All Regulation articles – Page 8
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News
Year delay to extended producer responsibility is ‘not enough’ ministers warned
Sources said shelving the flagship environmental policy until at least October 2025 has still left the industry facing £2bn a year in extra costs
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Analysis and Features
Extended producer responsibility: industry reacts to delay to controversial packaging rules
As Defra confirmed extended producer responsibility delay, The Grocer rounds up the reaction from key figures in the industry
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News
Defra lets slip extended producer responsibility will be shelved amid fears over food prices
A statement confirming the decision to delay was posted on the Defra website today but subsequently removed
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Comment and Opinion
CMA ‘profiteering’ findings expose its flawed understanding of supermarkets
The latest outcome shows the CMA’s criticism of fuel pricing was incorrect, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment and Opinion
Aspartame scare stories obscure the truth of its safety
The clear takeaway is that aspartame is safe, says Dr Susan Elmore, board-certified veterinary toxicological pathologist and observer in IARC aspartame meeting
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Comment and Opinion
Local authorities can’t hope to enforce disposable vape ban
Try to report stores already flouting regulations and the response from Trading Standards is usually nothing, says ACS CEO James Lowman
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Analysis and Features
What WHO aspartame ruling means for sugar-free soft drinks
Aspartame is classed as a ’possible cancer risk’. What does this mean for sales of leading soft drinks?
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Comment and Opinion
Vape sector will bear the blame for disposables ban
The vaping sector simply isn’t doing enough to reduce the number of single-use vapes that get binned
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News
Tesco pressures suppliers to drop prices in major range reset
Tesco told a conference last week it expected them to work in partnership to drive the market from “inflation to deflation” in its new Fit for Growth strategy
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Comment and Opinion
MPs are looking for solution to food poverty in the wrong place
FareShare’s work results in significant quantities of healthy food going to charities – you’d think government would jump at it, says George Wright, CEO at FareShare
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Comment and Opinion
Brands must think ahead on HFSS restrictions
CPG brands can find their most fundamental growth driver in secondary displays, says Steph Cullen, head of UK CPG at Circana
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News
CK Foodstores selling out of date meat and poultry, finds TV show investigation
The retailer had sold or displayed almost 50 items past their use-by date over the course of a year, the investigation claimed
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News
Clampdown on business rates relief for empty property slammed as ‘out of touch’
The government has said evidence points to abuse of Empty Property Relief (EPR) as one of ‘the most common methods of rates avoidance’
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Comment and Opinion
Why regulatory constraints can unlock new opportunities for brands
Far from being a downer, restricted markets can offer exciting times for brands, says Scott Mason, head of strategy at Stormbrands
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News
Food crime unit set for more police-like investigative powers as FSA consults
The regulator is seeking to allow designated officers powers of entry and search after a person had been arrested
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News
Farmers handed power to challenge supermarket milk prices
The long-awaited new regulations were designed to ’promote fairness and transparency across the dairy sector’, Defra said
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News
PR firm to fight ban on vegan brands using dairy terms
New guidance is being prepared to help Trading Standards officers interpret and enforce laws on how dairy alternatives are described in packaging and marketing
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Comment and Opinion
Scrapping COP26 environmental pledges saves billions but at what cost?
Mandatory food waste reporting has been dumped, with DRS and extended producer responsibility hanging in the balance
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News
Finnebrogue and Ivy Farm partner to create lab-grown wagyu beef
The two businesses have signed a letter of intent with the aim of developing cultivated meat for the UK retail market
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Analysis and Features
Philippe von Stauffenberg’s fight to solve the plastic crisis with chemical recycling
Pioneer Philippe von Stauffenberg wants to put a stop to poverty-stricken children wandering the rubbish tips of central America