Guidelines on reducing sugar in food published for industry
30 March 2017 | By New Food
Reduction programme could see 200,000 tonnes of sugar removed from the UK market per year by 2020.
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Triggering Article 50 – comment from NOAH
29 March 2017 | By New Food
Triggering of Article 50 should mark an increase in certainty and stability for NOAH member businesses
UK Food & Drink Federation statement on the triggering of Article 50
29 March 2017 | By Food Drink Federation
The official UK FDF statement on the triggering of Article 50...
Food Standards Scotland statement on the release of the Dunsyre Blue E. coli O157 report
29 March 2017 | By Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland fully supports report that concludes that Dunsyre Blue cheese was the source of the E. coli O157 outbreak
Brexit could put the fizz into UK wine industry
29 March 2017 | By New Food
The UK’s wine industry could be in line for a major boost if the cost of importing wine from the EU rockets post-Brexit
Food packaging rules misleading and potentially dangerous, new research confirms
28 March 2017 | By New Food
Food packaging is not tailored enough to contents, a team from Université Paris-Saclay has found, and could be causing the spread of chemicals.
Health claims regulation is top challenge for nutrition companies, survey shows
27 March 2017 | By New Food
Nutrition companies view stricter EU regulation as a greater challenge than the state of the global economy, new research has shown.
Suspects in China’s ‘biggest baby milk scandal in decade’ go on trial
27 March 2017 | By New Food
Those charged in conjunction with the biggest milk formula scandal in a decade in China went on trial in Shanghai today
UK Government is missing important opportunities to tackle childhood obesity
27 March 2017 | By New Food
The Government needs to take more robust action to tackle the impact of deep discounting and price promotions on the sales of unhealthy food and drink, says the Health Committee in its follow up report into childhood obesity.
UK food supply chain leaders outline trade strategy for Brexit
26 March 2017 | By FDF; NFU; BRC
The British Retail Consortium (BRC), the National Farmers Union of England and Wales (NFU) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) outline post-Brexit policy aims...
Optical sorting technology sows the seeds of success for Spanish olive processor
24 March 2017 | By New Food
Technology from The Bühler Group now allows for the possibility of transforming a by-product of the pitted olive and olive oil industry into a new, natural, “super” ingredient...
EFSA to give advice on the intake of sugar added to food
24 March 2017 | By New Food
EFSA will provide scientific advice on the daily intake of added sugar in food by early 2020.
The Coca-Cola Company announces senior leadership appointments
23 March 2017 | By New Food
The Coca-Cola Company today announced a number of senior leadership appointments to drive its ongoing transformation into a growth-oriented, consumer-centred, total beverage company...
African swine fever spreading slowly, report suggests
23 March 2017 | By EFSA
African swine fever is spreading slowly in the Baltic countries and Poland, according to the latest epidemiological data analysed by these Member States and EFSA.
Camouflage apples: an exciting new quality assurance spy
23 March 2017 | By Empa
A sensor developed at Empa solves this problem. It looks like a piece of fruit and acts like a piece of fruit – but is actually a spy.
