Oct 4, 2018 | Food Packing, News
The progress made by Cranswick plc since announcing its plastics pledge in February and becoming a signatory of the UK Plastic Pact in April has been shared. Cranswick has removed 450 tonnes of plastic through targeted reduction initiatives such as scrapping...
Sep 27, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News
Many of the UK’s largest food retailers, producers, manufacturers and foodservice companies have committed to milestones laid out in a new industry Food Waste Reduction Roadmap. This has been developed with Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) and Waste &...
Sep 25, 2018 | Food Packing, News, Retailing
Co-op has announced an end to single-use plastic, seeing around 60 million plastic carrier bags removed in a phased rollout and replaced with an ‘environmentally-friendly’ alternative. The move is part of a new ethical strategy to be launched by the retailer, which...
Sep 24, 2018 | Brexit, Food Packing, News
An updated no-deal Brexit scenario list has been released, which includes information about food imports, food exports and producing and labelling. In the newly released ‘No-Deal’ Technical Notices, The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has...
Sep 13, 2018 | Awards, Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News, Retailing
Now is the final chance to enter products into the FMT Food Industry Awards, with the closing date of this weekend fast approaching. Companies can nominate products free of charge online in the following nine categories: • Most Innovative Packaging Development • Best...
Sep 5, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, Food Packing, News, Red Meat Processing
Food sampling programmes carried out by local authorities have revealed that more than a fifth of meat samples tested in 2017 found DNA originating from animals not shown on the product labelling. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed to Food Management Today...
