All Sourcing articles – Page 99
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Faccenda defends welfare record in face of vegan complaints
Vegan campaign group PETA complained to the ASA about Faccenda’s ‘misleading’ claims of animal welfare on its website
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2 Sisters to close Cambuslang plant with loss of 450 jobs
The poultry giant said its loss-making factory would close in August after a consultation failed to present any ‘credible proposal to change our view’
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Cranswick warns meat companies to improve transparency
The meat giant’s Radical Transparency report warned suppliers needed to demonstrate greater accountability
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Long-term decline in landings 'affecting scampi supplies'
The supplier has increased the amount it pays crews in a bid to halt a decline in supply, with landings in key fisheries the Clyde and Irish Sea were down 18% last year
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2 Sisters pledges 90% recyclable plastic packaging by 2020
The company said the move would almost double the amount of recyclable packaging used in its supply chain, which currently stands at 47%
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Iceland to remove palm oil from all own label food
The frozen food specialist doesn’t believe it is possible to source palm oil sustainably
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Live animal export ban consultation launched
Consultation follows introduction of mandatory CCTV in abattoirs and increasing the maximum sentence for cruelty offences
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Exotic meats: on the brink of supermarket extinction?
Last week, Lidl became the final UK retailer to announce it would no longer stock kangaroo meat
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Organic industry works hard to prevent fraud
Chris Elliot’s concern over organic food fraud is thoughtful and gratefully received, but somewhat misplaced
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Mults under pressure over New Zealand lamb facings
Supermarkets are stocking nearly twice as much British lamb this Easter as last year
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Leaf Marque certification for a third of UK produce
The percentage of UK grown produce matching Leaf standards hit 36% this year
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Lidl to stop selling kangaroo meat from June
The discounter cited ‘customer tastes’ and ‘changing preferences’ among its considerations in taking the decision
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QMS explores DNA tracebility system for PGI Scotch Beef
It is set to launch a study looking at the benefits and implementation of an official scheme
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Calls to secure profitability for food producers & growers
The calls came at a meeting of the Efra Committee to discuss Defra’s command paper about future agricultural policy
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Cost of Russell Hume investigation approaching £750,000 and counting: FSA
Costs expected to continue risisng, suggests FSA CEO Jason Feeney as regulatpr’s investigation is ongoing
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Welfare groups ramp up pressure for method of production labelling
The Labelling Matters coalition gearing up for a major campaign calling for labelling on all meat and dairy prodeucts in the ‘near future’
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UK customers ready for lab-grown meat 'within a decade'
Research suggests two-fifths of UK consumers believe they will be eating lab-grown meat and fish by 2028
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Heck to alter sausage pack artwork following Times article
Brand insists it has not misled consumers after article misled shoppers by suggesting all animals in its supply chain grazed outside
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Aldi to switch to fully sustainable cocoa by end of 2018
The discounter said own-brand cocoa would be sourced only from Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ-certified farms
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FSA to re-examine raw milk restrictions as consumption rises
There has been a five-fold increase in UK raw drinking milk (RDM) production from 2012 to 2017…