Tesco’s blunder in labelling a pork chop British with the Red Tractor Logo when it probably came from the Netherlands reveals how easily firms can lose control of their supply chains, according to Warwick Business School.
Food safety authorities are racing to trace the source of a food poisoning outbreak that has sickened 51 people and is potentially linked to cooked ham supplied to small independent butchers.
Retailers must incentivise poultry suppliers to tackle the UK’s soaring levels of campylobacter contamination, according to the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) board, which met in Aberdeen today (September 11).
An expert committee of the EU wants country of origin labelling (COOL) for fresh meat products under the new Food Information Regulation (FIR) to be restricted to member states and no other geographical area, sparking fears the same could apply to manufactured...
2 Sisters Food Group’s new £1M microbiology lab will help keep it on top of threats posed by pathogens, the firm’s technical chief told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has ordered the recall of all frozen lamb, beef and mutton trim supplied by mid Wales firm Farmbox Meats – one of the firms involved in the horsemeat crisis.
There’s still time to book a place at Food Manufacture’s Food Safety Conference, to be staged at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull on Thursday October 17 2013.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has branded a Tesco advert tackling the horsemeat scandal 'misleading' and senior lawyer, professor Owen Warnock, said the ad's approach had not helped.
Following Marel’s recent acquisition of the mixing and grinding activities of Carnitech, Marel GB will now provide, in the UK & Ireland, full sales, service and spares for the range of mixers and grinders for the meat, fish and poultry industries.
Until recently, Belgium-based Luka Meats’ smoked, roasted, and extra-lean hams and meatloaves were pasteurised, browned and seared using a hand-held torch. When handling 1,200 hams and 300-400 loafs a week became too time-consuming, the firm automated...
The European Commission (EC) is calling for tenders for a study on mandatory origin labelling of milk, milk used as an ingredient and unprocessed meat other than beef, pig, poultry, sheep and goat meat. Presumably the latter is to cover game. What about...
Chilled convenience foods manufacturer Bakkavör has seen a 6% increase in turnover to £428.7M for the second quarter of the year in its most recent results issued for the half year to June 29.
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) report has branded the failure to meet targets for tackling campylobacter “disappointing”, claiming fatalistic industry views are hampering progress and must change.
The chairman of Consensus Action on Salt & Health (CASH) professor Graham MacGregor has hit back at claims by the food industry that further salt reduction in ham and other cured meat products would endanger people’s lives.
Too many small food manufacturers merely go through the motions of training their staff in food hygiene in order to prove due diligence to their customers and the regulatory authorities, a leading training provider has claimed.
Demand for posh burgers has reignited a row over the safety of raw and uncooked meats, sparking a letter of complaint from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to the Daily Mail.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned frozen food retailer Iceland from using an advert that discredited the inspection standards of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
The foundations of the next food scandal are being laid by some retailers, as they drop pledges, made following the horsemeat crisis, to adopt shorter supply chains, warns the National Pig Association (NPA).
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the gangmaster licence of a recruitment agency supplying a Northamptonshire-based cooked meat and vegetable producer with staff after an inspection highlighted several concerns.
Specialist meat packing business the Hilton Food Group’s deal to expand its joint venture with Australian firm Woolworths – by operating the firm’s new meat processing factory in Victoria – has won praise from City analyst Panmure Gordon.
The ABP Food Group has vowed to fight legal action – citing alleged defamation and loss of business – brought by an Irish meat trader in the wake of the horsemeat crisis.
2 Sisters Food Group has created two new leadership roles, effective immediately: chief operating officer, protein, and chief operating officer, chilled, ambient and frozen.
Quicker decision making and more flexible business approaches are the two key benefits being enjoyed at Enfield-based Snowbird Foods in the wake of a management buyout.
Plans to close 2 Sisters Food Group’s roast chicken processing plant at Haughley Park, near Stowmarket in Suffolk are “heartbreaking” and highlight the need for government support for manufacturers.
2 Sisters Food Group’s Gunstones bakery and chilled foods factory at Dronfield, near Sheffield, has recruited almost 200 people in the past two months, driven by high demand from supermarkets, the firm has claimed.
Anglo Beef Processors (ABP) is set to kick off reconstruction of its £20M abattoir in Ellesmere, Shropshire, more than doubling its size, local council planners have confirmed.
Leading fish processor Farne Salmon & Trout has invested £1.2M in a new production facility at its Duns factory in the Scottish Borders to produce Tesco own-label Fish in a Flash products.
The head of food business at charity Compassion in World Farming has picked out Unilever and Noble Foods as two firms which have made great strides in improving animal welfare standards in recent years.
Salt reduction campaign group Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has been slammed by ham producers for potentially putting people’s lives at risk by calling for immediate further reductions in the salt content of ham and other cured meat products...
The horsemeat crisis has made Irish shoppers far more aware of food safety concerns and significantly changed their buying habits, according to new research from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
North Yorkshire-based pork supplier the Karro Food Group plans to step up investment in the UK and abroad, after agreeing a new £60M funding package with finance firm GE Capital.
Exotic accompaniments for sandwiches, specialist sauces for meat products and spices for sausages and burgers are the top three ingredient trends reported by a leading supplier.
All of Britain’s multiple retailers have failed to achieve the targets for salt reduction in their ham and other cured meat products under the government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal (PHRD).
Diversified food business Cranswick is “a best in class operator” with “a highly talented and effective management team”, said City analyst Shore Capital commenting on its first-quarter trading results.
Smaller manufacturers who produce ready-to-eat (RTE) products or packed meats should be helped to ensure they are not responsible for outbreaks of listeria, with one Food Standards Agency (FSA) official claiming some firms feel pressured to specify longer...
