Lords win vote to protect post-Brexit food standards
The BBC reports that the UK government has suffered defeats in the House of Lords in an ongoing tussle over ...
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Food supply chain on brink of collapse wholesalers warn
The Telegraph reports that food wholesalers have warned their supply chain to hospitals, care homes, schools and prisons is on ...
UK beef exports to US resume after 20 years
The BBC reports that beef was banned after the BSE outbreak in 1996 when cattle were infected by what became ...
Marcus Rashford slams lack of empathy on food poverty
Marcus Rashford has told the BBC he is disappointed by the government response to his calls for more action on ...
Labeling for food in the UK has missed the Brexit deadline
Business Insider reports that thousands of British food businesses could be left without the correct labelling required to continue selling ...
Worst is yet to come for UK hospitality
The Economist reports that those businesses which make it through the upcoming rent crunch will find October brings colder weather and ...
UK gov survey: rainforest-safe supply chain
The UK government has launched a consultation on effectively banning goods produced from illegal deforestation, such as in the Amazon. Organisations ...
The pressure points in Britain’s food supply chain
The Economist's Daily Chart explores Britain's food supply chain, saying the Covid pandemic disrupted businesses across the entire British economy, and ...
Greenpeace isn’t buying Tesco’s Amazon support
Earlier this month supermarket chain Tesco called on the UK government to effectively ban food that causes deforestation, in support ...
Ben & Jerry’s clashes with UK government on migrants
The Financial Times reports that the ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s has become embroiled in a row with Boris Johnson’s ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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