May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, Food Hygiene, News
The food safety standard organisation, BRCGS, has issued new guidance to food manufacturers amid concerns about the impact of Covid-19 on food production. According to the World Health Organisation, it is highly unlikely that people can contract the virus from food or...
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
Seafood Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish seafood sector, has written to the chief executives of the main UK supermarket retailers, urging them to reopen their fresh fish counters. With international markets closed off, and the UK restaurant/catering sector largely...
May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and a number of trade unions have joined together for the first time to commend the efforts of all those in the food and drink manufacturing working to maintain the UK’s food security. In a joint statement, the FDF, along with...
May 5, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) has filed a formal grievance against convenience food producer Greencore after it failed to tell staff that a manager had tested positive for coronavirus at its Northampton site. As reported by the BBC, the union said...
May 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
A senior lecturer from Cardiff University has warned that there could be a worldwide food shortage in the coming months as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. As reported by the BBC, Dr Ludivine Petetin said: “The problems is, as soon as you have a disruption in the...
Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Following the release of its preliminary results for the year, Sainsbury’s chief executive, Mike Coupe, said disruption to the supermarket caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could last until September. Despite high single digit percentage grocery sales growth...
