Aug 10, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published new Ipsos MORI-commissioned research focussing on the public’s behaviour and attitudes towards food during the Covid-19 pandemic. The online survey tracked food purchasing and consumption in Scotland for three months from...
Aug 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
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...
Jul 31, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
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...
Jul 29, 2020 | Brexit, Coronavirus, News
Following the announcement of the Government’s plans to tackle obesity within the UK, Henry Dimbleby has called for more to be done in order to support healthier diets in the first part of the National Food Strategy. The National Food Strategy was commissioned by the...
Jul 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has hit out at the Government’s new measures to tackle obesity within the UK. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also added that the proposals will help protect people from coronavirus. The new measures will see ‘buy one get one free’...
Jul 24, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Small Business Minister Paul Scully has confirmed that Christine Tacon will step down as Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) later this year before being replaced by Mark White. Tacon, who was due to step down from her role in June, has been reappointed for a term of up...
