Published: Jun 27, 2012

The Scottish Food Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency is holding an open meeting in Aberdeen on Tuesday 3 July 2012.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Frozen Value has withdrawn Picard Chocolate and Pistachio Cones because of incorrect allergy information on the product label.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have discovered why the micronutrient selenium is important to the survival of Campylobacter bacteria, which are responsible for an estimated half a million cases of food poisoning annually in the UK alone. Kn

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: FSA

Frozen Value has withdrawn Picard Chocolate and Pistachio Cones because of incorrect allergy information on the product label. The affected products, with a ‘best before’ date of March 2013, contain traces of peanut that isn’t mentioned on the label. If y

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: BBC

Britain is being taken to court by the European Commission in a battle over a £15m unpaid tax bill on imports of Chinese garlic.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

British frozen food chain Iceland has reported record profits but admitted a flurry of discount vouchers from supermarket rivals is impacting sales.

Published: Jun 22, 2012

The average intake of salt in the UK population has fallen from 9.5 grams per day to 8.1, however consumption is still a long way from the 6 grams a day WHO target, says the UK Department of Health.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Children in inner city London are particularly vulnerable to obesity as a result of regular consumption of high fat, salt and sugar fast foods, according to a survey published by online journal BMJ.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Finance houses BC Partners and Blackstone are working together but would not confirm reports of a joint $3bn bid for multi national frozen food business Iglo.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The growing power of large retailers is one of the five top challenges that will force consolidation in the frozen bakery industry, warns a new report from Rabobank Food and Agri Research.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

There have been some “early expressions of interest” in supermarket supplier Peters Bakery, which went into administration last week (June 12).

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The convenience food manufacturer Symington’s has acquired the family-owned baking business Victoria Foods.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Anne Bruce

Morrisons “is between a rock and a hard place” after stepping up food manufacturing in recent years, analysts have suggested.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Scottish red meat industry made a record £2.1bn contribution to the economy of Scotland last year, according to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: David Burrows

They used to be a hard sell for a niche agenda, but eco labels exploded on to the mainstream and now consolidation is on its way.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Exeter Magistrates have ordered St Austell Brewery to pay nearly £19,000 in fines and costs after workers refurbishing a Devon pub were exposed to deadly asbestos dust without adequate protection.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

More than 100 staff have lost their jobs at the Scarborough firm Bakery Products, confirms administrator the P&A Partnership.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Birmingham Balti Association has applied for EU protected status for the city’s Balti curries.

Published: Jun 22, 2012

Further batches of Pasaka Vermiseliai Pasta have been recalled by Lituanica UK Ltd.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Despite a “tough” year, UK dairy cooperative First Milk has posted pre-tax earnings of more than £13m – a figure significantly boosted by the sale of its shareholding in Robert Wiseman Dairies.