All articles by Richard Ford – Page 55
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Producers urge Defra to close clone ID loophole
The National Beef Association is calling for a new code to be added to cattle documentation to ensure cloned animals and their offspring can be identified and traced easily. In the wake of news that 'cloned meat' had entered the UK...
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Arla Foods muscles into cottage cheese with own-label lines
Arla Foods has made its debut in UK cottage cheese and taken half the own-label market in one go. The UK subsidiary of the Scandinavian dairy giant started supplying own-label cottage cheese to Tesco last week and will supply Asda from...
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Noble secures finance for more acquisitions
Noble Foods, the nation's biggest egg supplier, is gearing up for new acquisitions to increase its market share outside eggs. The news comes as financial results filed last week at Companies House for the year to 30 September 2009...
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Nocton lets out its cows following public pressure
Nocton Dairies has bowed to public pressure over its plans to establish a dairy in which most cows would be kept indoors by deciding to allow the majority of cows to graze. The original plan for Nocton Dairies' 8,100-cow herd in...
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Huntapac launches its first vegetable brand
Carrot packer Huntapac is looking to do for carrots what Rooster has done for potatoes with the launch of Roots, its first-ever consumer-facing vegetable brand. The company, which supplies root vegetables and salad crops to Tesco, Marks...
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RSPCA flagged up cloned meat risks back in 2008
The RSPCA warned Defra of the danger of 'cloned meat' entering the UK food chain as early as March 2008, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. Last week, the Food Standards Agency confirmed meat from the offspring of a cloned animal had...
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How can the industry see off another attack of the clones?
Given Defra was warned in 2008 about products derived from cloned animals, why was action not taken? And what happens now, asks Richard Ford
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NewsWhat does the milk price war mean for the future of dairy?
A pint of milk selling for just 12.5p. How is this possible? What must the new milk price war be costing? And who will it impact the most? Richard Ford reports
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Suppliers say cloning is not a food safety issue
The meat industry has hit back at suggestions that the discovery of meat from a cloned animal in the UK could spiral into a crisis of similar magnitude to BSE in the 1990s.Industry representatives said it was vital to make it clear to...
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Mums beware! Charlie and Lola hit dairy aisle
Milk Link is predicting an outbreak of pester power after teaming up with BBC Worldwide to launch a strawberry milk drink featuring characters from hit children's TV show Charlie and Lola. Called Charlie and Lola Pink Milk (rsp: £1.29),...
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NewsMilk is the new beer as price war erupts
Asda kicked off a milk price war last weekend after pledging not to sell alcohol below cost and "to invest in core grocery essentials like milk instead".
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Export plans hampered by Defra? Call The Grocer
A lucrative export deal to Russia is a step closer for Singleton's Dairy after The Grocer intervened in negotiations with Defra to speed up the process. The dairy, which has won the Queen's Award for Export twice, had lined up £65,000...
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Birds Eye sizes up market for natural fish products
Birds Eye is investigating the market potential for a new range of natural fish and seafood products in the UK, less than a month after news emerged that it had called time on its Naked & Natural fish range. The frozen food...
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NewsI Can’t Believe It’s Not Cheddar set for 2011 launch
Competition in the low-fat Cheddar category is set to hot up next year, with Milk Link launching I Can't Believe It's Not Cheddar, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. ICBINC is a 100%-cheese product that contains 30% less fat than standard...
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New EU stance on GM crops ‘sets clock back’
New EU rules on the cultivation of GM crops have been slammed by food and farming groups as a wholesale failure to bring clarity to the issue. The European Commission this week announced what it claimed was a more “flexible approach” to…
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NewsDry weather threatens cauli & cabbage supply
Retailers could be faced with a shortage of British-grown brassicas in the autumn and winter as the dry weather affects growing conditions, producers have warned.
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NewsMoy’s new muscle
Backed by Brazilian meat processing giant Marfrig, and with a major restructure, Moy Park is in the black again, managing director Nigel Dunlop tells Richard Ford
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Birds Eye unveils plan to drive sustainability
Birds Eye is rolling out a health and sustainability programme to drive supply chain efficiencies and educate shoppers about the benefits of frozen food. Forever Food is a five-year plan that will encompass all of Birds Eye's existing...
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Asda offers beef farmers greater pricing security
Asda is introducing pre-agreed prices into some of its beef farmer contracts in a move that producers claim could set a blueprint for the industry. Under the terms of the contract, Asda will agree to pay farmers £2.70/kg for their...
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Highland Game takeover boosts its clout in venison
Venison processor Highland Game is set to double the size of its business to become the UK's biggest game supplier after snaring English game dealer Rick Bestwick.The takeover, for an undisclosed sum, became effective on 1 July and means...