The UK needs to continue producing food and not rely on imports post-Brexit, or it risks never being able to produce food again, warned the president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Minette Batters.
A new global standard in food safety management, which puts responsibility on senior management to identify the level of risk they are prepared to take, has been welcomed by Mondelēz International’s head of food safety.
A poorly-managed Brexit threatens to “decimate the United Kingdom’s veterinary, food and agricultural sectors”, warned the boss of a leading veterinary services provider.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has called on the Government to “put its money where its mouth is” and ensure imported food products are held to current British standards as part of any post-Brexit trade deal.
An increasing focus on safety in bakery plants, coupled with demand for ever-faster turnaround times, has made hygienic design of processing kit a key priority.
A subtype of E.coli found in Scottish cows could be behind rates of human infection by the bacteria being three times higher in Scotland than in England or Wales, a cross-organisation investigation has claimed.
Local authorities (LAs) in England are less capable to deal with food standards issues than their equivalents in Northern Ireland and Wales, according to a new report.
The recent public inquiry into the tragic death of a teenage girl, following a severe allergic reaction to sesame seeds, consumed in a takeaway sandwich, has served to highlight how safety-critical the provision of accurate allergen information is for...
The UK food and drink industry’s technical knowledge and high standards would attract importers despite the outcome of Brexit, claimed secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox.
The latest update to the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety will move the goalposts in terms of food and drink hygiene with companies under even greater scrutiny.
Proposals by the EU to restrict packaging and other items for serving food would lead to the spread of a number of foodborne virus and bacteria, such as salmonella and campylobacter, an expert in food science has claimed.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reported a drop in formal enforcement actions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while the number of written warnings to food firms has increased.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a common risk throughout our industry. But these can be difficult to avoid, or engineer out, as physically demanding work can put pressure on the body, with people at risk of developing problems later in life.
The lack of collaboration between the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and UK food assurance schemes represents a ‘failure of the system’, an FSA board member has claimed.
I have been following avidly the latest developments in the Europe-wide recall of frozen vegetable products linked to the outbreak of listeria that has made 47 people ill and killed nine of those, as much from the point of view of a concerned consumer...
Errington Cheese, the Scottish cheesemaker linked to a fatal outbreak of E.coli O157 in 2016, has made the last of its remaining staff redundant, as sales dropped in spite of a ruling that cleared the company of breaching hygiene regulations.
Food and drink manufacturers have been urged to keep up-to-date on compliance following the Europe-wide salmonella outbreak that has made 147 people ill.
Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic has denied claims that it was using untrained labour to cover staff shortages caused by three days of strikes at its Norwich factory.
PepsiCo’s start-up business competition, Tulip signing up to a scheme to tackle modern day slavery and a new acrylamide testing lab all feature in this round-up of recent food and drink industry news.
Global food flavourings manufacturer Frutarom has been ordered to pay more than £160,000 for two separate health and safety failings at its factory in Hartlepool.
A recent outbreak of salmonella in the UK and Europe that has made 147 people ill has been linked to ready-to-eat meals containing cucumber, according to European health officials.
The UK Government has been accused of ignoring warning signs of a shortage of meat inspectors by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).
The Government is at risk of threatening the security of food in the UK if it doesn’t factor the agri-food industry in Brexit negotiations, according to a new report from food policy specialists.
Welsh dairy processor Tomlinson’s Dairies Ltd has been hit with a £200,000 fine, after a worker suffered “life-changing injuries” at one of its plants.
A new wearable robotic exoskeleton designed to support factory workers engaged in manual activities has been debuted by automated systems developer Comau.
Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating an accident at frozen foods supplier The Authentic Food Company’s factory in Dundalk, Ireland.
A gas leak at Carlsberg’s Northampton Brewery that left one man dead has been judged accidental but preventable, following an inquest into his death this week.
Experts from across the food and drink industry have launched a new system to promote collaborative efforts to solve some of the world’s food problems.
Bakkavor has been fined £176,000 after an employee was killed at its Caledonian Produce site in Bridgeness, Scotland as a result of being struck by empty food trays.
Ecotrophelia, the student food innovation competition, is helping to develop the skilled workers that the food and drink sector is in desperate need of, according to Campden BRI director general Steven Walker.
The causes of product recalls often originate inside the four walls of a food factory. But what measures can be taken to minimise the risks of supplier-driven recalls?
Producer Leverton Brothers has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 for safety failings, after a worker’s arm was seriously injured in a potato grading machine.
