Food Standards Agency under financial pressure
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) faces some difficult challenges as its annual budget comes under pressure, its chief executive has warned.Speaking to...
Archives for June 7, 2009
Science holds the key to food preservation
Advanced technologies look set to help the industry find better ways of preserving certain high quality foods, a leading scientist in the field has...
Small is beautiful for export opportunities
Trade promoter PS8 is urging small food and drink businesses to take advantage of overseas opportunities while sterling’s exchange rate remains...
Bernard Matthews Farms appoints new UK md
Jeff Halliwell has been appointed the new UK md of Bernard Matthews Farms. Halliwell joins the company following a three-year period with the dairy...
Dawn Primarolo pats food industry on the back
Retailers’ efforts to assist their customers in making the lifestyle changes needed in the fight against obesity have been welcomed by former...
Swine flu has not infected pork sales
UK pork sales have grown since news of the spread of swine flu emerged, showing a sustainable turnaround according to the Agriculture and...
Industry can weather Dairy Farmers of Britain storm
The dairy industry can recover from Dairy Farmers of Britain’s (DFB’s) plunge into receivership, with receivers at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)...