Food & Drink News

An unnamed processor currently under investigation by the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCA) has allegedly been passing up to tens of thousands of tonnes of imported pork per week as British in what is possibly the biggest food fraud and safety scandal since Horsegate in 2013.

Popular healthy drinks brand innocent will no longer be offering its vegan coconut, almond and hazelnut-flavoured smoothies due to a continued lack of interest from customers, labelling the news “nutterly disappointing”.

As the filming of Clarkson’s Farm season three continues, Jeremy’s latest business endeavour saw him launching a new spirit line by the name of ‘cow juice vodka’, which he claims is “the smoothest vodka in the coolest bottle”.

Suffolk and Essex farm shops are reporting increased footfall, as fruit and vegetable shortages have led to empty supermarket shelves. But farmers warn further shortages could be on the way as the cost of production soars.

More than half of UK consumers consider climate impact when buying food, according to a new survey by Yara.

An uproar among both farmers and farming organisations followed Aldi’s decision to abandon its longstanding pledge to only stock meat reared on British farms, with the consensus being the move couldn’t have come at a worse time for lamb producers.

In response to the mounting pressures that continue to face farm businesses, speakers at ORFC 2023 shared their views on how the industry can weather the economic storm and stressed the importance of building resilience, community support, and safeguarding mental health.

As part of its ‘Mix up Midweek with Pork’ marketing campaign, the AHDB is once again supporting the long-term demand for pig meat by promoting it as a nutritious, tasty and versatile meal choice.

Cheesemakers from across the UK have donated a whopping 295kg (650lbs) of cheese to the Royal Hospital as part of the Annual Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses, getting the festive season into swing.

Government faces a stark choice: back British food production in order to secure a home-grown supply of sustainable food or risk seeing more empty shelves in the nation’s supermarkets, the NFU warned today.

Former Director General of MI5, The Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB said home grown food production is integral to our national security, at the NFU’s 2022 Henry Plumb Memorial Lecture.

Upcoming regulatory changes could see a large amount of British meat exports heading to the EU become non-compliant overnight, which will have a detrimental effect on farmers, processors and the economy alike, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has warned.