All Government policy articles – Page 44
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Analysis & FeaturesCan UN food security roadmap feed nine billion people sustainably?
The world is in a ‘race against time’ to ensure it can sustainably feed a ballooning population. Can the UN’s new roadmap help achieve it? And what happens if it can’t?
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NewsDisposable vapes to be banned in bid to tackle youth vaping
Shops in England and Wales caught selling vapes to children will be at risk of receiving an ‘on the spot’ penalty from Trading Standards officers
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NewsLack of clarity around looming Brexit checks leaves industry ‘apprehensive’
The Border Target Operating Model will see an array of new controls on EU food imports begin to roll out on 30 January
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NewsCampaigners and sector agree on need for tighter farmed fish slaughter laws
Proposals from the Lords Animal Welfare Committee that farmed fish should have the same legal protections as other farmed animals were met with a ’high degree of consensus’
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NewsLogistics sector calls for dedicated supply chain minister in new government
Logistics UK’s new election manifesto calls for the appointment of a dedicated supply chain minister
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NewsNew immigration rules will ‘disproportionately impact’ food businesses, ALP tells Home Office
ABP UK and Cranswick have warned of the effects the change will have on their business as well as consumers
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News‘Lack of government support could derail cage-free egg ambitions’
Compassion in World Farming has called for increased engagement and legislation to support voluntary moves to end the ‘cage age’
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NewsProducers falling out of GSCOP remit as retailers hire more middlemen
Retailers will save time by using the middlemen to negotiate for them as buyers ‘have bigger buying areas than ever before’
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NewsDefra announces EPR changes that could save wholesalers millions
The new changes will make business-only packaging that was previously labelled as ’household waste’ exempt from EPR fees
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NewsNFU members win legal case against government over bird flu compensation
The members argued APHA, part of Defra, had wrongly interpreted the law underpinning its compensation scheme
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NewsHealth groups in fury over ‘watered down’ junk food ad ban
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched a consultation last month over the new regulations
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Comment & OpinionIs the energy drinks ban battle set to see a winner?
The energy drinks ban always appeared to be overdue, but at least previously there were genuine grounds to dispute the evidence behind it
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NewsDefra proposes changes to egg labelling rules to support British industry
Currently when mandatory housing orders are introduced, eggs from free-range birds may continue to be labelled as ‘free-range’ for 16 weeks and then must be labelled as barn eggs
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News120,000 retail jobs lost and 10,000 shops closed in 2023
Most of the closures resulted from company restructures and cost-cutting programmes, according to the Centre for Retail Research
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Comment & OpinionGrim food sector forecasts persist, despite government’s upbeat promises
The government’s manoeuvres in recent days – when it comes to the food sector at least – show it is now very much in electioneering mode
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NewsNew origin and production food labelling plans in pipeline
The proposals would help back British farmers, said Defra secretary Steve Barclay at today’s Oxford Farming Conference
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NewsRed sea shipping attacks will lead to ‘inevitable’ food inflation
The crisis in the key shipping route lining the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal has sparked military and political action by the US and other governments
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NewsHorticulture growth under threat as costs continue to rise for sector
A new report by Promar International found costs of production had increased by as much as 39% in the past two years
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NewsOatly wins legal case to use ‘Post Milk Generation’ trademark
Oatly appealed a decision made in an IPO trademark hearing, initiated by the dairy association, that had banned the use of the phrase
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NewsHorticulture businesses added to intensive energy support scheme
Following lobbying from the NFU, the government has announced that horticulture businesses will now be included in the IETF