A free guidance document to help food businesses of all sizes determine the shelf life of ready to eat foods has been published by CFA and the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The Shelf life Of Ready To Eat Food In Relation to L. monocytogenes – Guidance For Food Business Operators (the Shelf Life Guidance) is designed to help businesses from small food outlets to major food manufacturers calculate an accurate time period for people to eat food and minimise the risk of illness. The Guidance is also designed to help firms meet European Union microbiology rules – in particular Regulation (EC) No. […]

CFA is a partner in a new research project led by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) which, for the first time, will calculate the amount of waste in the UK retail supply chain for pre-prepared food and identify how this waste can be reduced. Covering four products – sandwiches, pizza, quiche, ready meals – the research will develop detailed “resource maps” to highlight the amount of food and packaging waste generated for each product type at key stages in the chilled and frozen supply chains. It will also calculate the associated carbon emissions and economic impact as well as […]

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 […]