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NewsNFU, Dairy UK warn against more US trade concessions as Trump arrives for state visit
US president Donald Trump yesterday suggested more discussions over the May trade deal signed between the UK and US could take place on the trip
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Comment & OpinionFood price inflation will bring down Starmer’s government
Sustained food price inflation promises to fuel a cost of living crisis which is immediately obvious to anyone who goes in a supermarket or convenience store (which probably excludes the PM), says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsWes Streeting says supermarkets will be ‘set free’ to decide how to meet new healthy food standard
Streeting said that under his plans for regulation under a new healthy food standard, retailers would be permitted to use promotions to achieve the greatest results on making baskets healthier
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NewsFood safety and hygiene enforcement on the brink amid manpower crisis
New figures reveal ‘dangerously low’ levels of manpower for food hygiene and safety inspections
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NewsBen & Jerry’s co-founders intervene in Magnum investor day to demand divestment
The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have called on The Magnum Ice Cream Company to release the brand from its ownership, as a dispute over the “erosion” of Ben & Jerry’s progressive voice boils over
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NewsFood strategy blow as Defra leadership stripped by Starmer reshuffle
Environment secretary Steve Reed and farming minister Daniel Zeichner have been moved
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NewsUnion bosses warn government not to ‘water down’ workers’ rights legislation after reshuffle
Union bosses fear policies such as “fire and rehire” and zero-hour contracts could be allowed to continue
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NewsUK woefully exposed to illegal meat smuggling, damning Efra Committee report warns
The threat to the UK of a ‘major’ animal disease outbreak was very real, warned MPs on the committee, with gaping holes in the UK’s protection
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NewsSunday trading shake-up on table as ministers aim to calm retail rates row
It’s understood the idea has been informally broached by Treasury sources
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NewsTributes flood in for salt and sugar professor who took food industry to task
Professor Graham MacGregor died peacefully with his family around him on Monday.
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Comment & OpinionLabour’s energy drink sales ban is a Monster move for public health
Health secretary Wes Streeting said the move showed how Labour was making the shift from treatment to prevention
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NewsLabour revives energy drinks ban ditched by Tories as ‘nanny state’
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed the move could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children
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NewsJo Whitfield to become first female chair of the BRC
Whitfield, whose 25 years in the industry has also included leadership roles at Asda and Matalan, will succeed former Morrisons chairman Andy Higginson
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NewsConfidence flatlines for food companies as fears grow over Reeves’ budget
A new FDF survey of its members found confidence levels in the second quarter of the year were still at ‘-40%’
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NewsHFSS promotions ban slammed despite reduction in junk food sales
Two million fewer junk food items were sold every day. But researchers from the University of Leeds concluded that the ban could have resulted in a much bigger shift
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Comment & OpinionTalking to politicians is hassle. But we must use our voice
For most of the industry there has rarely been a time when policy formulation or the response to geopolitical events has been so potentially important, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsRetailers hit out at ‘antiquated’ plans for glass in Wales deposit return scheme proposals
Retailers are urging ministers in Wales to drop their insistence on including glass, warning its compromise proposals are a recipe for failure
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NewsFood companies to begin tests on greenhouse gas footprinting
The ‘LED4Food’ programme, spearheaded by climate change experts Wrap, will introduce common methodology to allow various rival carbon footprinting systems used by food and drink companies to work in harmony
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Comment & OpinionWhy UK grocery has been so slow to speak out on Gaza famine
A fear of speaking out due to the complexity of the situation but also the potential cost and damage has suppressed action until now
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Comment & OpinionUK grocery is right to break silence on Gaza mass starvation
The scenes playing out in Gaza, with each day bringing new, heart-breaking updates, are a humanitarian tragedy