All articles by Kevin White – Page 65
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Comment & OpinionIt’s time the FSA heeded calls for tighter ‘free from’ labelling
The latest labelling outcry is over Halo Top’s vegan variants reportedly containing traces of dairy. It’s time the FSA clamped down on free-from claims
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NewsDutch meat trader Jan Fasen arrested over link to horsemeat scandal
Fasen was arrested by Spain’s Guardia Civil at the request of French authorities late last month
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NewsDefra kicks off anti-African swine fever border campaign
The campaign is aimed at anyone with the potential to introduce ASF to the UK
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NewsArla targets kids’ yoghurt category with new low sugar Explorers brand
The range includes the Swirl pot, Bubble pot and Squeeze pouch
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NewsKinder brings chilled kids’ snack products to the UK
Ferrero has taken its first steps into the £200m-plus kids’ chilled snack category
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NewsHeck launches first pork and chicken sausage twin-pack
The sausages were designed to cater for increasingly diverse tastes in the home, the brand said
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NewsNumber of Welsh farmers in Tesco lamb contract doubles
The contracts provide farmers with a guaranteed selling price
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NewsDefra secretary Villiers urged to reassure food sector over Brexit
Industry leaders have called on Villiers to offer ’urgent reassurances’ on future trade relationships, environmental and animal welfare standards
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NewsUK’s Christmas turkey supply under threat from heatwave
A slump in egg production could lead to a shortage at Christmas and more expensive birds
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NewsAlpro begins rollout of new pack designs
Alpro is seeking to attract new shoppers into the plant-based category with its redesign
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NewsYoung’s hires Seachill boss Simon Smith as its new CEO
The appointment follows the acquisition of Young’s earlier this month by Karro Food Group
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NewsMüller completes £50m expansion of Telford yoghurt factory
The dairy giant said the investment represented ’a major step towards reducing the UK’s dependence on imported yoghurt products’
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NewsFlamingo Produce shrugs off difficult conditions to double profits
Flamingo supplies fresh flowers, plants and veg to the mults
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket banana prices rising despite strong supply
Average banana prices have increased 3% since the end of May
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NewsFrieslandCampina brings Dutch hit Chocomel to UK
The chocolate milk is the dairy co-op’s third largest milk brand in the Netherlands
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NewsClimate emergency makes urgent transition to sustainable food system ‘essential’
The government needs to start taking action now to transition to a sustainable and healthy food system by 2030, warned a report by the RSA
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NewsFSA appoints Emily Miles as new CEO
Miles joins the regulator from Defra, and replaces Jason Feeney, who retired last month
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NewsUK lamb production bounces back after ‘shocking’ 2018
Average year-on-year deadweight lamb prices peaked at 601.9p/kg in April 2018
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NewsSpike in stockpiling as Irish exporters prepare for Brexit
However, stockpiling added a ’layer of unrecoverable cost for companies’, warned Bord Bia
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Comment & OpinionDefra’s latest food sector review may be Gove’s last chance to deliver
Michael Gove has in the past been taken to task for ‘taking the F out of Defra’