TRS, a UK-based establishment, has recalled its milk powder as the product was repackaged in an unapproved establishment that does not meet the Food Hygiene Regulations 2006 and requirements of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004, according to the ...
Welsh Country Foods (WCF) is closing its lamb processing business in the Island of Anglesey, UK, with immediate effect, a move which will result in 310 job losses. The plant closure comes after the completion of a 90-day consultation ...
UK-based retailer Asda is recalling its own-brand Tomato and Onion Dip as some of the packs may contain a Raita product that contains milk and egg, which are not mentioned on the product label. According to the UK Food Standards Agency ...
Tags: Asda, Own-Brand Tomato, Onion, Agriculture
Pig farmers turned sausage manufacturers Debbie and Andrew Keeble are set to launch their premium sausage brand Heck in Tesco on April 8, in direct competition with their former family brand Debbie & Andrew's sausages. What the Heck: ...
Two leading City analysts are recommending investors sell shares in Booker – the UK's largest cash-and-carry wholesaler – as the firm posted another rise in sales. Booker is 'the highest rated UK food retailer by a country ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Dutch food firm Vion has completed the sale of its red meat and poultry activities to UK-based 2 Sisters Food. The sale included 11 processing facilities, including those in Coupar Angus, Cambuslang and Portlethen. The deal is expected ...
Tags: Vion, Red Meat, Poultry Operations
Britain’s food and drink exports are remaining resilient during the recession – with total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports for last year maintaining their value of 12.1bn, according to the Food and and Drink Federation ...
Tags: Food exports, drink exports, alcoholic drink
UK-based retailer Asda has recalled its Smart Price Potato Salad as the product may contain peanuts, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The FSA has issued an allergy alert and noted that this product is a possible health ...
Tags: Asda, Smart Price Potato Salad, peanuts
2 Sisters Food, a UK-based chicken meat processing company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Dutch food firm Vion's red meat and poultry activities for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, 2 Sisters Food will acquire ...
The 2 Sisters Food Group has bought Vion’s UK poultry and red meat businesses for an undisclosed sum. 2 Sisters has acquired Vion UK's red meat and poultry businesses The company said the acquisition will help to meet growing ...
The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that about 29 beef samples were found to be positive for the horsemeat, out of the 2501 beef samples that were tested in response to the ongoing horsemeat contamination scandal. The agency ...
Tags: FSA, beef samples, horsemeat
Three men have been arrested in the UK on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act by police investigating allegations horsemeat was mislabelled as beef. Dyfed-Powys Police in Wales yesterday (14 February) made arrests at two plants that ...
Police have raided three more premises in the UK as the investigation into the horsemeat contamination continues. The UK Food Standards Agency said it joined police and local authority officials to swoop on a site in Hull and two in ...
Tags: UK, horsemeat contamination, FSA
Results from the first set of UK tests on beef products for horsemeat have in the main cleared the country's retailers. Products from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, The Co-operative Group and Iceland Foods tested negative for traces of ...
Tags: UK FSA, Horsemeat, Test Results