Harrogate Spring Water faces a decisive planning vote over its Harrogate bottling plant expansion, with critics arguing the loss of Rotary Wood sits uneasily beside Danone’s forest commitments and wider corporate nature claims.
US packaging EPR is moving firmly into operations. Producer reporting is now forcing food businesses to assemble packaging data they never centralised before.
London Packaging Week’s awards deadline is approaching fast. Food-pack innovation is being judged as much on performance and compliance as design.
AIC has set out new fertiliser priorities for ministers. Finance, CBAM clarity, and market visibility remain central to the UK input outlook.
The April edition of IN Food is available to read. This edition tracks how tighter scrutiny is reshaping food manufacturing across regulation, process control, packaging, poultry, contaminant detection, and EPR.
Arla is taking GLP-1 companion dairy concepts to Barcelona. Smaller, protein-dense formats are moving quickly from niche nutrition into mainstream dairy development.
Mars and ofi are scaling regenerative cocoa work in Ecuador. The programme links agroforestry, lower-carbon inputs, and farm resilience more directly to long-term ingredient security.
A new supply-chain coalition is forming ahead of key EUDR milestones. The move sharpens the debate over traceability, smallholder inclusion, and workable compliance for food ingredient supply chains.
A new Hokkaido model aims to track fish freshness continuously. The approach could support shelf-life forecasting, quality control, and lower seafood waste across longer export chains.
ProAmpac is broadening its dairy packaging offer for processors globally. The range spans films, lidding, butter wraps, pouches, and powder bags with recyclable and fibre-based options.