All Government policy articles
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NewsSupermarkets urge government to extend Healthy Start scheme
A new report from The Food Foundation has found that households on Universal Credit including pregnant women, babies and young children, only qualify if they earn under £408 a month
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NewsSainsbury’s brings back £3 Healthy Start top-up
Users can spend the e-gift card on on fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses, including fresh, frozen, tinned and dried products
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NewsScrap failing plastic tax in budget, demand supermarkets and manufacturers
With days to go before the budget, trade bodies say the time has come for the PRN “plastic tax” to be canned altogether
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Analysis & FeaturesModern slavery: the small brands funding survivors’ fresh starts
It can feel like it takes the resources of a big company to shift the dial on the worsening modern slavery problem. But as these challenger brands show, startups and SMEs can make a real difference too
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NewsHalt decline of local UK abattoirs, government urged
More than nine out of 10 of Britain’s abattoirs have disappeared since the 1970s, falling from around 2,500 to just 200 today
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: EasyShop, Asda and budget concerns
EasyShop’s Stelios Haji-Ioannou is confident, but the likes of Amazon have struggled to establish a foothold in grocery
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InterviewsMeet the FSA’s standard bearer: Katie Pettifer
FSA chief Katie Pettifer says public trust in food is ‘precious’. But with food retail changing faster than ever, she explains why regulation must evolve
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Category ReportScottish grocery braces for government interventions
How ready is Scotland for HFSS legislation? And what other challenges is the Scottish food and drink industry facing?
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NewsDefra defends food resilience record at tough Commons inquiry
MPs have called Defra’s plans for food supply disruption ‘massively behind the curve’
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Comment & OpinionWhy are we still using 20-year-old rules to decide which foods are unhealthy?
Burgers and crisps widely seen as unhealthy are still passing the government’s ad and promotion rules because the test they’re judged against is more than 20 years out of date, says Katharine Jenner, executive director at Obesity Health Alliance
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NewsOrganic sector welcomes government action plan for growth
The plan sets out measures to grow the domestic market including advice and support for farmers considering the transition to organic production and more opportunities to sell organic food in the UK
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Comment & OpinionFood fraud: A new era of corporate criminal exposure
Three legislative reforms have converged to make food fraud prosecutions far easier – and most food businesses haven’t caught up, says Richard Reichman, specialist food safety lawyer at BCL Solicitors
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NewsBrits’ fibre intake appears to fall as fibremaxxing trend reaches its peak
Fibre volumes across total take-home food & drink fell by 0.5% in the year to 9 August
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Comment & OpinionEvery extra cost makes affordable food harder to deliver
After 21 years at the BRC, Andrew Opie has one parting message for policymakers: every tax, charge and regulation added to the food chain comes at a cost to affordability and jobs.
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NewsFWD welcomes warehouse tax u-turn but warns rates burden remains
Chancellor John Healey is reported to have ruled out a warehouse tax at the weekend following a backlash from retail bosses
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NewsM&S urges Burnham to get SPS deal ‘done’ as EU summit confirmed for 20 November
Burnham told MPs on Monday that failing to forge closer links with Europe would be a ‘dereliction of duty’
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Analysis & FeaturesCan regional food groups find a path to survival?
After the 1990s heyday of regional food groups, such local champions have faded out. What – if anything – has taken their place?
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NewsFood sales grow in September but shoppers ‘remain cautious’ as budget looms
Retail sales growth ‘remained subdued’ in September, according to the latest BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor
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NewsEurope’s food security threatened by climate-linked productivity slump
Economist Enterprise’s Resilient Food System Index warned Europe was becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks
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NewsM&S and John Lewis bosses set out budget demands for Chancellor
M&S chief Stuart Machin said he had written to John Healey directly ‘to set out what needs to change’