CFA September 2025 Newsletter

19 November, 2025

In this issue: CFA and technical Joining Red Tractor to drive fresh produce quality Listeria – the truth around regulation changes Meal redistribution news STEC workstreams underway SPS agreement negotiations IGD’s new allergy risk template Domestic fridge design CFA joins INCPEN AMBROSIA climate change project Shopify New team member for CFA Chilled Education  New career paths More MicroTrumps CEd in the news Resource library expands STEAM Northants and more outreach news 100 hours of STEM activity CFA News 64 September 2025    

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CEd in the news

4 September, 2025

It’s always exciting to be the subject of positive media interest. Which is what happened when the IFST approached the CEd team for a profile on the initiative and progress since 2011. A fantastic four-page profile appeared in the March issue of the IFST Magazine and is available to view via the CEd website with kind permission of the IFST. The magazine’s editor, Veronica Giacintucci explains why she chose to focus on CEd: ‘”I wanted to highlight the incredible work they are doing to address skill shortages in food science and promote science education, creating precious resources and sharing insightful […]

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STEAM Northants – “Wow What a Day (again)!”

4 September, 2025

With this year’s day declared the ‘biggest and best ever’, and over 3,000 visitors to the University of Northampton site, Charlotte was kept busy on the CEd stand. She demonstrated resources including the pressure experiment using marshmallows and plastic syringes, tested handwashing skills and talked about careers in chilled. Feedback from the organisers, and the schools attending, was overwhelmingly positive and summed up by organisers in four words: “Wow! What a day!” They went on to say: “We are so pleased to have been able to highlight all of your area of work, the businesses and careers available to children […]

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