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NewsFSA vows to tackle SPS uncertainty as date for EU summit announced
The FSA has been holding a series of workshops with the food sector to try to prepare for the outcome of the negotiations, but admitted there was major uncertainty across the supply chain
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NewsCBD products risk being driven off shelf, health watchdog warned
The Cannabis Trades Association said there was ‘increasing concern’ that the SPS dynamic alignment would drive CBD away from its status as a regulated consumer food product to become “quasi-medicinal, pharmacy-only” products
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NewsFarming income figures mask problems facing the sector
Defra data showed the £1.4bn (20.5%) rise in the nation’s total income from farming was driven by two sectors: beef and dairy
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NewsFSA given government funds to launch new mandatory health targets
The FSA said today the DHSC was providing the funds after concerns were raised that the watchdog did not have the resources to take on the major new role
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NewsBritish consumers concerned about production standards of imported food, Red Tractor says
Some 39% of people surveyed by Red Tractor said imports should be clearly labelled, with just 2% believing they should be allowed without restriction
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NewsNew farming minister announced as Angela Eagle leaves post
He replaces Angela Eagle, the new security minister at both the Home Office and the Cabinet Office
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NewsTalks to revive Wales DRS as documents lift lid on glass row
Sources are suggesting there is fresh hope the new Plaid Cymru government may be more open to engaging with industry concerns over the inclusion of glass than its predecessor
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NewsScottish government rules out ‘moving goalposts’ on new nutrient profiling model
The Scottish government said it had ‘heard the message’ from the food industry it would be wrong to shift the goalposts
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Comment & OpinionThe Good Food Cycle needs more than a quick oil – it needs political will
The UK government risks getting stuck in permanent short-term mode – and that’s a problem for farmers, food sector workers and the public alike, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsRed Bull boss Peter Charles spreads his wings to BSDA role
Peter Charles replaces William Watkins, founder and owner of Radnor Hills, who is stepping down at the end of his term
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News‘Dominant’ Treasury could prompt an alcohol duty rethink, says Suntory Global Spirits MD
A freeze or cut to alcohol duty would provide much-needed relief to the sector, with suppliers having swallowed three rises since August 2023
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NewsWeight-loss pills granted UK regulatory approval
Wegovy tablets have been approved by the UK’s MHRA
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NewsCBD manufacturers in ‘limbo’ as EU reset sparks approval doubts
Thousands of applications for CBD food and drink products are in “limbo” amid uncertainty over the government’s SPS re-alignment negotiations with the EU
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NewsZack Polanski backs campaigners calling for CO2 stunning ban for pigs
The politician joined animal welfare advocacy group Project Slingshot as it projected a video of pigs ‘being slaughtered inside CO2 gas chambers’
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NewsObesity ‘moonshot’ at risk from industry lobbying, claim health groups
NGOs and medical leaders have warned it would be an economic disaster for the government to listen to calls from the food industry for a rowback on measures outlined in Wes Streeting’s 10-year NHS plan
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NewsHospitality ‘bites back’ at social media junk claims
Youth charity Bite Back accused the UK’s biggest fast food chains of using social media to bypass the new restrictions on HFSS advertising
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NewsUK facing ‘nutrition gap’, with millions missing out on vital nutrients, Arla warns
The ‘nutrition gap’ was most pronounced among teenage girls, with almost a fifth not consuming enough calcium during peak bone-building years, revealed Arla’s first annual ‘Plate of the Nation’ report
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NewsSupermarket CEOs demand Keir Starmer acts on retail jobs crisis
The CEOs of Asda, Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons hit out at a lack of opportunities for young people and accused the government of making their plight worse with a bombardment of expensive regulation
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NewsHealthy diet requires 85% of disposable income for lower-income families
The Broken Plate report, published today by the Food Foundation, shows households with children in the lowest 20% of incomes are finding it increasingly difficult to feed their families with nutritious food
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NewsBakkafrost accused of misleading regulators after dead and diseased fish found at site
Animal Equality UK said the business misled authorities about the true status of its apparently fallow Loch Torridon site