National Food Strategy Part 2: reactions
The National Food Strategy Part 2 has provoked mixed reactions, with big grocery retailers backing calls for mandatory reporting of key information, while others have criticised sugar and salt tax proposals.
Archives for July 14, 2021
National Food Strategy Part 2: sugar and salt tax plans
The National Food Strategy Part 2 has been published, revealing proposals for a sugar and salt tax on all processed products, except ingredients for home cooking, and on foods sold through foodservice channels.
Nestlé's alt-meat product sends signal to global food sector
Nestlé's commitment to be the first food multinational to market a hybrid plant-based and cultivated meat product sends a clear message about the future it sees in cultivated meat, The Good Food Institute (GFI) claims.
Ecotrophelia UK 2021
FoodMan Talks: Econauts claims gold at Ecotrophelia UK 2021
Econauts, the student team from the University of Nottingham, has taken home the gold prize at this year’s Ecotrophelia UK student innovation competition with its non-alcoholic take on coffee liqueur.
Strike action threatened at Weetabix Kettering
Members of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) have unanimously voted in favour of industrial action at Weetabix’s Kettering plant, after a dispute over shift payments.
Rapid change called for ahead of National Food Strategy part two
The imminent publication of the second part of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy has sparked calls for change across the UK food system in order to support the future of food supplies.
AMC Freshly Squeezed fined £16k after finger slice
Fruit juice manufacturer AMC Freshly Squeezed Ltd has been fined £16,000 for health and safety failings, after a worker lost three fingers in an accident involving a screw conveyor.
Kerry Group acquires Spanish biotech firm in ingredients push
Kerry Group has acquired biotechnology company Biosearch Life as part of its continued to focus on its nutrition and ingredients business.