Category: Topics
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The Food Standards Agency has moved forward with a broad rethink of regulation in England, opening work on a more nationally coordinated model for some large food businesses alongside wider changes to enforcement, registration, and transparency.
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UK food and drink exports reached record value in 2025. Shipment volumes recovered year on year, but EU trade and overall tonnage remained below pre-Brexit levels as imports climbed to a new high and manufacturers continued to diversify sourcing and export markets.
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NuCicer and Stricks Ag are moving high-protein chickpeas into commercial scale, linking breeding, acreage, processing, and ingredient market development in one supply programme.
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Schouten has launched a new plant-based fillet built around proprietary fibre technology, adding a supply-ready format aimed at private-label, foodservice, and industrial applications.
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A £70,967 confiscation order has extended the consequences of the Fears case, keeping pressure on animal by-product controls, disposal chains, and meat traceability systems.
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MOMA’s expanded recall now stretches across porridge pots, sachets, oats, and overnight oat products, extending the operational burden on stock withdrawals, traceability checks, and retailer replenishment.
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ABB has extended Ethernet-APL across its entire flowmeter portfolio globally. For food plants, that brings the technology to CoriolisMaster meters used in hygienic dosing, filling, and multivariable process measurement.
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Huub Lelieveld’s award puts hygienic engineering back in focus globally. The 2026 World Food Prize spotlights machinery design, cleanability, and process control as core food-system disciplines.
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BioSupPack has moved brewery waste closer to commercial food packaging. The consortium says its demonstrated PHB and PHA processes now offer recyclable and compostable routes for rigid packs as PPWR requirements tighten.
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A new coated paper concept targets grease barriers without retrofit. UPM and Paramelt say the structure can run on existing VFFS and standard converting lines.