Three charged over illegal people trafficking
Three people have been charged for illegal people trafficking as part of a joint operation between Norfolk Police, Suffolk Police and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
Archives for March 6, 2015
GM maize ‘should be banned’ by EU states
Environmental group Friends of the Earth Europe has called on the UK government and those of all other EU Member States (MSs) to ban cultivation of all genetically modified (GM) maize.
Morrisons announces a further round of store price cuts
Morrisons’ price cuts, announced last month, are the latest round in its strategy to become more competitive by investing £1bn in price reductions over three years.
Thorntons restructures to reflect business strategy
Thorntons has restructured its board to boost performance and reflect business strategy.
Food firms ‘sow seeds of doubt’ in WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) sugar guidance is “disappointing” and suggests food firms have persuaded it to take a softer line on consumption, claims pressure group Action on Sugar (AoS).
Food and drink leads manufacturing growth: CBI
Food and drink production is leading growth in the UK's manufacturing sector, according to the latest industrial trends survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Dairy crisis
Eustice: dairy report pierces short term gloom
The Dairy All-Party Parliamentary Group’s (APPG’s) report, launched on March 3, “looks through short-term gloom to the long term potential” of the industry, MP George Eustice has claimed.
EU/US trade talks
TTIP trade deal could save firms millions
New business rules agreed as part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could simplify EU legislation and save manufacturers millions of pounds in needless costs.
Chaucer Foods to create 25 jobs in Hull
Chaucer Foods aims to create 25 jobs in Hull as the company adds a third production line there and looks to expand into gluten-free bakery items by 2016.
Nichols set for boost through focus on value sales
Nichols will keep outperforming, aided by continued focus on value rather than volume growth, according to a leading analyst.
Beef code slammed by independent suppliers
Critics have slammed a new beef industry code of conduct, designed to make the supply chain more transparent, describing it as ineffective and nothing more than “gesture politics”.
Good week, bad week (Wk 10)
High street baker Greggs, new food manufacturing roles and Mondelēz International all feature in Good week, bad week; our sideways look at the past seven days in food and drink manufacturing.
‘Safe havens’ are just not safe enough
Fears that Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigators would use intelligence against companies that disclose it is preventing them from sharing information about potential fraud, despite efforts to create so-called ‘safe havens’, food safety experts have...
Conference
Food safety spotlight: from harvest to the home
Food safety and integrity throughout the whole supply chain will be the focus of the Food Manufacture Group’s 2015 one-day ‘Food safety conference – from the harvest to the home’, which takes place at The Lowry in Manchester on Tuesday September 29.