Inside food & drink manufacturing
UK food and drink exports fell by 12.9% to £15.2bn in the first nine months of 2020, as manufacturers struggled with the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty surrounding the end of the Brexit transition period.
Meat processors have more freedom to set their own shelf life for vacuum- or modified-atmosphere-packed (VP/MAP) fresh beef, lamb and pork products, according to updated Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidelines.
Frozen food manufacturer Birds Eye is to remove 379 tonnes of plastic from its Natural vegetable line as part of its move towards 100% recyclability.
Food Manufacture Excellence Awards 2021
Entries for the 2021 Food Manufacture Excellence Awards impressed chair of judges Geoff Eaton, especially given the challenging year companies had faced, as he explains in this video.
Identifying COVID-19 symptoms and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning were key topics in our exclusive interview with Salman Chaudhary, chief executive of AI systems developer Empiricai.