Published: Oct 12, 2012 By: Mike Stones

William Jackson Food Group, owner of the Aunt Bessie Yorkshire pudding brand, has acquired the online organic food delivery business Abel & Cole for an undisclosed sum.

Published: Oct 12, 2012

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising people that eating lead-shot game on a frequent basis can expose them to potentially harmful levels of lead.

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Andy Morton

A televison advert for Wells and Young's Bombardier beer breached regulatory standards because it linked drinking alcohol to sexual performance, the UK's media watchdog has ruled.

Published: Oct 11, 2012

UK-based dairy cooperative and processing firm First Milk has launched its sustainability report which outlines its plans to develop a sustainable supply chain.

Published: Oct 11, 2012

Myprotein recalls one batch code of its own brand Free Range Liquid Egg Whites due to salmonella contamination

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

One of the UK’s largest manufacturers of chilled and frozen pizzas, Paramount Foods, has made 118 workers − more than 25% of its workforce − redundant after losing a key contract to supply Morrisons.

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood

Buying British produce and tapping into soaring demand from abroad for high-quality goods will help boost the UK food industry and create jobs, says Owen Paterson, the new secretary of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Lithuanian men may have been trafficked into the UK specifically for exploitation in the food industry, according to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Fears of soaring food prices are mounting after the National Farmers Union (NFU) warned that wheat yields in England were down by almost 15% on the five-year average, while poor harvests around the world and the global thirst for biofuels continued to dri

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers to beware food and drink containing liquid nitrogen, following emergency surgery to remove the stomach of a teenager who allegedly drank an alcoholic cocktail containing the chemical.

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Hundreds of food and drink industry leaders packed The Lancaster Hotel in London this week for the grocery think-tank IGD annual convention. Thronging the conference hall were some prolific tweeters. Here, we bring you a selection of their best Tweets.

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Gary Scattergood and Mike Stones

Major manufacturing firms are unlikely to be tempted by chancellor George Osborne’s flagship employee ownership policy announced at the Conservative Party Conference, says the UK’s leading business organisation. Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King als

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The grocery think tank IGD has pledged to work with government and industry to reach agreement on labelling, after Sainsbury boss Justin King urged the food industry to adopt universal front-of-pack nutritional labelling, combining multiple traffic lights

Published: Oct 10, 2012

UK-based Lubna Foods is recalling certain batches of Manzoor and Chuwara Supreme dry dates as they may contain insects, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Published: Oct 10, 2012

UK-based Lightbody Ventures is recalling two varieties of its Annabel Karmel Chewy Bars as the products may contain insects, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Published: Oct 10, 2012

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is evaluating an application from the Canadian company Bioneutra for the approval to market a carbohydrate as a novel food ingredient for use in a range of foods.

Published: Oct 10, 2012

UK-based food manufacturer Hain Daniels, a subsidiary of Hain Celestial, has announced its plans to launch Greek Gods,a Greek style yogurt.

Published: Oct 09, 2012

Paramount Foods, Deeside, Wales, was spun off from Dutch food group Vion just last month, but now the private label pizza manufacturer has spun into bankruptcy and the administrators are looking for a buyer.

Published: Oct 09, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Food and drink manufacturers could look forward to more support from government to help them lift their exports, following the results of a new study commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Published: Oct 09, 2012

British multinational grocery Tesco is upgrading about 300 of its ready meal ranges, without transferring any extra price to consumers.