Category: News
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Aldi and Arla have begun tracking recycled milk bottles digitally. Invisible UV tags on wrap-around labels will record packaging at participating recovery facilities without changing visible artwork or production speed.
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Food-sector ransomware attacks have already reached 220 during 2026 globally. The count involves 46 criminal groups and is approaching the sector’s entire 2025 total with five months remaining.
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Routine retail testing has triggered a pistachio nut butter recall. One Italian-made Bettergoods lot reached Walmart stores across 19 US states before three jars tested positive for Salmonella.
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ABP has acquired a minority stake in Dovecote Park Limited. The investment changes ownership without transferring day-to-day control from the processor’s existing management.
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The Commission has published new PPWR questions before general application. Food packaging businesses face immediate PFAS, recyclability, documentation, and market-placement decisions from 12 August.
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Carbios has missed its financing timetable for the Longlaville plant. Production from the planned enzymatic PET recycling facility will start later than the previously expected first half of 2028.
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Dennis Group integrates packaging decisions with factory and warehouse design. Its approach connects equipment, conveyors, automation, utilities, material flow, and digital modelling before food production assets are installed.
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Theakston and Equinox have combined brewing with kombucha fermentation expertise. Hopbucha uses fermented tea and hops to create an alcohol free drink aimed at adult beverage occasions.
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Food businesses are seeking statutory coordination across Britain’s food policy. More than 100 organisations want security, health, farming, planning, and trade placed within a long term legal framework.
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Ehrmann Cornish Dairy has appointed Ed Watts during factory expansion. The business is adding dessert capacity while integrating branded and own label operations and pursuing wider production efficiencies.