Foodstuffs & Beverages

FDF 'relief' at FSA reprieval (23 July 2010)
“We were relieved to hear the news about the future of the Food Standards Agency,” says Julian Hunt of the FDF. “We'd seen the Press reports it was to be axed, and had heard similar rumours around the Westminster village but it wasn’t entirely clear whether there was truth in it.” More..

Castle MacLellan lay on a royal spread (22 July 2010)
The Queen visited the fishing town of Kirkcudbright to meet the staff of Castle MacLellan Foods and learn about the positive impact the company’s pâté business provides to the local economy More..

Senior appointments for food training body (22 July 2010)
Two senior appointments have been made at Improve, the food and drink sector skills council and The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing More..

Potato heads toot approval (22 July 2010)
The new livery of potato supplier Branston is really attracting attention – so much so, motorists have been tooting their approval More..

Honeytop completes major expansion (22 July 2010)
David Laurence, joint MD of Honeytop Speciality Foods, is upbeat when asked how it dealt with the Recession, saying it hadn't experienced one but was enjoying the subsequent upturn in the economy More..

Alert: Litigation threat for food companies (21 July 2010)
With companies more likely to take legal action than they were a year ago, food & beverage sector businesses should take advice as soon as they know a dispute is looming More..

Alert: Litigation threat for food companies (21 July 2010)
With companies more likely to take legal action than they were a year ago, food & beverage sector businesses should take advice as soon as they know a dispute is looming More..

National Centre for Food Manufacturing has full package (16 July 2010)
The University of Lincoln's National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) has recently been running a range of food packaging related trials More..

The technology of fruit (16 July 2010)
Fruit Focus is said to be the leading technical event for the fruit industry, and is taking place at East Malling Research Centre in Kent on Wednesday 21 July 2010 More..

Coffee trumps tea in supermarket sales (15 July 2010)
Supermarket shoppers spend a third more on coffee than tea. Shoppers in Wales spend the most on coffee in the UK. Londoners spend 23% less than the Welsh on coffee. More..