The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
Princes publishes supply chain map
International food and drink group, Princes, has published a global map of its imported products supply chain as part of a broader transparency drive for the first time. The map, which is now available on the Princes Group website, allows retailers and...
Wyke Farms open UK’s first fully solar powered cheese storage space
Cheese producers, Wyke Farms, have further invested into its ‘100% Green' sustainability plan, with a new 65kw solar array, positioned on its new cheese storage dispatch building in Wincanton, Somerset. The new cheese storage is a state-of-the art building where the...
“Food waste upcycling ripe for innovation,” says Oakland
Upcycling food waste into ingredients or products for human consumption could become standard practice according to Oakland Innovation. As the world population grows, there’s increasing risk of a global ‘food gap’. To help counter this, pressure is...
FareShare partnership provides 1.5 million meals
A partnership between fresh produce company FerryFast and food redistributors Waste Knot and FareShare has seen more than 643 tonnes of surplus fruit and vegetables saved from waste and diverted to charities within its first year - enough to create more than 1.5...
Clayton Park Bakery and Fazila Foods Ltd join forces
Lancashire food companies, Fanzila Foods and Clayton Park Bakery, have joined forces to bring greater choice to consumers across the north west seeking convenient, tasty food. Clayton Park Bakery, that supplies pies and baked goods to Liverpool Football Club and SPAR...
Improved standards for British seed potato exports
Eight new amendments to the seed potato industry’s assurance scheme, Safe Haven, will come into force from 1st October 2020. The certification scheme, Safe Haven, has recently been reviewed and updated to cover areas such as closer monitoring of water use and crop...
FSS and FSA publish assessment of UK food crime
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) has published its food crime priorities for 20/21, alongside a joint UK Food Crime Strategic Assessment with the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit. The SFCIU has...
MAC review recognises food chain challenges
The Migrant Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its review of the Shortage Occupation list for 2020. It received a vast quantity of evidence from a wide range of industries including the food chain. It has now recognised some of these roles as vital. Mark Harrison,...
Meatless Farm raises £24 million to fund growth post lockdown
Meat alternatives brand, Meatless Farm, has raised £24 million to support its plans to grow in the UK, Europe, US and Asia as global markets build back better as they emerge from the Covid-19 related lockdown. The £24 million has come from a mixture of existing and...
New project to extend fish and seafood shelf-life
Campden BRI is looking for partners to help with new research that aims to revise established standards in order to increase the shelf-life of fresh fish and seafood, which could save producers and retailers millions of pounds in wasted food by extending shelf-life by...