All Sourcing articles – Page 133
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News
2 Sisters fined £112,500 for flouting FSA shelf-life guidance
Poultry giant 2 Sisters Food Group has been fined over £110,000 for giving chicken products four days’ extra shelf life, thereby increasing the risk of botulism to consumers.
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Fonterra and Danone lock horns over whey protein recall
Fonterra is locked in a dispute resolution process with Danone following its precautionary recall of whey protein concentrate in August, the New Zealand dairy giant has confirmed.
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Analysis and Features
Oats bonanza in England pushing down prices
Good news for fans of porridge and other oats-based winter warmers….
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Top fruit crop beautiful but trade is urged to 'buy ugly too'
Apple growers are urging retailers and consumers to continue supporting ‘ugly’ fruit and veg…
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Profiles and QandAs
Fish sustainability: are catch-share schemes the answer?
Could a catch-share scheme offering consumers under-utilised species they fillet themselves be a route to sustainability?…
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Finlay replaces Sainsbury's tea contract with herbal & fruit
Finlay Beverages has secured a new supply deal with Sainsbury’s, two years after losing a 100-year-old tea contract with …
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Halal meat sector could get own assurance scheme
The halal meat sector could soon get its own assurance scheme, with red meat levy body Eblex currently working on draft proposals ahead of an industry meeting next month.
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Super-sweet Maggie tomato set for Europe
A new super-sweet tomato, developed by the Israel-based seed specialist behind the cherry tomato, is heading for Europe…
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Comment and Opinion
Is your business Open to Export? If so, UKTI wants to help you
It’s a startling statistic. Only 10% of the UK’s small and medium-sized food and drink enterprises export abroad…
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Cranswick adds 3,000 sows to British pig herd
Cranswick has bolstered its British pig herd with the purchase of two existing production units totalling 3,000 sows…
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Analysis and Features
Müller Wiseman to increase farmgate milk price
A wave of farmgate milk price increases will sweep through UK dairy next month…
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News
Exports rise as China opens up to pig products from the UK
Food and drink exports to China are booming thanks to a landmark deal to open up the Chinese pork market…
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Morrisons boosts own-label buying with dedicated sourcing team
Morrisons has created a specialist own-brand sourcing team to improve its own-label buying…
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Tesco pork chop supplier FA Gill fighting to clear its name
The slaughterhouse implicated in this week’s mislabelled British Tesco pork chop row has been suspended…
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Analysis and Features
Why food and drink brands lead in British export drive
Last year they were in the doldrums but now British brands have bounced back with value-added lines up 4.9%…
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SAWS migrant worker scheme axed despite farmer protests
UK growers are fuming after the government said it would not replace SAWS – the scheme that ensured an adequate supply of Romanian and Bulgarian seasonal workers for the UK horticulture industry.