Inside food & drink manufacturing
Complementary foods for babies should be encouraged from around six months of age and should include iron- and calcium-containing foods, a draft report from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has recommended.
2 Sisters Food Group’s (2SFG’s) West Bromwich chicken processing site needs to set up a far more effective hygiene culture and whistleblowing procedures to prevent a reoccurrence of the unacceptable practises identified by the recent undercover...
A new freight commissioner for London is needed – to speed the delivery of goods, including food and drink products – the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has urged.
Asda has been forced to recall packs of its own-label baby food, after one of the products was contaminated with small pieces of plastic.
Tesco’s turnaround is firmly on track, according to chief executive Dave Lewis, as the UK’s largest retailer reported rising sales for the seventh quarter in a row.
Food manufacturers have cut salt significantly in their products, insists the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), after a pressure group urged Public Health England (PHE) to “get tough on enforcing the 2017 salt targets”.
Burts Chips has boosted capacity by 20% at its Plymouth factory and created new jobs, after investing £3M in a new high-speed potato frying line to meet export demand for its products.
Britvic’s plans to close it Norwich factory and cut more than 200 jobs have raised concerns from two of the country’s leading trade unions, Unite and the GMB, including fears for the future of the iconic condiment Colman’s Mustard.