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  • Foodservice Footprint Farming-landscape Post-Brexit farming support to be based on public goods Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Michael Gove DEFRA CAP

    Post-Brexit farming support to be based on public goods

    The government has proposed a new agricultural subsidy system that will see payments based on the provision of public goods rather than the amount of land farmed. The current system of support for farmers and landowners shaped by the Common… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Best-before-small New labelling guide to help cut food waste Grocery sector news updates  WRAP Theresa Coffey news-email FSA Food Standards Agency DEFRA

    New labelling guide to help cut food waste

    New labelling guidelines have been published to help reduce the amount of food people chuck in the bin. In the UK, two million tonnes of food is thrown away every year because it’s not been used in time; a third… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown Public brand litter a turn off Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Vapour.com news-email McDonalds Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean DEFRA Coca Cola

    Public brand litter a turn off

    More than a third of people would be less likely to buy from a business whose branded litter they see on the street, new research has found. Three quarters of those questioned looked upon a business negatively when seeing litter… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint fruit-sweets Sugaring the Brexit pill Health and Vitality Out of Home News Analysis  Professor Jack Winkler news-email London Metropolitan University DEFRA

    Sugaring the Brexit pill

    Britain’s sugar policy is a contradictory mess – but leaving the EU is a chance to bring agriculture and health goals into line. By Professor Jack Winkler. The UK government is drowning in dissent, divisions, plots and power struggles. The… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint P22-10000-nurdles-Tracey-Williams-Newquay-Beachcombing Microplastics found in mussels in Kent Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Microplastics Michael Gove DEFRA

    Microplastics found in mussels in Kent

    Research conducted for the BBC in the shores around Kent has raised further concerns about microplastic contamination in the food chain. An average of 60% of mussel samples collected from four of the county’s beaches contained microplastic particles. In Ramsgate… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F41-p10 Political Print: Gove’s big green vision Political Print  news-email Michael Gove DEFRA Brexit

    Political Print: Gove’s big green vision

    DEFRA secretary’s conference speech is full of bold talk on the environment but short on detail – especially when it comes to Brexit. By Nick Hughes. Last week, the Print predicted that Michael Gove wouldn’t be quite so reticent in… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-29 Gove’s green light for deposit return scheme Grocery sector news updates  news-email Michael Gove Greenpeace DRS DEFRA

    Gove’s green light for deposit return scheme

    DEFRA has launched a four-week “call for evidence” on deposit return schemes for beverage packaging. Ministers have tasked the “voluntary and economic incentives working group” to look at a number of interventions that could reduce littering and improve recycling. However,… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-32 Political Print: Food’s off the table at the Labour conference Political Print  Sue HAyman Rachel Maskell news-email Naomi Klein Michael Gove Labour Party Conference Kerry McCarthy JOhn McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Groceries Code Adjudicator DEFRA

    Political Print: Food’s off the table at the Labour conference

    Hopes of the party promoting a bold new vision were dashed with the shadow DEFRA secretary sidelined in Brighton this week. By Nick Hughes. It’s party conference season, hence it’s time for the Print to snap out of its summer… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint IMG_4056 DEFRA refuses to publish food prices report Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Michael Gove Julia Long Freedom of Information DEFRA

    DEFRA refuses to publish food prices report

    The UK’s largest union has accused the government of suppressing a report on the impact of Brexit on food prices. DEFRA recently rejected a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from Unite to release the findings of the report, claiming that… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Tree-shutterstock_35578852 ‘No surprise’ if agri-environmental laws weakened after Brexit Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Michael Gove LUPG DEFRA

    ‘No surprise’ if agri-environmental laws weakened after Brexit

    Moves to water down environmental regulations relating to food production will need to be closely scrutinised, according to a new report by the UK’s nature regulators. The Land Use Policy Group devised a number of possible post-Brexit policy scenarios for… Read More