Chicken processor sued over ‘sickening smells’
The Faccenda chicken processor in Brackley, Northamptonshire is facing legal action from about 60 families who claim the smells from the site are so foul it makes them “physically sick”.
Archives for November 12, 2012
US food importers face tougher rules after new act
The week after Barack Obama won an historic second term as US president, Kristin Eads and Linda Crow, legal specialists with international law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, explain how new legislation could mean tougher scrutiny for US food importers.
Mars, Cranswick and ABF join £1bn youth plan
The minister for employment, Mark Hoban, is meeting the food manufacturing industry’s top players today (November 12) – including Mars, Cranswick and Associated British Foods (ABF) – to offer them cash incentives for employing young people.
Police probe Bakkavör’s £1M ‘malicious contamination’
The police are investigating “a malicious act of contamination” at one of Bakkavör’s sites, which has cost the chilled own-label food manufacturer £1M.
Business bosses pick out food sector as ‘champion sector’
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has highlighted food manufacturing and agriculture as one of seven key “champion sectors” for growth, urging the government to develop a “coherent industrial strategy to boost exports”.
Food and drink firms ‘braced for tough Christmas’: FDF
Britain’s food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Earwig found crawling in pack of Asda bread rolls
A Sunderland couple claim to have found an earwig crawling around inside a packet of bread rolls they bought in their local branch of Asda.
Personality of the Year Perween Warsi shares three top tips
Perween Warsi, boss of ethnic food business S&A Foods, and food Personality of the Year, shares three top tips for budding food entrepreneurs.