Blogs
Food fraud strikes again
Following the horse meat and nut and spice contamination scandals in recent times, evidence of a new food fraud case – this time, oregano contamination – is a fresh blow to the industry.
Anyone for tea?
The UK’s favourite amateur baking competition The Great British Bake Off returned to television screens last week,
Taste of summer
UK sales of summer related food and drink products are thriving, says the ONS.
The war on sugar continues
Earlier this month, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published its final report on carbohydrates.
What next for soft drinks?
Following the publication of the SACN’s Carbohydrates and Health report, industry quickly expressed concern over its focus on sugar.
New look website
I am delighted to announce the launch of Food & Drink Technology’s new look website at www.foodanddrinktechnology.com.
Industry celebrated in parliament
This week I attended the Food and Drink Federation’s (FDF) parliamentary reception to celebrate the exceptional work of the UK food and drink industry, the largest manufacturing sector in the UK.
In control
What better way to spend a sunny day in June than in popular seaside spot Brighton, UK? Luckily for me, Brighton was the destination for the launch of West Control Solutions’ latest temperature controller, the Maxvu.
Damage control
In the same week that Nestle announced plans to destroy more than $50 million (£32 million) worth of its Maggi noodles, after India’s food safety regulator found the product contains unsafe levels of lead, the presence of a strain of superbug MRSA in UK supermarket pork was also making headlines.
Is meat falling out of favour?
Towards the end of last year, YouGov survey results revealed that one in three Brits (35 per cent) are willing to consider eating less meat, with one in five (20 per cent) saying they had already cut back on the amount of meat they ate over the previous year.
Taxing times
Calls for a sugar tax are never far from the headlines, and last week delegates at a Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) conference heard fresh pleas for such a tax on ‘sugary’ drinks.
Our survey said…
This time last week we were looking ahead to the publication of the full set of results from the FSA’s retail survey on levels of campylobacter on chicken. The 12-month survey, running from February 2014 to February 2015, looked at the prevalence and levels of campylobacter contamination on fresh whole chilled chickens and their packaging. […]
Don’t count your chickens
In August 2014, the FSA published the first set of quarterly results from a survey of campylobacter on fresh shop bought chickens in the UK.
Robot wars
Last week I visited ABB Robotics’ UK headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK, where the company was holding a week long event coined Engineering an Automation Nation.