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UK Food Industry Fails to Achieve PHE's 5% Sugar Reduction Target

Jun 12, 2018

The UK food industry has fallen short of the 5% target of sugar reduction across food products set by Public Health England (PHE) in the first year of its 4-year sugar reduction program. According to a report unveiled by the executive ...

Tags: Food Industry, Sugar

Coveris to Divest Americas Packaging Business for $1.32bn

Apr 4, 2018

Packaging manufacturer Coveris has agreed to divest its Americas packaging business to Transcontinental (TC Transcontinental) in a deal worth $1.320bn. Coveris Americas, which is a subsidiary of Sun Capital Partners portfolio firm ...

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Food Industry Leaders Call for Rapid Progress on Brexit Trade Talks

Dec 15, 2017

Food industry leaders have urged the UK and European Union (EU) policy makers to make swift progress on Brexit trade negotiations. FoodDrinkEurope and the UK Food and Drink Federation have issued a joint statement on the progress of ...

Tags: Food industry, Trade Talks

Coveris Introduces New Recovery System

Nov 16, 2017

Packaging firm Coveris has introduced a new recovery system, Recoveris, which allows the delamination and separation of label stock from silicone backing paper for reprocessing. The company has deployed the new recovery system at its ...

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Coveris Invests in Hosokawa Alpine Coextrusion Lines

Sep 5, 2017

Packaging solutions provider Coveris has invested in two Hosokawa Alpine coextrusion lines to expand its business in food and consumer sectors across the UK. Coveris signed an agreement with KPMG, the administrators of Gelpack Excelsior, ...

Tags: Packaging, Coveris

Kingsmoor Provides Packaging Solutions for Irish Food Company Greencore

Sep 5, 2017

Kingsmoor Packaging, a Somerset-based thermoforming company, has developed food grade packaging solutions for Irish food company Greencore’s grab and go lunch options. Kingsmoor has provided around four packaging solutions for 11of ...

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Food Standards Agency Warns 700, 000 Contaminated Eggs Distributed to UK

Aug 14, 2017

The UK Food Standards Agency said investigations into the Fipronil incident in Europe continue and it has now established that more eggs from affected farms than previously identified came to the UK. It is very unlikely that these eggs ...

Tags: eggs, processed foods

UK's Bradburys Cheese Installs Ulma Packaging's Flowrapping Technology

Jun 26, 2017

UK food company Bradburys Cheese has installed Ulma Packaging’s high-speed flowrapping technology at its Buxton facility. Bradburys has produced a new range of mini portions of its selection of cheeses with the support of Artic ...

Tags: Packaging, high-speed flowrapping technology

Public Health England Publishes Guidelines on Reducing Sugar in Food

Apr 5, 2017

Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the UK's Department of Health, has published new guidelines designed to reduce the amount of sugar in nine food product categories. The public health body is challenging manufacturers to ...

Tags: Sugar, PHE

UK's Morrisons Starts Search for Best Local Food Producers

Mar 1, 2017

Morrisons is starting a search for the best local food producers who can help to feed the nation, as a new report calls for the UK to be more self-sufficient in food production and new consumer research shows an increasing appetite from ...

Tags: Food Producers, food

Cranswick Acquires Northern Irish Pork Processing Business Dunbia Ballymena

Nov 21, 2016

UK food producer Cranswick has acquired Northern Irish pork processing business Dunbia Ballymena for an undisclosed amount. Cranswick purchased the entire issued capital of Dunbia Ballymena’s pork business for cash. Dunbia ...

Tags: Cranswick, food producer

UK Food and Beverage Sector Remains Unaffected by EU Referendum

Aug 3, 2016

According to the latest research conducted by business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK, after a strong first quarter deal activity in the food and beverage sector has declined this quarter, due to market uncertainty in the ...

Tags: UK Food, Beverage

Commission Approves Sysco's Acquisition of Brakes

Jun 14, 2016

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Brakes, the largest UK food distributor, by Sysco, the largest US food distributor. The Commission found that the takeover would not adversely ...

Tags: Commission, Sysco's acquisition of brakes

Salt of The Earth Targets Sodium Reduction in The UK

May 23, 2016

In response to the new sodium reduction regulations in the UK market, Salt of the Earth has announced its new strategy for the UK food processing and food service markets. The company selected three well-known distributors in two UK ...

Tags: UK market, food service markets

Lessons to Be Learnt From UK Food Fraud

Apr 21, 2016

There are some serious lessons to be learnt for businesses in the food industry when examining a unique case of food fraud out of the UK this week. Facts of the fraudulent scenario The guilty culprit, Yakub Moosa Yusuf, was sentenced to ...

Tags: UK Food Fraud

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