UK government
Back to the future on food regulations
Plans for the UK to realign with EU food laws will reduce import costs but leave a raft of unanswered questions including over the future for cell-cultivated meat.
A plan for the land
England’s first ever land use framework aims to maintain domestic food production while freeing land for nature, development and energy. Can it carry off such a delicate balancing act?
Intensive chicken production risks breaking welfare laws
Animal welfare campaigners have warned chicken farmers they could be breaking the law by rearing fast-growing breeds. The Humane League UK (THL UK) has sent letters to 1,600 chicken farmers across the UK along with the four largest poultry producers…
New figures on carrier bag use published
ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN organisation WRAP has published the latest data that shows that 8.1 billion thin-gauge (single-use) bags were used by supermarket customers in the UK in 2012, a rise of 1.3% on 2011. Overall data shows that the amount…
