Price-cutting to ravage red meat industry
The renewed focus of Britain’s leading retailers on cutting costs will seriously damage the nation’s red meat industry, Meat and Livestock...
Archives for July 15, 2007
Pot Noodle undergoes a 50% salt reduction
Unilever hopes to win over UK consumers with a 50% salt reduction across its Pot Noodle range and the launch of three new flavours. “Since May last...
Diets of rich and poor are similarly bad
The diets of people on low incomes are not significantly worse than those of the rest of the population, according to ‘Low Income Diet and...
Improve launches online training resource
Food and drink sector skills council Improve has launched an online hub for its National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing.The service...
Unison opposes privatisation of MHS services
The Food Standards Agency Board has been urged by the Unison union not to choose privatisation of services provided by the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS)...
Cadbury fined £1M over salmonella contamination
Cadbury has been fined £1M by Birmingham Crown Court over its handling of last year’s salmonella outbreak.Cadbury is the first food manufacturer...
Curry: new day dawns for dairy
Britain’s dairy sector has “turned a corner” after a long period of intense pressure, David Curry, the chairman of Dairy UK, has claimed.He...
Diageo exec takes chair at Scotland Food & Drink
Allan Burns, former executive director of Diageo Scotland, has been appointed chairman of Scotland Food & Drink, the new leadership organisation...