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Coverage following announcement of new £15 million food waste fund

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 27 December 2024 - Categories: Food, Uncategorized

There has been widespread coverage of the Government announcement that a new £15 million fund will help charities collect food waste from farms and distribute it to those who need it most. The new scheme will see grants starting from …

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Coverage following announcement of new £15 million food waste fund

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 27 December 2024 - Categories: Food

There has been widespread coverage of the Government announcement that a new £15 million fund will help charities collect food waste from farms and distribute it to those who need it most. The new scheme will see grants starting from …

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Media coverage on new border controls

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 31 January 2024 - Categories: Borders and trade, Food
Supermarket shelves with a range of vegetables on them

Today we’re looking at coverage on new border controls introduced today under the Border Target Operating Model

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Coverage on new protected status for Single Malt Welsh Whisky

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 24 July 2023 - Categories: Food

Today we are looking at coverage of our announcement that Single Malt Welsh Whisky has received protected status.

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Media coverage following the UK Farm to Fork Summit

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 May 2023 - Categories: Food

There has been widespread coverage, including in The Daily Mail, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph, following the UK Farm to Fork Summit hosted by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street yesterday (16 May). The event was also …

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New Forest Pannage Ham receives GI status

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 February 2023 - Categories: Wildlife
New Forest Pannage Ham next to a tomato.

New Forest Pannage Ham has been registered as a protected food under the UKGI scheme.

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Coverage on the impact of avian flu on free range egg rules

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 29 December 2022 - Categories: Weekly stories

There has been speculative coverage in the Telegraph and Guardian today on potential changes to free-range egg rules in response to bird flu outbreaks. We are experiencing our largest ever outbreak of avian influenza and housing measures remain in force …

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Welsh Leeks protection in the media

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 30 November 2022 - Categories: Weekly stories

Today we are looking at our new protection for Welsh Leeks.

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First lamb exports to USA in over twenty years

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 11 October 2022 - Categories: Weekly stories

British lamb was sent to the USA for the first time in over twenty years on Saturday.

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Sussex wine to receive protected status

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 16 June 2022 - Categories: Weekly stories
Two people drinking Sussex wine in a field.

Today we are looking at the announcement that Sussex wine will be designated as a UK Geographical Indication (GI).

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