Feb 22, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News
New information has been published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to ensure import and export trade in animals, animal products, fish and food can continue in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This guidance is...
Feb 6, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Red Meat Processing
Following the Government’s announcement that border checks on goods coming into the UK will be greatly reduced in the event of a no deal Brexit outcome, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has expressed ‘serious concern’. CIEH say that the move...
Jan 17, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News, Vegetable Processing
A fund has been opened by the government, to substantially reduce waste from food businesses, under a multi-million pound pilot scheme. Food redistribution organisations in England will be able to bid into a £5 million pot to help them overcome the financial barrier...
Jan 9, 2019 | Food Equipment & Services, News
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is asking food businesses, enforcement officers and consumers to provide it with feedback on its new ‘Guidance on Food Traceability, Withdrawals and Recalls within the UK Food Industry’. The guidance sets out the roles and...
Dec 18, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News, Retailing
Businesses and manufacturers will pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of food waste, under a major new government strategy unveiled by the Environment secretary, Michael Gove. The announcement forms part of the Government’s new Resources and Waste Strategy,...
Oct 31, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News
Major food equipment and machinery supplier Marel has opened its upgraded manufacturing facility in Colchester following extensive refurbishment. The work has been described as a ‘visual milestone’. The work included renovations and extensions to the...
