Foodservice News and Information

  • FSA raids meat plant

    THE FOOD Standards Agency (FSA) and police have shut down two meat premises, one in West Yorkshire and the other in West Wales.   The plants were raided as part of the ongoing investigation into the mislabelling of meat products.… Read More

  • Caterers criticised in horse meat scandal

    LABOUR HAS criticised the reaction of caterers and the hospitality sector to the horse meat scandal.   While the retailers have reacted with “speed” following the discoveries of horse and pork meat in beef products, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh… Read More

  • “Big Conversation” kicks off

    THE HOSPITALITY and tourism industry is pledging to reduce youth unemployment by encouraging work placements, apprenticeships and job opportunities across the industry during the next three years.   The British Hospitality Association’s “Big Conversation for Hospitality”, launched in London on… Read More

  • Nutritional labelling consultation

    THE BRITISH Retail Consortium has launched a consultation to seek views on what the new front of pack nutritional labelling system for food should look like.       In October 2012, all four UK administrations made a joint announcement… Read More

  • “Tougher” tests on beef products agreed

    FOOD SECRETARY Owen Paterson has told Sky News that an “international conspiracy” could be at the centre of the horse meat scandal. LACA confident that school food not contaminated   His comments came following an emergency meeting with food retailers… Read More

  • All food firms must test meat

    ALL FOOD businesses have been ordered to conduct authenticity tests on all beef products, such as beef burgers, meatballs and lasagne, and provide the results to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) by the end of next week.   This morning… Read More

  • Reform for European fisheries policy

    THE EUROPEAN Parliament today voted to back a major reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The new proposals aim to cut fishing to sustainable stock levels, end dumping at sea (discards), and base long-term planning on sound scientific… Read More

  • New testing regime

    TESTS ON MEAT products will be made publicly available under a new scheme agreed between food authorities and the food industry yesterday.   The decision was taken at a meeting to address how testing can maintain consumer confidence in the… Read More

  • Fairtrade farmers enjoy lift in sales and numbers

    THE TOTAL number of small-scale farmers involved in Fairtrade schemes has topped one million. By the end of 2011, sales revenues on Fairtrade terms were also 26% higher than the previous year.   The data comes rom a stretching new… Read More

  • Meat needs higher value, says WWF

    PLACING GREATER value on meat could help to cut consumption with knock-on benefits for the environment and health, according to a new report published by WWF-UK and the Food Ethics Council (FEC).     High meat consumption has been associated… Read More