Foodservice News and Information
Foodservice companies double efforts to check supplies
FOODSERVICE COMPANIES have reacted to help calm concerned clients and customers following the horsemeat scandals. So far the discovery of horse DNA has been limited to products in the retail supply chain, but foodservice companies assured that checks are…
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.…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
