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Comment & OpinionHow drought and global conflict could drive UK food inflation this winter
The Chancellor’s real challenge isn’t price gouging, it’s drought, food security and inflation, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Comment & OpinionBrazil’s beef ban: the NFU picked a good fight but does it have a good case?
The NFU has timed its call for a Brazilian meat ban to coincide with the country’s biggest trade fair. But look past the politics and the case is weaker than it appears
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NewsBrazil downplays worries of meat flooding UK market as NFU calls for ban
The NFU called for the UK government to mirror a proposed EU ban on Brazilian animal products
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NewsNFU calls for ban on Brazilian beef and poultry imports
It comes after the EU asked Brazil to prove that its products of animal origin were not derived from animals treated with antimicrobials reserved for human health, growth promotion, or yield improvement
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NewsRelief for lobster exporters after weeks of confusion and cancelled orders
The Shellfish Association of Great Britain has confirmed that lobsters caught by non-French boats were not subject to French size requirements despite suggestions to the contrary from officials last month
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Comment & OpinionIs food finally going to be treated as a national priority?
The question is not whether the UK’s food system is vulnerable to these changes, it is whether our government is serious about protecting it
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Comment & OpinionCan tariff suspensions make your weekly shop cheap?
The latest round of tariff suspensions on food and fertiliser imports has been sold as cost of living relief, but the impact on prices will be limited, says Sahana Suraj, a research assistant at the University of Sussex
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NewsBurnham urged to avert £300m SPS deal hit to shoppers
The new PM has been urged to press for changes to the EU SPS deal that will see rest of world imports subjected to costly checks
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NewsGlobal food price crisis could now be looming, think tank warns
UN figures show 8% of the world’s population faced hunger in 2025
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Comment & OpinionWhy climate finance failures are fuelling the UK’s future food crisis
With funding a ’signficant barrier’ to climate adoption, farmers must be given the tools and money they need to adapt
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NewsUS tariffs bite as UK food and drink exports sink to 10-year low
Export volumes fell their lowest levels in a decade in the first quarter of 2026, according to the FDF
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NewsRetailers back EUDR-aligned UK anti-deforestation rules
Defra said the move would ‘further decouple UK consumption from global deforestation’
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Comment & OpinionChasing food self-sufficiency is the wrong goal
The UK hasn’t been self-sufficient in food for almost 250 years and with all the benefits global trade brings, it doesn’t need to be, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionAs the heat rises, so does the risk to Britain's food supply
The UK’s definition of food security must catch up with the climate and health risks reshaping the food system, says Ali Morpeth, co-founder at the Planeatry Alliance
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News10 years after Brexit referendum, ‘muddled’ EU reset ‘lacks strategy’ MPs warn
The Commons Business and Trade Committee warned the government had failed to articulate a clear long-term vision for UK-EU relations
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NewsFSA vows to tackle SPS uncertainty as date for EU summit announced
The FSA has been holding a series of workshops with the food sector to try to prepare for the outcome of the negotiations, but admitted there was major uncertainty across the supply chain
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NewsBritish consumers concerned about production standards of imported food, Red Tractor says
Some 39% of people surveyed by Red Tractor said imports should be clearly labelled, with just 2% believing they should be allowed without restriction
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NewsFertiliser ‘must be affordable’ amid Iran war price spike, NFU urges
Farmers are warning they may have to stop planting some crops due to the soaring cost of fertiliser
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NewsClimate change to push fruit & veg prices up by 170% by 2050, research claims
Healthy eating risked becoming ‘unaffordable’ for millions of shoppers, claimed research by thinktank The Autonomy Institute
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Reeves’ food tariff cuts actually help to lower inflation?
The food & drink industry is sceptical the plans will have any effect