Competition and Markets Authority starts ASDA-Sainsbury’s merger inquiry
Suppliers concerned by what the upcoming merger might mean for their business will have an opportunity to have their opinions heard by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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Suppliers concerned by what the upcoming merger might mean for their business will have an opportunity to have their opinions heard by the Competition and Markets Authority.
The UK's biggest chicken supplier has appointed a new head more than two months after its former CEO announced he was leaving.
The trade body representing the European food industry is joining a mission to China as Western nations race to schmooze the country's growing market.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into promoting and marketing British food and drink.
Whilst the report did refer to the industry's work to slash salt, it did not address the latest targets, an oversight which has not gone unnoticed.
Researchers have developed detection technology that allows a typical smartphone to analyse produce for deadly foodborne pathogens.
Trees falling as fragile forests become cropland is a visual shorthand for the environmental costs exporting countries pay to meet lucrative global demands for food. But a new study reveals another counter-intuitive possibility: importing food also damages homeland ecology.
The WHO and not-for-profit organisation Resolve to Save Lives have teamed up to build a scheme for governments to use to tackle industrially-produced trans fats.
Government of Canada is aiming at growing its global agriculture and food exports to $75 billion by 2025.
The latest statistics bring the total reduction in two years to more than 50 per cent.
Food businesses can secure the funding by creating more nutritious and affordable gluten free food. This could include using novel ingredients, creating foods with improved nutrient profiles and desired flavour texture characteristics, and working with new methods of preservation.
Over a third of small abattoirs have closed in the past decade, and a further 10 per cent have already closed this year, or are about to close.
A report shows how top brands in the UK are working to make their products healthier through reformulation, portion control and offering alternatives.
Other recalls over the last week include Mary Berry's salad dressing and Remeo Gelato's Stracciatella Di Bergamo gelato.
The study comes amidst debate over post-Brexit trade agreements and the possibility of countries insisting the UK import their chlorine-treated foodstuffs.