All Government and Regulation articles – Page 16
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News
ElfBar ‘taught a lesson’ in overfilling scandal amid disposables ban talks
Earlier this year, several ElfBar and Lost Mary devices were found to contain 50% more than the legal limit of liquid nicotine in independent testing
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Comment and Opinion
Why the Retail Crime Action Plan is just the beginning
The UK government’s Retail Crime Action Plan alone won’t eradicate the epidemic of aggressive behaviour against staff says Kara Ng, presidential fellow in organisational psychology, Alliance Manchester Business School
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Wholesale crime requires focus in new bill, government told
FWD CEO James Bielby has written to Suella Braverman to highlight the challenges wholesalers are facing
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HFSS promotion ban faces first rigorous test as IGD commissions landmark report
The moves comes a year on from the introduction of the government’s ban on promotions in prominent store locations, such as aisle ends
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Supermarkets to produce millions of extra meals as King’s project transforms food surplus
Marks & Spencer and 2 Sisters Food Group today emerged as the first partners in the new world-leading programme
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Crowdfunding appeal launched to fund legal challenge on mandatory food waste reporting backtrack
The move by the campaign group Feedback comes after its lawyers Leigh Day filed an application for the review on Friday
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Egg supply chain under review as Defra seeks to improve fairness
The long-awaited review will seek input from industry stakeholders on issues such as transparency and clarity of contractual terms and conditions
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Environment Agency blamed for Lincolnshire farmland flooding
Henry Moreton, cereals farmer and NFU county vice chairman, had 150 acres of land flooded with some areas under as much as 15 feet of water
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Noa Cohen, public affairs manager, General Mills
‘I really love in-person meetings in parliament or with our trade associations. I get to advocate for what I think is a fantastic company and industry’
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Northern Ireland vet strikes threaten festive meat supplies
Striking vets and meat inspectors could hit production of festive pigs in blankets and hams, while creating backlogs of animals on farm
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Farmers counting cost of floods after Storm Babet hits
Huge tracts of land across the UK – from Scotland to the north of England and the Midlands – have been hit by flooding
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Tesco claims voluntary ban on HFSS multibuys has seen millions eating more healthily
Tesco’s report comes with a debate raging over how the industry should take forward the war on obesity
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Home Office sets out plan to limit THC content of CBD products
The move is seen as a major step towards creating a legal framework in which CBD products can be sold
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‘Wholemeal’ 50/50 loaves may be instructed to relabel
Use of the word ’wholemeal in the naming or advertising’ of products that contain a blend of wheat flours is prohibited, according to Defra
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‘Remove scampi from shelves until bycatch problem fixed’ supermarkets urged
Marine sustainability charity Open Seas has called for UK supermarkets to address the ‘chronic bycatch problem’ associated with the nephrops trawl fishery method
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George Eustice: seasonal worker scheme should be taken away from Home Office
The former Defra secretary told The Grocer the scheme would be better if ‘full responsibility for managing it was transferred away from the Home Office’
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King Charles intervenes in food surplus fight with calls for huge rise in redistribution
The King is launching a Coronation Food Project to coincide with his 75th birthday next month
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Comment and Opinion
Farm shops and farmers’ markets have a role to play in improving diets
Farm Retail Association chair Emma Mosey on how farm shops and farmers’ markets may help wean Brits off ultra-processed foods
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News
Recycling blueprint for councils welcomed as ‘first step’ to remedying chaos
Defra figures show that in 2021, 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste was generated, with just 44.4% recycled
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Holland & Barrett reinstates CBD products following sale pause
The retailer confirmed to The Grocer it had reinstated the 31 products it removed last week