Mobile plastic-free supermarket arrives in The Hague at Ocean Summit
The Mobe-Aisle has been designed to show shoppers that a plastic-free future is ready to be realised today.
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CO2 crisis fears begin to materialise as wholesaler imposes rationing
Abattoirs across the UK are facing the challenge too, with Scotland's biggest slaughterhouse forced to suspend work.
China lifts ban on British beef
Chinese Government first imposed a ban on British beef more than 20 years ago in the wake of the BSE outbreak.
Canadian study finds majority of teenagers need food safety education
Every year, a total of 4 million Canadians (one in eight) are affected by a food-borne illness, according to the Government of Canada.
Morrisons to allow shoppers to bring own containers for meat and fish
Since 2010, Morrisons has reduced the weight of packaging used across its Market Street counters by 50 per cent (10,000 tonnes).
Ireland’s PM opens AllinAll Ingredients’ €5 million R&D facility
Previously based in Parkwest, Dublin, AllinAll Ingredient’s new facility at Rosemount includes a pilot plant which provides the infrastructure and scientific equipment which food scientists use to trial, develop and demonstrate new products.
Mandatory menu labelling could be an untenable burden for small restaurants
The Government has said that it understands smaller businesses will be burdened more and will be consulting on whether they should be excluded or given a longer implementation period.
Veterinary Association hits back at Michael Gove for foreign vets comment
Around 95 per cent of veterinary surgeons working in UK abattoirs are from elsewhere in the EU.
Birmingham tops the list of the worst places in Britain for food hygiene
Which? analysis has revealed the best and worst areas of the UK for food hygiene standards, as under-resourced local authorities struggle and complaints about food standards and hygiene soar.
UK Government announces new measures to halve childhood obesity by 2030
Chapter two of the childhood obesity plan has been met with a mixed response, with some saying its promises of consultations come at a time when firm action is needed.
Trump looks to consolidate U.S. food safety under single agency
The policy is one of the few areas in which the current President is at one with his predecessor, Barack Obama, who tried and failed to create a federal food safety body.
UK Environment Secretary toasts success of Scottish beer
Environment Secretary Michael Gove toasted the success of Scotland’s craft beer industry as he attended the Royal Highland Show for the second year running.
EU follows through with threat of retaliation in U.S. trade row
The EU's Commissioner for Trade has expressed regret at being put in this position, but said there was 'no other choice'.
FoodBytes! backs startups
21 June 2018 | By
Rabobank, a premier global food and agribusiness bank, is bringing FoodBytes!, its food and agriculture pitch-competition-meets-networking-event, to London for the first time on Thursday 13 September. The event will see 20 startups pitch to an audience of hundreds of investors, industry leading corporates and other startups, in a bid to further innovation…
Waters Corporation to invest $215 million in Precision Chemistry Manufacturing in Massachusetts
New state-of-the-art facility will support continued growth and innovation...
