Increase in EU food recalls
Food manufacturers could face heightened Government scrutiny over their ability to safeguard consumers, after EU data revealed “significant increases” in product alerts in recent years. According to global law firm Clyde & Co, its analysis of EU data, including...
Tesco and Nestlé ‘best prepared’ for alternative proteins market
Tesco and Nestlé are said to be ‘best positioned’ to benefit from a transition to alternative plant-based proteins, according to an analysis of 16 multinational companies. The new report, entitled Plant-based Profits, backed by a $2.4 trillion coalition of 57 large...
UK food and farming sector highlights Brexit impact
Representatives of the UK’s food and farming industry have now set out what a successful Brexit means to them, to promote a unified voice to Government from across the food sector. This comes after representatives met at the NFU’s Brexit360 event at its headquarters...
Food sales boosted since EU referendum
Food and drink exports hit new record levels worth £22 billion in 2017, up by £2 billion since the UK voted to leave the EU, according to Defra. Overseas sales of UK food continued to soar last year, with the record exports demonstrating what the Ministry called a...