Dairy, salmon and pork exports soared in 2017 following the Brexit vote, helping to add £2bn to overseas food and drink sales compared with 2016, according to figures released by the government.
Meat products supplied to online retailer MuscleFood by wholesaler DB Foods have been recalled due to use-by date procedures that were not legally compliant.
Birds Eye has taken its latest Fish Fingers advert off-air and said it was “grateful” after concerns were raised about it by a water safety campaign group.
Foodservice supplier Bidfood has unveiled its 2018 Create Summer range, aimed at the catering sector, with a focus on rising demand for vegan and Middle Eastern products.
Fish manufacturers are facing new stricter rules on seafood certification as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has unveiled key changes while revealing plans to further review the system.
Six principles of food integrity – “akin to a new industrial revolution” – should be used to reshape the British food supply system in the run up to Brexit and beyond, according to Professor Chris Elliott’s keynote address at the Oxford Farming Conference...
Meat producer Hilton Food Group has claimed it is well-placed for further expansion after its trading update revealed its annual results would be in-line with expectations.
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) reforms under its Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme are about making the Agency “fit for purpose” and not a “back door” way of shifting the full cost burden of inspecting food businesses onto the industry while...
Food and drink manufacturers should not rely on low-cost migrant workers, preferring instead to automate production systems, environment secretary Michael Gove has told this website.
The government would support the imposition of tariffs on imports of food and drink post Brexit to protect UK producers, despite it increasing prices for consumers, environment secretary Michael Gove revealed to MPs last month.
Food manufacturers and farmers are helping government devise a new “gold-standard” scheme that measures food quality, in a bid to boost exports after Brexit, environment secretary Michael Gove revealed at the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday (January...
Darlington-based food manufacturer Myco Foods plans rapid growth after securing £250,000 worth of funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
Food and drink manufacturers should focus more on developing their existing workforces rather than sourcing staff externally to combat the skills shortages they face within the industry, an expert in the field has claimed.
Meat protein firm Essentia Protein Solutions has acquired four business units in the West Midlands as part of its UK expansion, to be stocked with £100,000 of new equipment.
Haggis manufacturer Macsween has exported 7t of product to Canada since the ban on the iconic food was lifted in August last year, according to the Scottish government.
2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) has pledged to release audit data on all of its UK sites, amid fresh claims of poor production standards at one of its factories.
UK consumers are set to buy up 200,000 turkey crowns and birds tomorrow (December 22) from Tesco, as 20M people visit its stores on the last Friday before Christmas.
The UK is seeking a reduced post-Brexit transition period of nine to 10 months for fisheries ending in January 2020 when it hopes to adopt the status of Independent Coastal State in law to protect the UK fishing industry.
Strike action has been called off at meat firm Scotbeef, after a new round of talks between the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) and the company.
2 Sisters Food Group has hit back at new claims of poor production standards made by The Guardian and ITV News, linked to the manufacturer’s Coupar Angus chicken factory in Scotland.
Newton Abbott-based seafood and vegetarian manufacturer Paramount is planning further investment next year to meet growing global demand for its foodservice products.
Many UK food and drink manufacturers are putting themselves and their customers at risk by relying on outdated paper-based systems to capture data and monitor their operational performance and product quality, warn several suppliers of software to the...
As another busy food and drink manufacturing year draws to a close, we look back at some of the key events that have shaped the fortunes of Britain’s biggest businesses, as reported over the past 12 months on this website.
Cured meat manufacturers are worried that revised guidance for manufacturers from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on controlling the dangerous bacterium Clostridium botulinum in their products could result in dramatically reduced shelf-life.
