Consumers could be put off eating fish, if new EU rules governing the labelling dates of frozen fish are not better defined, the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has warned.
Shazans Foods has secured funds that will boost growth and enable it to break into the chilled food arena for the first time via a deal with One Stop Halal.
Young’s Seafood has outlined the next steps in its chilled food strategy, with the firm planning investments in two centres of excellence at its Fraserburgh and Marsden Road sites.
Cooking bacon in a spiral convection oven provides advantages over more usual linear microwave ovens, creating products that look and taste like they were pan-fried, according to Unitherm Food Systems.
One of the UK’s largest producers of duck products is set to save £30,000 a year on freezing costs following the introduction of ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs) on its blast chiller application.
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There are more than 1M cases of food poisoning in the UK – with campylobacter remaining the most common foodborne pathogen – according to new figures published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The public’s understanding of food traceability has shot up the agenda in recent years, as a result of much hyped food scandals. The recent media furore around halal only serves to highlight this and reinforces the fact that traceability is an area of...
Food and drink manufacturers have taken to Twitter to respond to Luis Suarez’s alleged biting of Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay and Italy football match at the World Cup in Brazil last night (July 24).
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is to produce guidelines for its members to tackle modern slavery and other human rights abuses, after a Mori poll revealed overwhelming support for ethical standards.
The food industry must continue to remove ‘display until’ food and drink labels, as they are confusing shoppers and fuelling needless waste, the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) claims.
Poultry processor Moy Park’s sponsorship of the World Cup in Brazil has helped it engage with 40% of the world, the firm’s director of brand marketing has claimed.
Brazil 2014 World Cup sponsor Moy Park has invested over £1M in research and practices to help the poultry industry tackle the food poisoning bug campylobacter.
Boparan Holdings, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has reported strong progress in its third financial quarter (Q3), with its protein division contributing significantly to sales and profitability.
Food firms are revisiting smoked flavours, working with different varieties of wood to bring fresh experiences to consumer taste buds, according to Carlos Diaz, food director at Food Innovation Solutions.
The government’s Modern Slavery Bill should include provision to scrutinise the food supply chain, according to the Labour Party and the Association of Labour Providers.
Food and drink manufacturers are invited to apply for a listing on a new hospitality website that aims to link chefs and caterers with suppliers in a nationwide network to share news, views and useful information.
The cost of official food hygiene inspections remains a contentious issue for many primary meat processors that would like to see the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) monopoly on inspecting abattoirs broken.
Seafood processor Paramount 21 has invested in a 464.5m2 warehouse adjacent to its Newton Abbot production site in Devon to release production space as it steps up its new product development.
Almost two thirds of consumers said their trust in the food industry remained damaged more than a year since the horsemeat scandal first made headlines, according to an exhaustive survey.
Food distribution firm ACS&T has secured £1.1M profit growth for the year ending December 31 2013, attributing this to its commitment to customer service, investment and increased staff training.
Devro’s proposals to axe 130 jobs at two factories at Moodiesburn and Bellshill in Lanarkshire are a “devastating blow”, according to trades union Unite.
Noble Foods has frozen its integration of two Manton’s egg processing factories on the orders of the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) while it investigates whether or not it is anti-competitive.
Sir Ken Morrison and Jamie Oliver are both listed on The Sunday Times Rich List, along with other millionaires who have made fortunes from food and drink.
Lamb and fish prices have increased the most within the meat industry over the last three decades, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Pork and pastry firm Cranswick has revealed “another strong year” in preliminary results for the 12 months to March 31, according to City analyst Investec.
Chewing gum tobacco, cola leather and marshmallow smoke are among the experimental barbecue flavours consumers could encounter this summer, according to Celia Holt, product development expert at Food Innovation Solutions (FIS).
ABP Food Group is partnering an animal genetics firm, Genus, to deliver more sustainable and higher quality meat to consumers internationally, boosting value sales.
Food and drink firms could face prosecution for failing to label products as halal under forthcoming regulatory changes, according to top legal firm Eversheds.
Morrisons has reported first quarter like-for-like sales down by 7.1% for the 13 weeks to May 4, after what City analyst Shore Capital described as “dire trading”.
Bernard Matthews looks set to close its Grainthorpe factory in Lincolnshire, putting up to 80 jobs at risk, after it was hit by poor Christmas orders for turkeys.
Tulip has invested £2.3M in what it claims is the largest UK facility dedicated to barbecue, slow cooked and pulled meat products at Wednesbury in the Midlands.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has welcomed the successful prosecution of the Cornwall-based slaughter house H R Jasper & Son Ltd for breaching regulations introduced to control the risks from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
The Pirbright Institute in Surrey has been ordered to pay more than £77,000 for safety failings in experiments with the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), after a successful prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
A Northern Irish man was jailed, fined £8,000 and banned from managing poultry processing firms after officials found nine food safety breaches at his business, Upper Erne Lakes Poultry in Newtownbutler.
UK food exporters could be a step closer to realising their goal of having a full-time agriculture expert appointed in Beijing to support exports to China, following news that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has begun interviewing...
