Defra
Products
Relaxed government rules will end ban on blending imported wine
20 October 2023 by Jungmin Seo
UK wine producers will be allowed to blend imported wines and face fewer rules around the shape and packaging of bottles under new post-Brexit reforms set out by the government.
News
Legal action threat over live lobster boiling
26 September 2023 by Emma Lake
The government has been threatened with legal action amid claims it is failing to enforce animal welfare regulations by stopping the live boiling of lobsters.
News
Consumers may cut back on eating out as budgets tighten, MPs told
09 November 2022 by Jungmin Seo
News
Local procurement and waste reporting served up in government food plan but no obesity measures
13 June 2022 by Emma Lake
Hotel
Bottle deposit scheme ‘must not become a further tax' on hospitality
18 February 2019 by Emma Lake
Foodservice
Tougher allergen rules proposed including full ingredient labelling
25 January 2019 by Emma Lake
Restaurant
Champion appointed to tackle UK's 10.2 million tonnes of food waste
31 December 2018 by Emma Lake
Foodservice
Government appoints MP to oversee post-Brexit food supplies
27 September 2018 by Emma Lake