The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
Kara completes £1m investment in new production plant
Kara, the foodservice arm of Finsbury Food Group, has invested over £1 million in a new production plant at its Manchester site. The investment will aim to enhance production efficiency and help improve the bakery’s capabilities and efficiencies, according to Kara....
New food manufacturing campus part of £300m recovery project for Derby
The Government has agreed to provide £12 million in funding to help launch a high-tech food manufacturing campus in Derby, as part of a £300 million recovery project for the city. It will also provide an additional £6.85m to establish a manufacturing research centre...
Dawn Meats to take over Dunbia following Jim Dobson retirement
Following the announcement of chairman Jim Dobson’s retirement, Dawn Meats is to take full control over its joint venture with Dunbia. Dobson leaves the business 44 years after co-founding it with his brother Jack in 1976, growing Dunbia into one of Northern Ireland’s...
Vegan brand Gosh! Foods invests £5m in new factory
Gosh! Food has invested £5 million into its infrastructure with the opening of a second factory site in Milton Keynes. The move comes after the business saw pre-tax profits rise 15.5% to £4.1m and signals the company’s intention to further grow within the market. The...
Action required by fishing vessel owners in Scotland ahead of EU Exit
Food Standards Scotland is warning the country's fishing industry that vessels need to be registered as food businesses, and be inspected by the relevant local authority, to enable catch to be exported to Europe after EU-exit. If vessel owners fail to meet this legal...
Young’s Seafood supports FareShare with latest donation
Young’s Seafood has donated over 3,250 meals to food redistributor FareShare in order to support community food charities across the UK. The meal donations will be going to 13 school breakfast and after school clubs, 15 hostels and supported housing for the homeless...
Nutriswiss unveils new purification plant
Edible oil and fat manufacturer, Nutriswiss AG, has opened a new seven-storey short path distillation (SPD) plant to expand its refining operations. The new plant has been expanded in cooperation with plant manufacturer, VTA, to include supplementary process...
CIEH calls for stronger food standards protection in National Food Strategy
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has responded to Henry Dimbleby’s independent review of the UK’s food system with concern following the adoption of the controversial ‘dual tariff’ approach to food standards and trade and has called for stronger...
Animal welfare concerns remain for RSPCA after Agriculture Bill Committee debate
The RSPCA says its concerns over animal welfare standards remain after the Agriculture Bill Committee failed to ensure that those standards will be protected in future trade agreements. The Committee’s debate in the House of Lords focused on proposals to put animal...
NFU takes in new group of young farmer ambassadors
After receiving over 130 applications, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has announced the 11 new farmers that will join the organisation for the second year of its Student & Young Farmer Ambassador Programme. The new group of young farmers will work with the NFU...