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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Meat alternatives brand, Meatless Farm, has raised £24 million to support its plans to grow in the UK, Europe, US and Asia as global markets build back better as they emerge from the Covid-19 related lockdown. The £24 million has come from a mixture of existing and...

Campden BRI is looking for partners to help with new research that aims to revise established standards in order to increase the shelf-life of fresh fish and seafood, which could save producers and retailers millions of pounds in wasted food by extending shelf-life by...