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Blue Cube Portable Cold Stores, a supplier of rental temperature controlled storage for food, has achieved accreditation to the ISO 9001 quality management system and ISO 14001 environmental management standards.
Two men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to pass off horsemeat as beef in a bid to bolster company profits.
Poultry processor Faccenda Foods has cut its antibiotic use by 70% over the past two years, as evidence mounts that its use increases the risk of antibiotic resistance (AMR) in humans and animals.
Food manufacturers and independent convenience retailers are being urged to offer more exciting ‘food-to-go’ choices to avoid missing out on the £2.3bn business opportunity.
Plans to build a sugar beet processing plant that would create more than 300 jobs in North Yorkshire have raised concerns from campaigners, over the damage development could cause to the landscape and environment.
Morrisons has signed a deal to become the sole UK wholesale supplier for retailer McColl’s.
Cake ingredients maker Real Good Food’s (RGF’s) shares fell to its lowest value since 2010 this week, after it issued a profits warning on August 1.
Refrigeration spotlight
Supply chain specialist NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics is expecting further growth in the volumes of frozen food it handles both into and out of the UK.
Refrigeration spotlight
Food and drink manufacturers have been urged by temperature control systems specialist ICS Cool Energy to upgrade their process cooling systems in the run-up to planned changes to the Ecodesign Directive, which will come into effect on January 1 2018.
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Food and drink processing equipment supplier GEA is to install its first UK Craft-Star skid-mounted brewing system at the craft brewer Fourpure Brewing Co in Bermondsey, London as part of a £2M project that will see production capacity increase by 400%...
High street baker Greggs recorded its 15th consecutive quarter of like-for-like sales growth, after reporting a 7.3% sales boost to £453M.
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Reynolds, a supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables, has partnered with temperature control and mobile power specialist Aggreko to provide additional cooling capacity for its packing lines during the warmer summer months.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) should be given new powers after Brexit to review scientific evidence on alternative food safety practices, including chlorinated-chicken, hormone-treated beef and genetically modified (GM) foods, says think-tank Policy...
Protestors descended on biscuit manufacturer Tunnock’s last week, after reports that the biscuit maker was to remove Scottish branding from its exported products.