All Government and Regulation articles
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NewsAlcohol harm group urges restricted hours and blocks on rapid booze deliveries
Alcohol Change UK is warning of the dangers of ‘round-the-clock access’ to drink offered by on-demand delivery
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NewsRachel Reeves announces energy bailout for food companies
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced “bold action” to help food companies tackle the threat of soaring costs due to the war in Iran.
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News‘Serious concerns’ raised about factory farming as ammonia hotspots revealed
Compassion in World Farming and Sustain’s Ammonia Map revealed that the areas of the country experiencing the highest emissions of the nitrogen-based gas corresponded to those with the greatest concentration of large-scale intensive farms
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Comment & OpinionHFSS ad ban’s first rulings show the devil really is in the detail
Advertisers like to push the rules to the limit. Now they have the first clues about what those limits might be
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NewsLidl and Iceland first businesses to breach junk food ad ban
The decisions are the outcome of the ASA’s first round of assessments of possible breaches of new restrictions which came into force in January
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NewsWholesale welcomes school food overhaul but funding and appeal concerns remain
The FWD has warned that without ‘adequate funding and clear, consistent standards’, there is a ‘real risk that expectations around healthier food won’t be matched by what can be delivered in practice’
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NewsMCS accused of ignoring government, fishers and scientists
Seafood industry stakeholders said the guide did not accurately reflect International Council for the Exploration of the Seas’ advice, nor considered efforts to ease fishing pressure on stocks including cod, langoustine and mackerel
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NewsIndependent brewers hesitant to embrace cans despite EPR hit on glass
The proportion of beer packaged into cans by SIBA members has fallen from 13% in 2021 to 11% last year
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NewsHuge volumes of ‘unsafe’ food seized at UK border, new figures show
A total of 208 tonnes of food products deemed unfit for human consumption has been intercepted by officials since November 2024
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NewsLib Dems call for action on food prices in wake of ‘Trump’s idiotic war’
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said the government needed to ‘take urgent action’ to protect consumers against a wave of food price rises heading their way in autumn
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Comment & OpinionDemands for more oil are crude. Renewable energy will protect our food system
Some commentators have advocated intensifying oil production to protect food supplies. This is profoundly misguided, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsUK seas in decline despite record protection levels, NGOs say
Defra’s latest UK Marine Strategy found the UK has not achieved ‘good environmental status’ in 13 out of 15 indicators covering areas including species health, seafood contamination and litter
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NewsGovernment transport strategy ‘must listen to needs of hauliers’
The logistics sector was largely ommited from a new government integrated transport strategy published last week
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NewsBird flu housing orders lifted in England and Wales
It means poultry and other captive birds will no longer need to be housed and can now be kept outside, unless keepers are in a protection zone or captive bird monitoring (controlled) zone
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NewsWales risks delaying DRS rollout after administrator rejected
The Senedd has dissolved ahead of elections on 7 May, meaning no DMO can be appointed until after the next government takes office.
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NewsExchange for Change proposes DRS exemptions and grants for indie retailers
Exchange for Change will set aside a total of £60m to provide grants over the first three years of scheme operation
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Comment & OpinionBurnt toast, marmalade and the politics of the EU reset
Given how the UK is in the midst of negotiations on a new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal with the EU, Rothamsted Research’s burnt toast breakthrough is ‘at risk of hitting the buffers’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy does the UK lag globally on food redistribution?
Distribution of surplus food is one of the topics in the spotlight at The UK Food & Drink Shows this month
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator to move under Defra
The government said moving the sponsorship from the Department of Business and Trade would align the regulator’s work with Defra’s wider role
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NewsFarmers facing soaring fertiliser costs urged to share views
Defra has opened a short survey to give farmers the opportunity to share how they have been impacted by the increase in fertiliser prices and if they are changing their farming practices as a result