Poor implementation of the EU fish discards ban has placed fish stocks at risk, according to a House of Lords sub-committee. The EU landing obligation – also called the discard ban – aims to protect fish stocks, and the wider marine environment, by requiring fishers to land all fish caught (and be counted against their…

The Scottish farmed salmon industry will require over 300,000 tonnes of wild caught fish every year to fulfil its ambition to double in size by 2030. The estimate was made by campaign group Feedback which said the industry currently uses roughly the same quantity of wild-caught fish to feed its salmon as is purchased by…

Foodservice businesses are being encouraged to serve more climate-friendly food. The Cool Food Pledge encourages signatories to “provide delicious food that is better for the planet”. They also commit to a collective target of reducing the GHG emissions associated with the food they provide by 25% by 2030 relative to 2015 (a level of ambition…

The volume of alcohol sold per adult in Scotland in 2018 has fallen to its lowest level since 1994. The first expert analysis of data, just over a year since Scotland became the first country in the world to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP), showed a 3% fall in alcohol sales per adult in Scotland…

Lidl is adding “method of production” labels to all its fresh chicken products to help customers “make more informed decisions”. The detail will be similar to that found on egg packaging, with information on five different types of farming system, including “indoor” and “British free range”. But some campaigners claimed the new scheme “shies away from…

Waitrose is claiming a UK supermarket first with the launch of a new seitan burger. Seitan is a protein rich food made from wheat gluten which is increasingly used as a substitute for meat due to its appearance and texture. Its popularity with vegans or flexitarians has grown in part due to trendy restaurants such…

Professor Chris Elliott has called for a new labelling system to show consumers the environmental damage, or indeed benefit, of the food and drink they are buying. Writing for The Grocer, the director of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University, Belfast, said there is “huge economic benefit” in a “simple-to-follow and trustworthy…

Brits spent £8.2 billion in 2018 on ethical food and drink, including organic, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified products. Over the past five years, sales of ethical food and drink have shot up by 43% from £5.7 billion in 2013, according to the latest figures from Mintel. This year, sales are…

Greenpeace has ramped up its pressure on Sainsbury’s to take more action on plastics after activists delivered thousands of complaints to the grocer’s head office in London. The campaign group said its analysis showed that Sainsbury’s received more plastics complaints on Twitter than any of the top four supermarkets last year. Sainsbury’s received more than…