The most detailed study of its kind has highlighted the £1 billion of food needlessly thrown away by Scottish households each year. This massive financial and environmental burden is described in a new report, The Food We Waste in Scotland, published today by WRAP Scotland. The report reveals that Scottish households throw out 570,000 tonnes of food and drink each year, most of which could have been avoided if it had been planned, stored or prepared better. ... read more →
The National Centre for Food Manufacturing at Holbeach is offering local employers and potential students the opportunity to sample our courses first-hand, at taster sessions designed to provide a flavour of our training. Visitors during the taster sessions will see the Centre’s state-of-the-art packaging and check weigh line in operation, as well as be allowed access into the sensory evaluation suite to conduct an experiment. Guests can also have... read more →
The National Centre for Food Manufacturing at the University of Lincoln’s Holbeach campus has made it to the final of a prestigious regional RIBA competition for architectural excellence. The building, designed to serve the food industry, which was officially opened in March 2009 by Sir Stuart Rose, is in the running for a 2009 RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects East Midlands award for architecture. The awards are designed to celebrate the finest... read more →
The editorial team from NCFM will be at this years PPMA exhibition, finding stories and filming interviews. If you have a story to tell, and would like to meet up, do get in touch. Just send an email to media@ncfm.tv. We look forward to meeting you. AKPC_IDS += "228,"; Read More →
Sales of Westmill Foods are down on last year, as the UK’s ethnic food sector continue to suffer from the effects of the recession, according to its parent Associated British Foods (ABF). (Foodmanufacture.co.uk) In a trading update, the manufacturer said that it expected to report a fall in profits on last year at Westmill Foods, which includes brands such as Patak’s and Amoy. The trading announcement was made prior to the company entering the closed period... read more →
In a project funded by WRAP, a team from the University of Lincoln investigated the contribution that inadequate heat sealing of food packaging might make to the generation of food and packaging waste, in the supply chain and the household. Using accepted testing methods heat seal integrity was measured in 11 factories containing 105 heat sealing units, packing a variety of ambient, fresh, chilled and frozen foods. The team found that poor seal integrity could... read more →
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The pilot study launched by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) into the health effects of individuals “self-reporting as sensitive” to aspartame has been criticised for being an unnecessary waste of precious research resources, according to a report on the website Food Manufacture A spokeswoman for aspartame supplier Ajinomoto argued that the safety of aspartame had been proven time and again in various robust studies over the years. Consequently, she said,... read more →
