FSA offers Covid-19 guidance to food businesses
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published guidance to assist businesses in the food industry with responding to the Covid-19 outbreak. The new guidance has been developed alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and covers a range...
Supermarkets outline plans to protect staff and customers from Covid-19
Supermarkets have moved to protect both staff and customers from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, outlining a number of steps to help prevent the spread of the disease. At Tesco, chief executive, David Lewis, introduced a number of precautionary steps to all stores...
Industry urges businesses to reduce staff to ‘bare essentials’
In response to the closure of Scotland’s schools and current social distancing advice, Scotland’s leading farming, fishing, food and drink organisations are urging businesses to follow some critical steps to reduce staffing to the bare essentials required to secure...
Defra reassures consumers amidst supermarket rationing proposals
Defra has responded to the claims of a group of scientists that say fruit and vegetables must start being rationed in order to cope with the increasing demand from consumers. Professor Erik Millstone, of the University of Sussex, Tim Lang of the University of London...
The FMT Food Industry Awards film now online
A short video following the recent 2020 FMT Food Industry Awards ceremony and lunch is now exclusively available online, together with a photo gallery from the day. The celebratory lunch, hosted by world renowned Michel Roux Jr, rewarded 16 categories, including...
