BRITAIN’S ANAEROBIC digestion capacity is growing and yet many foodservice companies are still sending food waste to landfill. Footprint looks at the gaps in the UK system. There are now 106 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK, not counting those used in [...]
THE EUROPEAN Commission wants to impose “truly dissuasive” fines in a bid to combat food fraud. The proposal is part of a package of food safety measures published this week. Health commissioner Tonio Borg said the package would simplify the rules for safer food, [...]
ANDY JONES has become chair of the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA). Jones was elected to the position at the association’s Annual General Meeting recently and has taken over from Janice Gillan. Jones has been an active member of the HCA for over 20 years. [...]
All the action and atmosphere from the Footprint Awards 2011 – celebrating the best in Sustainability and Environmental Excellence in the Foodservice Sector. Comments from the winners and views of the event at RIBA in the West End of London.
CONSUMERS ARE being warned of the hidden sugar in some everyday products marketed as being healthier. Ready meals, soups, sauces and yoghurts have all been found to contain high levels of sugar. Manufacturers keen to market products as “low in fat” or [...]
THE UK’s foodservice sector will experience long-term growth now the worst of the recession is over, although it will take at least until 2016 to return to food sales levels of 2007. That’s the prediction of Horizons managing director Peter Backman. Speaking at the [...]
A FIFTH OF school children think their dinners are not up to scratch. A similar number also say the meals could be healthier and want to see more fruit and salad on menus. However, more than 40% are very happy with their meals – giving them [...]
FOOD SAFETY, quality and financial risks are the biggest risks to the world’s food and drinks companies. Environmental risk, meanwhile, remains a low priority given that the benefits obtained from risk mitigation actions outweighing the costs. That’s according to a new survey published by certification [...]
JUST 37% of the world’s largest 800 companies are reporting complete data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while even less (21%) have had their data independently verified. New research from the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO), a climate change and finance think tank, claims that the level [...]
