Waitrose announced plans to build its own plant to produce frozen meat products following its recall of frozen beef meatballs and beef hamburgers for testing.
A recent report found that ocean acidification could result in sediments contaminated with metals becoming more toxic and harming the animals that graze on that sediment.
The latest 4Q report from fish farmer Grieg Seafood ASA shows volumes have increased in Norway, but the company experienced “extraordinarily weaker results” in its U.K. and Canadian operations.
The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency has published the results of its first set of industry tests of beef products for the presence of horse meat.
The survey will use specialised analytical techniques to provide information about the possible presence of horse or pig DNA in a range of beef products available to UK consumers.
Beefeater Gin is to open London’s first ever gin distillery visitor center. The development at the historic Beefeater gin distillery in Kennington will open later in 2013.
The UK government plans to introduce calorie labels on the bottles of wine, spirits and beer sold in the country to control consumers from over consumption of alcoholic drinks.