Food scientist recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
A leading food scientist and president of the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, along with other food industry figures.
Archives for June 17, 2014
Factory slip costs bakery worker his fingertips
A Leeds-based bakery company has been ordered to pay more than £9,000 after a 26-year old worker lost two finger tips in the drive chain of a conveyor.
Moy Park invests over £1M to tackle campylobacter
Brazil 2014 World Cup sponsor Moy Park has invested over £1M in research and practices to help the poultry industry tackle the food poisoning bug campylobacter.
Iceland Foods hails exports and store openings
Iceland Foods boasted of strong progress in store openings and exports in its full-year results.
Food safety conference to help protect food firms
Food and drink manufacturers can learn how to guard against hazards and discover the latest science and technology to help them at the Food Manufacture Group’s Food safety conference in October.
Morrisons to axe 2,600 jobs in new management plan
Morrisons has revealed plans to cut 2,600 jobs in a management restructure, widely predicted earlier this month.
Premier Foods proposes powdered product deal
Premier Foods has launched a joint venture with Specialty Powders to process and pack powdered drinks and desserts at its Knighton factory in Staffordshire, home to its Bird’s, Angel Delight and Marvel brands.
Heart of England Fine Foods to fold
Heart of England Fine Foods (HEFF) is facing voluntary liquidation 16 years after its foundation, threatening 15 jobs.
Food and drink firms at risk in Brazil
Food and drink manufacturers providing products to the Fifa World Cup in Brazil must fully review their supply chain or risk failing victim to mistakes made by the home nation.
Sustain names and shames London council ‘bad eggs’
Animal welfare campaigners have named and shamed the 18 London councils that don’t source eggs from cage-free hens, increasing pressure on them to do so.