It’s now more than eight years since the UK’s referendum vote and the huge complexity, costs, inefficiencies and negative impacts on GB food supply and trade of new Brexit bureaucracy agreed by UK government (UKG) with its largest trading partner – the EU – are becoming ever clearer. Rules must be revised to ease legitimate trade with the EU, on which the UK depends for its food security. For example – getting just one type of newly-required document (Export Health Certificates, EHCs) signed off for GB-EU trade in products of animal origin since December 2020 has more than £200m to […]

More than 80 organisations submitted comments to the consultation on the EU’s proposed changed to Listeria monocytogenes regulations (microbiological criteria of foodstuffs Reg 2073/2005). These included the CFA-led Industry Listeria Group which submitted an extensive response which can be found on the CFA website https://bit.ly/4dqDPvU. The EU’s SCOPAFF confirmed by a vote of 25 to 2 Member States, the draft regulation amendments on 3 July (ahead of the deadline of 16 July the EC had previously given to the WTO to comment) and the legislation will go ahead, changing criterion 1.2b to apply throughout shelf life. With legislation being implemented […]

 ChilleEd’s relationship with the Food Teacher Centre (FTC) continues with its pledge of support for a new initiative aimed at raising awareness of the lack of food teachers. FTC is concerned that without enough qualified food teachers schools will be forced to call on unqualified teachers to cover lessons, and/or reduce the amount of time taught at KS3 and remove the options to take food exams at 16 years. All of which will potentially impact young people considering a career in the food industry. CEd’s own interviews with colleagues proves the value of food teachers. As Charlotte explains: “Time and […]