All Government and Regulation articles – Page 9
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NewsCrisis talks on nutrient profiling model revamp slated for Wednesday
FDF leader Karen Betts said the planned switch to the 2018 model would lead to huge swathes of products effectively being banned from advertising and in-store promotions
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: PackUK bailout, Diageo shock and the Big 30
The Treasury is bailing out PackUK to cover the shortfall from its new EPR tax, while Diageo’s share price crashed 13% as new CEO Dave Lewis slashed dividends and criticised off-trade service. Meanwhile, the NFU secured £345m for farmers and retail crime figures showed the biggest fall since the pandemic
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NewsSupermarkets in Gibraltar, including Morrisons, in race to meet new EU rules
Businesses supplying retailers in Gibraltar have less than two months to prove their products meet EU regulations
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NewsTesco boss calls for food strategy to support UK farm resilience
Speaking at the NFU Conference yesterday, Prasad called on ministers to prioritise data and innovation in the supply chain
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NewsIGD to bring back Feeding Britain’s Future as workforce crisis threatens
The IGD is issuing a rallying cry for action to tackle the skills gap, which it said risked affecting future availability, customer service and wider social outcomes
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NewsFury as investigation shows surge in EPR ‘tax dodgers’
It is claimed the registering of many new small packaging firms are an attempt to bypass EPR
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NewsWrap boss urges companies to sign Packaging Pact amid fees disquiet
Wrap chairman Seb Munden said the pact would provide a unique platform for retailers, suppliers and the wider supply chain to tackle the biggest environmental and packaging challenges facing the food and drink industry.
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NewsMeat industry calls FSA comments ‘fallacious and misleading’
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) said comments made by the FSA, defending itself following the public declaration of a judicial review into vet charges, were ‘fallacious and misleading’
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NewsEPR tax to get government bailout amid fury over funding black hole
PackUK said the ‘one-time intervention’ would help ensure the EPR scheme did not lead to increased costs
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NewsM&S and the Co-op among 100 names calling for Good Food Bill
The companies are calling for ministers to commit to a Good Food Bill, which they claim would give the government’s strategy much-needed teeth
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NewsDefra launches £345m package of farmer support
At the NFU Conference in Birmingham today, Emma Reynolds announced a raft of packages to show how the government is ‘taking action to back farmers’
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NewsComplete food industry ‘reset’ needed to tackle obesity crisis, says FSA chair
Professor Susan Jebb said she believed a ‘tipping point’ had been reached that meant companies would have to change direction if they were to survive
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Comment & OpinionFood strategy is a policy opportunity we can’t afford to miss
This cannot be another strategy that sits on a shelf, or simply says the right things but has no teeth for delivery, says Andrew Stark, senior research and policy manager at Eating Better
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NewsSalmon Scotland says India is ‘the next major opportunity’
The industry body said the potential slashing of the 33% import duty on Scottish salmon due to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), expected to come into force in April, could drive penetration
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NewsTrump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs thrown out by US Supreme Court
The court ruled the US president had exceeded his powers by introducing the package of reciprocal import tariffs last April
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NewsMore retail job losses looming amid fears over Employment Rights Act
The BRC’s latest survey of chief finance officers found employment costs were among their biggest fears
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NewsMeat industry takes government to court over ‘inflation busting’ vet charges
In a statement released 19 February, AIMS said official veterinarian charges to industry were ‘going up by £10m in the coming year’, an increase of nearly a quarter, despite the current rate of inflation standing at 3%
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NewsGreenpeace calls out lobbying on harmful pesticides
CropLife UK was accused of ‘prioritising industry profits’ by Greenpeace, which said it was lobbying against a quick ban on chemicals ‘found to pose serious hazards to human health, wildlife or the environment’
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NewsMorrisons pledges £1.6bn spend on farming in 2026
The retailer said it underlined ‘its position as British farming’s single biggest direct supermarket customer’
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NewsFury grows over EPR financial ‘black hole’ silence
Scheme administrator PackUK has admitted it may have to reissue the first year of bills because of a major shortfall in the money raised