CFA Supports WRAP Voluntary Agreements

15 March, 2016

CFA’s longstanding relationship with waste reduction and sustainability charity WRAP,  spans almost two decades. The Association was a founding signatory of WRAP’s Courtauld 2025 (C2025) Commitment and a signatory of WRAPs Courtauld Commitment 2030. CFA is also a member of a group that is developing WRAP Scope 3 Green House Gases Measurement and Reporting Protocols. CFA encourages its members to support The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap (a free access initiative for UK food businesses, developed by industry in collaboration with WRAP and the IGD). The commitments bring together food organisations – from producer to consumer – in voluntary agreements to […]

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CFA’s Latest Newsletter Available

2 February, 2016

The November issue leads with CFA’s response to the Food Standards Agency’s Vacuum Packing/MAP consultation.  It also brings news of changing faces, site visits, new members and a special award for an industry colleague. Chilled Education is also celebrating with a bright new star, success at a major science fair and the launch of a brand new website.  

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Teaching Science Using Food – new lesson plans

20 January, 2016

CFA’s Chilled Education (CEd) partnership with the Association for Science Education (ASE) continues with the launch of four new free lesson plans exploring microbial structure of Lactobacillus in yoghurt, the effects of atmospheric gases on lettuce pinking, microbial modelling using ComBase software and genetic adaptation in relation to E. coli and C. botulinum. These complement the existing lesson, which investigates the effect of pH on yeast growth in fruit juice. The resources have been developed by CEd with science teachers Sam Holyman (Bablake School) and Kat Stuart (Myland School) and are available through the links below: SET 1. The effect […]

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