UK food manufacturing developments, filtered through an engineering lens. AFME separates consequential change from industry noise and explains what it means operationally.
New recyclability classifications will make red-rated flexible packaging more expensive under Packaging EPR, increasing pressure for material substitutions that must be validated on food-production lines.
Read intelligence →SuperValu and Centra recalled named smoked-salmon and prawn products after Listeria detection; the source does not identify an engineering cause.
Read →Dairy UK is calling for dairy processing to be recognised as Critical National Infrastructure, arguing that the sector's utilities, cyber systems and processing capacity…
Read →Samworth Brothers was fined £594,000 after an employee and contractor were scalded during steam-pipe maintenance at Kettleby Foods, reinforcing the need to prove isolation…
Read →A maintenance engineer suffered life-changing injuries after being drawn into an unguarded conveyor at an animal-feed manufacturer, exposing serious weaknesses in guarding, inspection and…
Read →A product withdrawal after incorrect contents entered the wrong packaging demonstrates how detection, recipe control, line clearance and packaging verification intersect with allergen safety.
Read →A National Audit Office warning over preparedness for food-supply shocks strengthens the case for treating utilities, cold chain, cyber and recovery planning as strategic…
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