FareShare partnership provides 1.5 million meals
A partnership between fresh produce company FerryFast and food redistributors Waste Knot and FareShare has seen more than 643 tonnes of surplus fruit and vegetables saved from waste and diverted to charities within its first year - enough to create more than 1.5...
Clayton Park Bakery and Fazila Foods Ltd join forces
Lancashire food companies, Fanzila Foods and Clayton Park Bakery, have joined forces to bring greater choice to consumers across the north west seeking convenient, tasty food. Clayton Park Bakery, that supplies pies and baked goods to Liverpool Football Club and SPAR...
Improved standards for British seed potato exports
Eight new amendments to the seed potato industry’s assurance scheme, Safe Haven, will come into force from 1st October 2020. The certification scheme, Safe Haven, has recently been reviewed and updated to cover areas such as closer monitoring of water use and crop...
FSS and FSA publish assessment of UK food crime
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) has published its food crime priorities for 20/21, alongside a joint UK Food Crime Strategic Assessment with the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit. The SFCIU has...
MAC review recognises food chain challenges
The Migrant Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its review of the Shortage Occupation list for 2020. It received a vast quantity of evidence from a wide range of industries including the food chain. It has now recognised some of these roles as vital. Mark Harrison,...
