All Government policy articles – Page 93
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Analysis & FeaturesHow ready is the food industry for the HFSS clampdown?
The Grocer’s HFSS Clampdown Conference this week revealed a shocking lack of preparedness for measures due to come in later this year
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NewsAHDB funding takes a further hit after VAT changes
AHDB’s budget is used in a variety of ways to support producers, including marketing, R&D, market insight and exploring export opportunities
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NewsBFFF warns against freezing out European fish imports
The concerns about red tape were aired a day after government announces sanctions on Russia
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NewsFace masks to remain in Scottish stores while other Covid restrictions are removed
Restrictions will be lifted including requirements for social distancing, limits on store numbers and collection of customer details in supermarket cafés
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NewsFifth of suppliers don’t know HFSS ban is coming, shows research
GS1 said the legislation passed last year represented one of the most significant challenges the retail industry had ever faced
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Analysis & FeaturesHMRC in new Jaffa Cake VAT row with cake and flapjack brand DuelFuel
Founder Tim Davies says ruling will close his cake startup
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Comment & OpinionHapless digital rollout of Healthy Start has failed the UK’s most vulnerable
Problems with digital rollouts have become par for the course over the pandemic
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NewsRussian invasion of Ukraine leads to fertiliser production cuts
The shortage threatens a food crisis and comes after months of soaring prices
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NewsPoultry producers demand tighter controls on imports from EU
Complaints about unfair trade could be resolved by UK-EU veterinary deal
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NewsDigital DRS no longer a pipe dream, supermarket bosses told
The UK government is due to publish a response to a consultation on the future of DRS later this month
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NewsShareAction planning next move after Unilever commits to HFSS reporting
Unilever agreed to set new stretching targets for growing the proportion of its healthier products, based on the government’s Nutrient Profile Model
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NewsFamilies humiliated at tills as IT chaos blights Healthy Start scheme
Campaigners are calling for urgent intervention from health secretary Sajid Javid
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NewsUK-Australia trade deal unlikely to affect food prices or supply, MPs told
Concerns about agreement were overshadowed by the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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NewsSugar reduction report to be ‘full year’ late as doubts grow over obesity strategy
It has emerged the sugar reduction report, which was due to be published last year, will not now surface until at least this autumn
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NewsGregg Wallace unveils scale of edible food binned in the UK with new Wrap campaign
Wrap’s latest figures show the UK throws away 6.6 million tonnes of household food waste a year
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NewsUnilever agrees to HFSS transparency after shareholder pressure
Unilever will now measure the sales of its products against major government-endorsed nutrient profile models
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NewsChecks on EU imports on track for July start, says government
But concerns have been raised about Welsh readiness to handle goods from Ireland
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NewsUkraine conflict expected to hit seasonal worker numbers
Two thirds of UK Seasonal Worker visas in 2021 went to Ukrainians, with Russia the second most recruited country
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Comment & Opinion'Brutal' consequences of single-use plastic tax threaten to undermine it
Time and again there has been a lack of joined-up thinking and a disconnect between vote-winning PR and the real situation on the ground
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NewsSupermarkets ‘need to revisit expansion strategies’ in light of levelling-up agenda
The warning came as analysis revealed how under-represented some supermarkets are in the first towns in line to benefit from ‘King’s Cross-style regeneration projects’ in government plans