


Groceries Code Adjudicator remit not to be extended
Defra has announced that there was “not enough evidence” to support extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) to include primary producers. Instead, the Government has announced a ‘collaboration fund’ of up to £10 million, as part of a series of...
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...
UK accused of opposing new EU recycling targets
The UK Government has allegedly opposed an EU-wide target of recycling 65% of all municipal waste by 2035, according to leaked notes. Unearthed, Greenpeace’s journalism project, claims to have seen notes stating that UK officials told their EU counterparts that the...