Food safety insight and analysis
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Analysis & Features
The FSA boss who’s bringing a ‘sense of partnership’ to Defra
Emily Miles is returning to Defra after five years as CEO at the FSA, bringing with her valuable experience of dealing with a series of crises
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Comment & Opinion
Tory Brexit legacy increasingly tainted by border chaos
It’s no surprise Labour has inherited a trade policy trainwreck
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Comment & Opinion
What could the latest US bird flu findings mean for our food industry?
The threat of bird flu has largely been avoided in the UK over the past year. But will that continue?
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Category Report
Free-from trends 2024: Dull and tasteless no more
Gone are the days when free-from was often thought of as joyless. What’s driving today’s livelier approach to avoiding allergens?
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Comment & Opinion
The push for warmer frozen food – can it take off?
Can the frozen industry change a decades-long standard it claims is outdated and contributing to unnecessary carbon emissions?
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Range Preview
Preview the new sandwiches and salads in Tesco’s meal deal
Tesco is giving its popular meal deal a significant overhaul, with a refreshed range set to hit stores from this week
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Comment & Opinion
More woe for the fresh produce sector as cleanliness continues to challenge
As the weather warms and Brits get ready to up their intake of fresh salads, more food safety concern has hit the sector
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Analysis & Features
Cute delivery drivers and shrinkflation: June in grocery on social media
Slicing through the buzz of social media to see what’s happening in the world of grocery
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Comment & Opinion
Mass sandwich recall right response but e.coli outbreak still worrying
M&S, Waitrose, Lidl and Poundland are the only leading multiple grocery retailers not to be implicated so far in the sandwich recalls
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Comment & Opinion
An e.coli-infested sandwich cannot be easily washed
The outbreak is an extraordinary situation, when you consider the levels of provenance-based intelligence to which food retailers have access
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Comment & Opinion
Too hot to handle? The dangers of gen Z’s addiction to spice
Fuego, Flamin’ Hot, Volcano… just some of the flavour descriptors on ultra-spicy snacks gaining popularity among young shoppers
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Profiles
Palace Culture’s Mirko Parmigiani on plant-based, owls and Jamie Oliver
‘I first created Palace Culture for my son at home when he became dairy intolerant. Scaling up doesn’t mean we need to sacrifice the core values of our product’
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Analysis & Features
Store radio nightmares and Aldi bashes Clubcard Prices in social media banter
From retail media slowly turning a Tesco employee mad, to Aldi taking a swing at Clubcard Prices, here’s what’s happening in the world of grocery on social media
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Comment & Opinion
New FSA advice holds lessons for vegan brands
The FSA advises food producers to use precautionary allergen labels, says Hannah Leese, partner and head of Roythornes Solicitors’ food regulatory team
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Comment & Opinion
Country of origin labelling rules will crack down on ambiguity
Provenance labelling is coming under increased regulatory scrutiny, says Simon Tingle, partner and head of regulatory at law firm Gordons
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Comment & Opinion
Is it safe to eat your five fruit & veg a day?
Does the food safety fear ever go away?
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Comment & Opinion
How to counter the €30bn food fraud threat
In times of skyrocketing prices, food fraud is never far away, says Richard Leathers, global quality lead at Campden BRI
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Analysis & Features
Can FSA shake-up make the UK a leader on lab-grown meat?
Plans to speed up regulatory approval could affect lab-grown meat, novel foods and CBD – but some argue the move will come too late
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Analysis & Features
The quest to solve the world’s food allergen problem
Scientists and campaigners are on a mission to solve the growing global food allergy epidemic. What progress has been made? And what are the hurdles still to overcome?
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KVI Tracker
Fruit & veg imports to become more expensive over last-minute Brexit rule
The cost of importing fruit & vegetables from the EU is about to rise by a further £200m, says the Fresh Produce Consortium