Elizabeth Truss, a member of the Conservative Party representing South West Norfolk, was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
The beef kill last week dropped under the 30,000 mark for only the second time this year. This confirms reports from throughout the country that cattle supplies have been tightening in recent weeks.
Diet and health are still of strategic importance to the food and drink industries, notes Campden BRI, with targets still being set by the UK’s Food Standards Agency and Department of Health
Ulma Packaging Ltd has received an accolade at a prestigious international industry awards ceremony in the United States after developing the machinery for a project that created an exciting pack format for poultry.
A new addition to Sirane’s Sea-Fresh range helps maintain the freshness of live seafood during transportation – and increase its value when it goes to market.
Tri-Star Packaging is promising visitors to lunch! 2014 that it will “blow their socks off” with new concepts so exciting they will never look at food-to-go packaging in the same way again.
Mettler-Toledo Safeline Metal Detection has expanded its comprehensive range of product inspection technologies with the addition of the L Series Pipeline metal detectors.
Customers of major UK supermarkets used 8.3 billion single-use plastic carrier bags last year. This is an increase of 3.2 per cent on 2012, when 8.1 billion bags were used.
SPX has released a new light duty (LD) scraped surface heat exchanger (SSHE) designed using proven components for assured reliability, efficiency and value.
Echo Falls, the UK’s third largest wine brand, has signed British fashion designer Holly Fulton to develop a limited edition wine range launching in July 2014.
Arla Food’s milk brand Cravendale has launched its sponsorship of Cineworld’s Movies For Juniors, the UK’s biggest kids cinema club, which offers discounted tickets to families.
