Food Industry Awards – product entries and voting open now
The prestigious and popular annual Food Management Today Industry Awards is now open for both voting and product nominations online.
“More shelves will go empty”, warns UK food supply chain
The UK’s food and farming sector has written to the Prime Minister asking him to implement as a matter of urgency a Covid-19 Recovery Visa to alleviate crippling labour shortages across the supply chain.
CO2 production to restart after government intervention
After meeting with trade bodies across the food and drink industry, the government has said it will intervene in the current CO2 shortages.
FDF calls for subsidies to tackle CO2 shortages
Ian Wright, chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has written to the government, warning that the food supply chain is “now seriously compromised by the disruptions in the supply of CO2.”
Folic acid to be added to UK flour to prevent spinal conditions in babies
The government has announced that folic acid will be added to British flour to help stop 200 birth defects a year.
UK CO2 shortages “could jeopardise food supplies”, says Bernard Matthews boss
Ranjit Singh Boparan, CEO of Bernard Matthews, has warned that the crisis ‘could ruin Christmas’ unless the government intervenes.