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Red Tractor leads international benchmarking study

Mar 1, 2019

A new independent, international benchmarking study of global farm assurance schemes, has found that the Red Tractor farm and food assurance scheme offers world-leading standards. The International Benchmarking Study was announced at an event hosted by Baroness Lucy...

Consumers concerned at ‘Brexit Effect’ on food standards

Mar 1, 2019

According to a new ‘St. David’s Day poll’ over half of UK consumers are concerned that food which is farmed to lower standards than home-produced fare might be imported after Brexit. This was one of the top findings of a major opinion poll conducted by pollsters BMG...

ABP launches fresh plant based brand

Mar 1, 2019

ABP has launched its first fresh plant based meat-free brand for distribution in the UK. The new brand is being called Equals and will be available to consumers next week. The company say that Equals is a range of fresh plant based products with both texture and...

Farming Minister George Eustice quits the Government

Feb 28, 2019

The Agriculture Minister, George Eustice, has resigned from the government following the Prime Minister’s decision to allow a vote on delaying Brexit. In his resignation letter Eustice said: “If the position of Parliament is now that we will refuse to leave without an...

Food industry holds key to sustainable future says Compass CEO

Feb 28, 2019

The food industry, more than any other sector, holds the key to achieving a shared sustainable future, predicted Dominic Blakemore, when delivering The City Food Lecture 2019 on 26th February. The Group Chief Executive of Compass Group outlined the challenges of...

Do school dinners make the grade?

Feb 28, 2019

A new competition has been launched to find out what primary school pupils really think of their school dinners. Welsh red meat agency, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is asking kids across Wales to tell them what they’d like to see dished up on their...

M&S and Ocado confirm joint venture

Feb 27, 2019

Following press and media speculation, Marks and Spencer Group Plc (M&S) has announced the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Ocado Group Plc (Ocado) and states it ‘will transform online grocery shopping for UK consumers’. As suggested by FMT yesterday in our...