UK food manufacturing developments, filtered through an engineering lens. AFME separates consequential change from industry noise and explains what it means operationally.
The government declared severe drought in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex on 15 October 2026. The announcement calls for additional monitoring and scrutiny of abstraction. It does not itself impo
Read intelligence →Danone has joined earlier Coca-Cola and Nestlé commitments to clarify environmental wording on plastic bottles in the European market.
Read →SuperValu and Centra recalled named smoked-salmon and prawn products after Listeria detection; the source does not identify an engineering cause.
Read →An October investigation of trade-effluent consents highlights the importance of accurate water and discharge measurement in food factories.
Read →The Competition and Markets Authority accepted final undertakings requiring divestment of a Worcester laminated-dough manufacturing operation following competition concerns about the Vandemoortele and Délifrance…
Read →University of Reading researchers reported laboratory inactivation of Campylobacter strains using violet-blue light; factory performance remains unproven.
Read →A UK industrial electricity relief application window has opened, but many food-manufacturing activities may not qualify.
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