The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
FDF publishes Gluten Labelling Guide
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a Gluten Labelling Guidance which has been updated to provide advice to food business operators on how to label food products that include cereals containing gluten. The document has been developed to illustrate...
‘Waitrose Unpacked’ aims to save unnecessary plastic and packaging
The UK's first supermarket frozen ‘pick and mix’ and first essential refillables are among a series of ideas being looked at in a test from Waitrose & Partners, which has the aim to save thousands of tonnes of unnecessary plastic and packaging. The test is...
Federation of Bakers forms new private company
The Federation of Bakers has formally announced that the organisation will now be managed as a private limited company, Federation of Bakers Limited. The announcement was made at the first Annual General Meeting of the newly formed company. The change follows a review...
Chief medical officer says she will consider proposing a tax on ‘unhealthy’ foods
As part of an independent review being prepared for Government, chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies has said she will look seriously at imposing a tax on unhealthy foods in an attempt to reduce child obesity levels. Speaking to BBC News, Dame Sally...
Westminster spat drills down on Grocery Code Adjudicator role
The failed proposed merger of ASDA and Sainsburys has set the fur flying in Westminster and the role of the Grocery Code Adjudicator (GCA) has been at the centre of the debate according to NFU Scotland President Andrew McCornick. In his latest blog, he states that the...
Local charities receive £2 million funding from Proseal
As part of its local community support programme, food packaging company, Proseal, has donated £2 million, to be shared equally between the building of the state-of-the art Christie Cancer Centre at Macclesfield General Hospital and East Cheshire Hospice for the care...
Aldi emerges as fastest growing supermarket in latest Kantar market share figures
The latest market share figures from Kantar show that Aldi's consumer spend was up 11.1% from the 12 weeks to 20th May 2018 to the 12 weeks to 19th May 2019, making it the fastest growing supermarket, attracting nearly one million more households compared with last...
BNF Healthy Eating Week 2019 attracts over 4,000 school registrations
4,473 schools and nurseries, representing nearly 2 million children and young people, and 1,850 workplaces (or workplace teams), colleges and universities, representing over 800 thousand adults, have already registered to take part in the British Nutrition...
Industry reacts to PM resignation and EU elections
Following the Prime Minister's resignation on Friday, Secretary of State at Defra Michael Gove, has confirmed he is standing for the leadership of the Conservative Party, seeking to take over as Prime Minister from Terresa May. Gove was the eighth candidate to signal...
Waitrose & Partners recalls Waitrose 6 Sweet and Succulent Pork Sausages with Caramelised Red Onion Confit
Waitrose & Partners is recalling Waitrose 6 Sweet and Succulent Pork Sausages with Caramelised Red Onion Confit with a ‘Use By’ date 04/07/19 due to incorrect date labelling. The product should have been labelled with a ‘Use By’ date of 04/06/19. The FSA issed a...