Risk-based focus for hygiene audits will grow
Third-party hygiene audits will feature much more prominently under the changes planned for the way food businesses are regulated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), following a review.
Archives for July 5, 2016
Protein-rich foods to be developed in Dutch collaboration
Three Dutch food firms have joined forces with a research company to create a consortium focused on developing protein-rich foods.
Manufacturers could be hit by fewer local authority inspections
A decline in local authority food hygiene inspections could result in manufacturers having to provide greater accountability, a food safety data provider has claimed.
Brexit impact
Food sector licks its wounds after Brexit
Despite all signs to the contrary, I don’t think many of us on the Remain side really expected a Brexit vote in our heart of hearts. Which made the result to leave the EU even more of a shock when we woke up on Friday June 24.
Brexit impact
Food firms to pay ‘£2,675 for every foreign worker’
Food businesses face a bill of at least £2,675 to recruit every foreign worker, after the UK leaves the EU, warns law firm Simpson Millar LLP.
Brexit impact
FDF launches six-step manifesto to ease Brexit
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has launched a six-step manifesto to help Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector cope with Brexit – the “UK’s most significant peacetime challenge ever”, according to its director general Ian Wright.
Bakkavor sells Belgian ready-meal business Vaco
Bakkavor Group has sold Belgian prepared food company Vaco, as part of its strategy to sell its non-core businesses.
Hilton Food Group expands into Portugal
UK meat manufacturer Hilton Food Group has agreed a partnership with a Portuguese meat packaging firm to strengthen its position in the European market.
2 Sisters quiet on Bernard Matthews takeover bid
The 2 Sisters Food Group is remaining tight-lipped on reports that it is bidding to buy turkey processor Bernard Matthews.
Craft distillery using locally-sourced grains to open
A new craft distillery is set to open this August in Kent, creating at least 10 jobs.
Grocery think-tank IGD appoints vice-president
Coca-Cola European Partners Great Britain’s vice-president Leendert den Hollander has been appointed vice-president of grocery think-tank IGD with immediate effect.
Hostess Brand sold again to go public
Hostess Brands – the maker of snack cake Twinkies – has been sold to the private equity firm The Gores Group, with a view to making the company public later this year.