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RAM 2027: What Food Businesses Should Prepare Before January

Understand which packaging RAM applies in 2026 and 2027, who must assess recyclability and how food businesses can prepare evidence for the new reporting year.

Christmas Food Shopping 2026: A Practical UK Supermarket Guide

Plan your Christmas food shopping for 2026 with confirmed supermarket highlights, ordering advice and practical ways to buy for your budget and guest list.

Gut Health on a Budget: 15 Affordable Foods to Eat More Often

Support a healthier, higher-fibre diet without expensive wellness products. Discover 15 affordable UK supermarket foods that can help increase fibre and variety.

Healthy Halloween Snacks: 15 Easy Party Food Ideas That Still Feel Like a Treat

Make Halloween party food a little more balanced with 15 easy snack ideas using fruit, vegetables, yoghurt, wholegrains and familiar family foods.

New Food & Drink to Try in UK Supermarkets: October 2026

A guide to new and seasonal food and drink appearing in UK supermarkets in October 2026, including Halloween launches, autumn flavours and health-led products.

UK Food & Drink Festivals in October 2026: Where to Eat, Drink and Explore This Autumn

Discover UK food and drink festivals in October 2026, including events in London, Kent, Wales, Cornwall, Somerset, Devon, Edinburgh and the East Midland

Cold Chain Temperature Control: How Food Businesses Can Reduce Waste and Protect Quality

Learn how food businesses can improve cold chain temperature control, reduce waste and protect product quality from delivery to storage and dispatch.

Cheap High-Protein Foods UK: 20 Foods That Give You More Protein for Your Money

Twenty affordable high-protein foods for UK shoppers, with practical ways to compare value and build balanced meals without relying on expensive supplements.

How to Cook Steak Properly: Heat, Timing, Resting and Common Mistakes

Learn how to choose, season, sear and rest steak, with practical temperature guidance, food-safety advice and fixes for common cooking mistakes.

How to Choose the Right Automation System for a Food Factory

A practical guide to selecting food factory automation, covering business need, hygienic design, safety, integration, testing, support and total cost.

New Food & Drink Launches in UK Supermarkets: September 2026

New food and drink launches reaching UK supermarkets in September 2026, from Warburtons bakery NPD to functional drinks, alcohol-free beer and frozen meal kits.

UK Food Labelling Checklist: What Must Appear on Prepacked Food

A practical UK checklist covering the mandatory information commonly required on prepacked food labels, including allergens, dates, origin and nutrition.

How to Choose Good-Quality Ham: Cuts, Curing and Labels Explained

Fibremaxxing Explained: How to Eat 30g of Fibre a Day Without Overdoing It

What fibremaxxing means, how much fibre UK adults need, the best high-fibre foods and how to increase intake without unnecessary bloating.

Precautionary Allergen Labelling in 2026: What Food Businesses Should Prepare For

What the new Codex precautionary allergen labelling guidance means for UK food businesses, and how to prepare without changing labels prematurely.

What Makes a Good Recipe? 10 Signs a Recipe Will Actually Work

A good recipe does more than make a dish sound delicious. It gives an ordinary cook enough information to produce a recognisable result without having to guess what the writer meant.

EU Packaging Rules Now Apply: What UK Food Exporters Need to Know About PPWR

Since 12 August 2026, the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation has applied across the EU. For UK food and drink businesses, this is not simply an issue for packaging suppliers. Any company placing packaged goods on the EU market needs to understand how its packaging is designed, documented, labelled and reported.

Best Student Food Discounts UK 2026: Restaurants, Takeaways and Supermarkets

Starting university can make even ordinary food spending feel expensive. A coffee between lectures, a quick lunch in town and one meal out with friends can easily add up, which is why student food discounts remain one of the simplest ways to stretch a budget without giving up every social occasion.

Reducing Food Waste in UK Manufacturing: A Practical Guide for 2026

How UK food and drink manufacturers can reduce waste, cut costs and meet 2026 obligations under new food waste separation rules and the Courtauld Commitment.

Food Supply Chain Resilience: What UK Manufacturers Need to Do in 2026

Editor's note: supply chain disruption has gone from occasional crisis to background noise for UK food manufacturers. Here is what is actually driving it in 2026 and what businesses can do to protect themselves.

EPR Packaging Rules 2026: A Plain English Timeline for UK Food and Drink Brands

pEPR has moved from a future obligation to a live cost on this year's invoices. Here is a plain timeline of what has already happened, what is due next, and where the scheme is still developing.

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HFSS Advertising Ban 2026: What Manufacturers Must Know

Editor's note: new advertising rules are now affecting a wider range of products than many manufacturers expected. Here is what is confirmed, what is still under consultation, and what to check on your own product range.

Why machine safety in food production is a specific discipline

Most industrial safety switches and interlocks were originally designed for general manufacturing, where the main concern is preventing access to moving parts. Food and drink production adds a second requirement on top of that: the equipment itself has to survive frequent washdown, resist corrosion from cleaning chemicals, and avoid any design feature that could harbour bacteria.

Machine Safety Interlocks for Food Manufacturing: A Buyer's Guide

Choosing the right safety interlocks and guarding for a food production line means balancing two things that do not always sit comfortably together: keeping people safe around moving machinery, and keeping the equipment itself easy to clean to a high hygiene standard. Get the balance wrong and you either compromise safety or end up with switches and guards that trap residue and become a contamination risk in their own right. This guide sets out the main considerations, the relevant standards, and the questions worth asking before you specify or replace safety equipment on a line.