CFA’s dataset central to preparing response to awaited changes in EU Listeria regulations – but more involvement needed from other sections of industry

Work continues on building a consortium of European and international industry and the industry Response to the EU’s awaited but undefined proposed changes to Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) legislation (EU Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs Regulation 2073/2005) (CFA News #56 and #57). Potential changes to the regulation include: loss of 100 cfu/g as an upper limit and introduction of zero tolerance/not detected in 25g requirements to set shelf life by challenge testing and not durability testing. This is the most important policy matter for the UK industry, which can demonstrate through hard data (epidemiology, food and environmental sampling) that its approach is […]

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Brexit latest: New arrangements are clarity light but (potentially) burden heavy

Brexit continues to sit high on CFA’s agenda, with the Association leading in Government engagement on the future of trade between Great Britain, Northern Ireland (NI), the EU and Rest of the World (ROW). The Windsor Framework (WF) was agreed in March by the UK and EU Parliaments, and the draft Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) published on 5 April. Both set out new intended reduced bureaucracy approaches on GB-NI (WF) and ROW-GB (BTOM) trade in sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) food and feed. Measures will start to come into effect in October. However, as with many post-Brexit trade arrangements, the […]

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Market data: hot summer helps salads…and we’re going to work on a wrap!

The  legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to resonate across the chilled food sector and is reflected in the latest market data compiled for CFA. While the rise in sales has slowed compared to pre-COVID years, there is still a 3.9 per cent year-on-year increase. In 2022 consumers spent almost £10.5bn on chilled food with chilled ready meals continuing to grow in popularity – 7.1 per cent in 2022 and 40 per cent above pre-COVID – with a hot summer boosting sales of chilled prepared salad trays by 14 per cent more than pre-COVID. The gradual return to offices reveals […]

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