All Government policy articles – Page 87
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NewsCompulsory dairy contracts get go-ahead from government
The proposal, backed by the devolved administrations, is set to shake up how the sector operates
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NewsFood workers told to report to work despite new Covid variant
The Grocer revealed last month that mass testing for coronavirus was being rolled out across the industry
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NewsBrits fear HFSS promotions ban will push up price of food
The survey by BritainThinks found 73% of shoppers said they usually or always purchased products that were on promotion
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NewsScotch whisky losses top £500m due to US tariffs
The tariffs were initially introduced in retaliation for illegal EU state support given to Airbus
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NewsNI suspends animal food checks over staff safety fears
A council said there had been an ‘upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks’
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Analysis & FeaturesCPTPP: What the Asia-Pacific trade club could mean for UK food and drink
Liz Truss formally applied to join a Asia-Pacific trade club on Monday morning
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NewsSupermarkets will not automatically benefit from business rates relief extension in Scotland
The move is to ’ensure the relief only goes to those businesses who require it’ after supermarkets handed billions back last year
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NewsHundreds more food products may require export health certificates from April
EU exemptions for health certificates on thousands of products will soon end
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NewsFood leaders warn HFSS crackdown will sabotage post-Brexit trade deals
The government is currently consulting on plans including location and volume-based HFSS promotions
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NewsReal-terms funding for GLAA declines despite rise in cases
The GLAA’s accounts showed net expenditure grew 6% to £6.6m in the year to 31 March 2020, but Home Office funding only increased 2.3%
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NewsSupermarkets and other food retailers to get mass Covid-19 testing
Only businesses with at least 50 staff will be eligible for the programme
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NewsWholesalers fear government is ‘prepared to let them fail’
FWD has been lobbying government for sector specific support for nine months
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NewsAnti-GM campaigner urges organics to back ‘inevitable’ gene editing launch
The chair of the FDF Organic Committee said outright opposition to GE could leave the sector ‘ridiculed and marginalised’
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Comment & OpinionWhy the organic sector shouldn't oppose gene editing
Adopting a position of outright opposition to the technology would risk the organic sector being ridiculed, says Alex Smith, founder of Alara Wholefoods and former chair of Genetic Food Alert
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Analysis & FeaturesHow does the government’s rapid Covid testing scheme work for businesses?
Defra is inviting all businesses in the food sector in England with more than 50 employees to register for the scheme
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Comment & OpinionBrexit port chaos is threatening to undermine impressive industry efforts on food waste
Too Good To Go’s new campaign is backed by Defra, Wrap and almost 30 food and drink suppliers, including Nestlé, Arla Foods and Danone
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NewsCompanies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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NewsBrexit delays may cost industry £170m in food waste, official analysis shows
Government analysis has revealed up to 142,000 tonnes of food, feed and drink may be lost in the next six months
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s the solution to the seafood sector’s export crisis?
Seafood exports to the EU have all but ground to a halt, with suppliers urging a six-month ‘grace period’ to cut red tape
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are in an impossible position on face masks
When it comes to face mask enforcement, retailers are being told to go left, go right and stay where they are, all at the same time