CFA’s Secretary General, Kaarin Goodburn, has been awarded the Leadership Award at the 2009 Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards. In awarding the Leadership award to Kaarin the Judges recognised that, from being involved in the establishment of the organisation 20 years ago, she has led the sector in which she operates as much as the organisation itself. Over that period she has advised and supported the sector at the UK, European and international level (where she is an advisor on a UN WHO expert group) as it has rapidly grown and evolved to be worth £8,500m to the UK […]

This year the Chilled Food Association (CFA) celebrates its 20th anniversary. Following a number of food safety incidents in the 1980s, CFA was launched in summer 1989 to represent the chilled food industry and establish standards of excellence. In December 1989, the first edition of CFA’s Best Practice Guidelines (CFA Guidelines) and its then unique Accreditation Scheme were launched by the then Minister for Food Safety, Rt Hon David Maclean MP. Since its formation, CFA has grown from 11 founding members with a combined turnover of around £100m to 24 members and a turnover of around £2500m. It represents many of […]

The Chilled Food Association (CFA) has welcomed a recent WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) decision to change the way domestic food waste is categorised in their calculations. Accepting that their current terminology is confusing WRAP have now agreed that their “ready meal” category should be split so that waste from “store bought” ready meals is kept separate from waste from “take-aways”. CFA had criticised WRAP for persistently linking ready meal manufacturers and take- away restaurants when it comes to food waste because it is misleading and damages the perception of ready meals. In its “The Food We Waste” Report, […]