All Regulation articles
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News
Tesco’s former reusable packaging partner calls for regulation on plastic
Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle and boss of pioneering reuse sytem Loop, said France’s experience had shown a combination of regulation and funding incentives could help the industry move from ‘pointless pilots’ to a full-scale rollout
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Interviews
Biffa CEO on Defra failures and unlocking circular investment
Biffa lost millions when Scotland’s DRS collapsed, but its CEO Michael Topham believes ‘investment-grade’ policies can still make a massive impact
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Analysis & Features
Can Defra’s new team kickstart the government’s green ambitions?
Steve Reed and Daniel Zeichner are out. Emma Reynolds and Angela Eagle are in. What are their priorities, and are there grounds for optimism?
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Comment & Opinion
Industry at a crossroads: which path will it take and do minsters care?
At today’s IGD conference speaker after speaker detailed the huge challenges facing food and drink
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Comment & Opinion
EUDR will forcibly level up suppliers’ sustainability game
Some may argue due diligence requirements are an unnecessary cost burden but the costs of non-action are also becoming clearer, says Dr Anthony Alexander, associate professor of operations management at the University of Sussex Business School
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News
Chief medical officer warns against use of weight-loss drugs
Chris Whitty said the lack of data about the booming GLP-1 category of drugs meant they should only be prioritised as a solution for people with morbid obesity problems
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News
Lack of clarity on SFI scheme leaving farmers ‘stranded’
Former farming minister Daniel Zeichner had promised an update on the future of the scheme by late summer, but this has not happened, leaving farmers in limbo
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News
Supermarkets to pass vast majority of EPR costs on to shoppers
Figures released today by the BRC say that more than 80% of he costs of the new packaging tax are likely to be passed on to consumers
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News
Suppliers face supermarkets' 'wall of silence' in face of £1.4bn EPR costs
YouGov found the vast majority of suppliers had received no communication over EPR, its impact on inflation, or whether their costs would be covered by retailers and price hikes
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Comment & Opinion
Honey trap: misinformation is harming reputable packers
British honey companies, importers and packers have had to contend with a barrage of misinformation in recent years, says Tim Read, chairman of British Honey Importers & Packers Association (BHIPA)
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News
Defra shakes up food strategy as it takes axe to FDTP
The Food Data Transparency Partnership will see its powers transferred to the new Food Strategy Advisory Board (FSAB)
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News
Au Vodka rapped by ASA for 'marketing booze to under-18s'
A complainant challenged that two Facebook ads featured adults under the age of 25
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News
Wales applies to World Trade Organization to launch deposit return scheme with glass
Documents filed last week set out the Welsh government proposals to include bottles and cans made from plastic, steel, aluminium and glass
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Category Report
X-rated chocolate: trends in chocolate 2025
Ads for chocolate are about to be banned from TV before the 9pm watershed and outlawed online. How will this affect sales?
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Comment & Opinion
The HFSS ad ban is coming – but does anyone know what it means?
Despite a series of interventions by the government, there is still a degree of legal uncertainty over exactly what will and won’t be allowed once the much-delayed legislation lands for real in January
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News
Brands escape junk food watershed ban as ministers publish rowback on ad rules
Ministers have added additional sections to the legislation on ads for ‘less healthy food products’
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News
Plastic reduction campaign group City to Sea shuts down amid warning of funding crisis
City to Sea said the scarcity and competitive nature of grant funding and difficult economic times for corporate partners had driven its decision to close operations
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers and food brands must help silence the ‘food noise’
Nearly nine out of 10 Brits admit to eating when they’re not actually hungry and almost half say they think about food ‘all the time’, says Zoe Griffiths, VP of behavioural medicine at Numan
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Comment & Opinion
WH Smith’s ‘pay-to-play’ model isn’t the real problem
WH Smith’s ‘pay to play’ model was one of the great unspoken topics in our industry, says Andrew Allen, consultant and entrepreneur-in-residence at Bidfood