Arla Foods Ltd has said milk supply could be in danger if the UK government doesn’t play its role in fostering a more joined-up approach to tackling agriculture's skills shortage.
The award-winning British cheese business was recently acquired by Joseph Heler after bureaucracy-ridden export rules made European markets ‘unviable’. CCC MD Simon Spurrell talks to DairyReporter on what's next for the company.
A Northern Ireland dairy farm has expanded its ice cream distribution into ROI thanks to grant funding that has made the endeavor easier and more cost-effective.
A complete mozzarella ball processing line supplied by AVE UK (part of the Della Toffola Group) is set to help Neapolitan cheesemakers Fratelli Amodio recreate the taste of Italy in Somerset, bypassing post-Brexit import taxes, red tape and transportation...
New figures released in the annual Bord Bia (The Irish Food Board) Export Performance and Prospects report 2021/2022 show exports of Irish food, drink and horticulture to the UK have remained constant in value at €4.4bn ($5bn), compared to 2020.
Dairy UK, the processor-led organization representing farmer-owned co-ops and private dairy companies, has expressed concern over the UK government’s trade deal with New Zealand.
Food and drink makers, with the support of Made Smarter, are using technology and digital skills to navigate the major challenges of coronavirus, Brexit, and climate change.
In its February 2021 food and drink trade snapshot, the UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) paints a disturbing picture of dairy exports to the EU since Brexit.
This week, more by good luck than good management, the podcast goes live on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, and we have two guests from Ireland on the show.
Last year, the Irish dairy industry navigated arguably the hardest operating climate it has experienced since WWII, with the pandemic wreaking damage, and disruption across key industries and markets.
This week we feature three interviews, with five guests. We have conversations with Timothy Brown, CEO of Evolve BioSystems and Pam Shepherd, managing director of Manna Tree; Jim Carr, PhD, director, sweeteners global ingredient technology and Abigail...
The Ethical Dairy, a cheese and ice cream producer in southwest Scotland, has said it is suspending orders to Northern Ireland because of recently-introduced regulations following the UK’s exit from the European Union.
New figures released in the annual Bord Bia Export Performance and Prospects report 2020/2021 show exports of Irish food, drink and horticulture to the UK declined by 5% in 2020, with a value of €4.3bn/$5.2bn (compared to €4.5bn/$5.5bn in 2019).
In what is possibly a thinly-veiled dig at both Brexit and the UK Government, the Scottish Government said it is plugging the funding gap left by the UK leaving the European Union and it will continue to fund milk in schools.
Something important in the European Union has been overshadowed by the coronavirus crisis: there are only 160 business days remaining before December 31, 2020, when Brexit is due to take place.
Dairy UK and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have both slammed a no-deal tariff review by the UK government that they say could cost the industry £1.3bn in lost exports.
Britain’s National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for an urgent review of the government’s no-deal trade tariff policy that would come into effect if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
According to AHDB Dairy, under a no-deal scenario, the UK would face the EU common external tariff on any exports sent to the EU, meaning tariffs of €185.20/100kg ($208.50) on mozzarella.
With a potential no-deal Brexit possible in 10 days, the European Dairy Association (EDA) has expressed concern over the potential impact on the European dairy industry.
Despite a year of global volatility, involving political uncertainty with Brexit, extreme weather events and continuing currency fluctuations, the value of Irish food, drink and horticulture exports to the UK market reached €4.5bn ($5.1bn), an increase...
Arla Foods has joined farmer organizations from the UK, Denmark, The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, France and Germany to call for the UK government and the European Union to pull out all the stops to avoid a no-deal Brexit.
Brexit, the Circular Economy, plastic waste and digital technology are some of the highlights at this year’s ECMA (European Carton Makers Association) Congress.
Legislation to deliver what the UK government says is a cleaner and healthier environment for future generations after nearly half a century under EU rules is being introduced into Parliament today (September 12).
European dairy cooperative Arla Foods says Brexit could leave UK consumers with less choice and higher prices, turning everyday staples, like butter, yogurts, cheese and infant formula, into occasional luxuries, and making speciality cheeses ‘very scarce.’
With less than a year to go until Brexit, Dairy UK and the European Dairy Association (EDA) have jointly developed a ‘Future UK-EU Dairy Framework’ setting out the outcomes the dairy sector hopes to be achieved in the current negotiations between the...
