The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
UK Sausage Week 2019 is open online for product nominations
UK Sausage week (UKSW) will return on Monday 28th October this year and runs until 3rd November 2019. Promoting all things sausage, the special promotional activity is designed to help boost sales over the all-important autumn season. The celebration lunch on 28th...
Collaboration between Everfresh Natural Foods and Campden BRI gets £650k grant
A cutting edge project, being run as a collaboration between Everfresh Natural Foods, Campden BRI and Holmach Ltd, has been awarded a £650k grant by Innovate UK. A non-departmental public body, funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK government, Innovate UK aims to...
FMT Food Industry Awards – product entries and voting open now
The prestigious and popular annual Food Management Today Industry Awards is now open for voting and product nominations. There are 16 categories in total and the five star awards ceremony in London, where results will be revealed, will be hosted by acclaimed chef and...
New report investigates the hidden cost of air in packaging
With food manufacturers under increasing pressure to reduce operational costs, minimise waste and mitigate against potential contamination, the launch of a new investigative report is promising to create discussion and help producers meet modern production standards....
Karro acquires Young’s Seafood to create multi-protein food group
Karro Food Group, a leading UK pork processor, which has been owned by CapVest since March 2017, has reached an agreement to acquire Young’s Seafood Limited (“Young’s”), the iconic UK seafood business. The new Group, which has a strong market presence in the pork and...
UK’s top food safety students announced
Highfield Qualifications has announced the winners of its UK Top Student Awards competition. The names were announced at the Food Safety in a Changing World conference at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. The competition recognises the highest achieving...
Cod in crisis – call for emergency measures as North Sea numbers plummet
Conservation organisations WWF, ClientEarth and the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) are calling on UK governments to introduce emergency measures to secure the future of North Sea cod, following the announcement by marine scientists that species numbers have fallen...
Abergavenny employer makes major investment in local operations
Avara Foods, one of the UK’s largest food businesses, has invested over £1.5m in improving and developing its site at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Work is nearing completion on a comprehensive refurbishment, which includes extensive new processing equipment, more...
Meat Management Industry Awards winners announced
The 2019 Meat Management Industry Awards winners were announced yesterday during a glittering celebratory dinner at Hilton Birmingham Metropole, attended by 400 guests. Some of the top names in the UK meat and food industry were presented with their winners trophies...
BBC research finds poor hygiene standards in takeaway outlets being used by food delivery platforms
Responding to the BBC’s research into food delivery platforms and food hygiene, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has expressed concern and urged the platforms to continue work to drive up food hygiene standards. The research found that food...