All Government policy articles – Page 54
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NewsDenials trans-Pacific trade deal is ‘nail in coffin’ for animal welfare
The RSPCA said the new CPTPP trade deal with countries such as Canada and Mexico was a ‘nail in the coffin for animal welfare standards’
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Comment & OpinionIf the government is serious about fighting obesity, it must support SMEs
Grants for SMEs may lack the big soundbite potential, but they could actually get some results
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NewsFood companies to foot bill for Brexit border posts under new plans
The plans emerged today in the governments new border plan
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NewsSomerset Cheese Company product tests positive for listeria
The supplier has recalled the batch of contaminated goats cheese, which had been sent to wholesalers
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NewsSmaller suppliers falling behind in HFSS reformulation
New figures compiled by Kantar for the FDF shows an increasing gulf between the UK’s food giants and those that make up the long tail of UK companies
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NewsSeasonal worker supply concern as recruiter licence is suspended
Fruitful Jobs is no longer on the Home Office’s approved recruiter list, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsSupermarkets under fire as Healthy Start scheme misses target
NHS figures show uptake of voucher scheme is 64% of those eligible, well short of the 75% target set for March 2023
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NewsFive major supermarkets call for deposit return scheme to be shelved
The move piles fresh pressure on the Scottish government to ditch its proposed 16 August start date
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco chief Ken Murphy’s plea to the government
Ken Murphy has made three demands for government support
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NewsShops in England to see business rates bill drop by more than 50%
The average shop’s bill will fall from £8,172 in 2022/23 to £3,678 in 2023/24, according to retail estate advisors Altus Group
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NewsThérèse Coffey hints at fresh produce supply chain reviews
In an often confrontational Commons Efra Committee session this week, the environment secretary said she had lined up one or potentially two ’reviews for the future’
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Comment & OpinionSeasonal workers are at risk of abuse. Regulation needs to catch up
As the net has been cast wider, the supply chain has become longer and more vulnerable to abuse
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NewsFraud-linked meat supplier Loscoe Chilled Foods placed into administration
The supplier was linked a fortnight ago to a National Food Crime Unit probe into the passing off of imported beef as British
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NewsHumza Yousaf urged to delay Scottish deposit return scheme until 2025
Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey told MPs yesterday she hoped Yousaf could be persuaded to abandon the 16 August deadline
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Comment & OpinionAs Sunak readies ‘Green Day’, food industry initiatives are a basket case
DRS is in danger of going down the drain, while EPR has been described as a ‘fiasco’
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NewsHumza Yousaf urged to salvage Scotland's DRS or risk wasting £100m
A raft of manufacturers including AG Barr, Britvic and Coca-Cola urged the new leader to make the scheme a “top priority” as the new SNP leader
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NewsSupermarkets sign up to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration on climate change
It comes with estimates that food and drink consumed in the UK is responsible for around 35% of the country’s emissions
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NewsSoy traders face stricter EU laws on environment
Soy traders such as Bunge and Cargill will have to prove their supply chains are not linked to illegal deforestation
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Comment & OpinionRavenous: Henry Dimbleby pulls no punches about policy in food tsar tell-all
Henry Dimbleby’s latest book must be one of the most exhaustively researched works of all time
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Comment & OpinionNestlé and Unilever risk causing confusion with health reporting. But it’s a positive first step
For now, it’s barely possible to understand the reporting without a degree in maths