All articles by Julia Glotz – Page 36
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NewsFSA needs clarity to tackle future food crises, MPs say
The government should consider reversing the machinery of government changes that reduced the Food Standards Agency’s remit in 2010 so as to better equip it to deal with future food crises, MPs have said.
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NewsFSA reveals that Ikea meatballs fell below 1% horse threshold
One of the most iconic products involved in the horsemeat scandal – Ikea meatballs – actually contained less than 1% horse…
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NewsKenneth Axen appointed new Futura MD after Nordex investment
Continental cheese supplier Futura Foods has appointed a new MD after Danish dairy company Nordex took a 44% stake…
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NewsTom Hind moves from NFU to become Tesco agriculture director
Four months after Philip Clarke promised the National Farmers Union conference that Tesco would forge closer relationships with farmers…
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NewsABP in meatball move for Debbie & Andrew's
Six months after Andrew and Debbie Keeble failed to buy back Debbie & Andrew’s, ABP has unveiled its strategy…
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NewsGreen Giant pushes cold sweetcorn
General Mills is launching a new campaign encouraging shoppers to use Green Giant tinned sweetcorn in salads…
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NewsFutura Foods sells 44% stake to Danish dairy Nordex
Continental cheese supplier Futura Foods has sold a 44% stake in its business to Danish dairy company Nordex as part of a strategic tie-up to widen Futura’s geographical footprint, and bring more of Nordex’s cheese to the UK.
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NewsLabour review leaves door open for GM foods in the UK
Genetically modified foods could have a role to play in ensuring the UK has enough food in the future, Labour said today as it launched its food policy review.
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NewsMorrisons hits on new Cheddar pricing model for dairy farmers
Morrisons has launched a new Cheddar pricing model for farmers that it claims will give them greater certainty and increase pricing transparency.
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NewsTesco names NFU’s Tom Hind group agriculture director
Tesco has appointed Tom Hind, corporate affairs director at the National Farmers Union, as its new group agriculture director
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Comment & OpinionBovine TB: Scare tactics aren't right
No, TB reactor meat in the human food chain isn’t the new ‘Horsegate’. It isn’t the ‘new’ anything…
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NewsSainsbury’s opts for 100% British fresh pork
Sainsbury’s will this week move to 100% British sourcing on all its fresh pork lines.
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NewsBovine TB meat claims are scaremongering, says Defra
The Food Standards Agency and Defra have moved to reassure consumers about the safety of British meat products following newspaper reports over the weekend suggesting “diseased” cattle were sold into the food chain.
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NewsMorrisons adds new previously frozen seafood lines
Morrisons has introduced three previously frozen seafood lines to its fish counters in a bid to keep prices down…
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NewsGerman meat processing sector hit by 'slave labour' claims
Germany’s meat processing industry has become embroiled in a scandal about labour exploitation…
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NewsOwen Paterson says UK DNA tests can go beyond EU rules
Owen Paterson has indicated he is prepared to get tough with food companies on testing and go beyond EU requirements…
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NewsJim Begg to retire as Dairy UK boss after 43 years in industry
Dairy veteran Jim Begg is stepping down as director-general of Dairy UK and leaving the industry after 43 years…
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Analysis & FeaturesCafédirect: retailers and consumers must pay more for tea
British retailers and consumers urgently need to stop seeing tea as a “cheap commodity” and pay more for their brew…
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InterviewsOwen Paterson on the post-horsemeat future of food regulation
The Defra secretary talks about rubbing people up the wrong way and his vision for the future of UK food regulation…
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NewsSlaughterhouses led by AIMS win fight over FSA inspection charges
Thirty-eight slaughterhouse operators have scored a victory against the Food Standards Agency over £1m-worth of meat inspection charges, after a judge today ruled the charges were unlawful.