Articles involving: Defra
07 Mar, 2025
New foot and mouth scare in Hungary just announced
Borders, Defra, Food Safety,
Breaking news in today that classic symptoms of foot and mouth disease were detected in a herd of 1400 cattle on a farm in Hungary. It's…
28 Feb, 2025
UK needs better border control and better traceability to halt meat crime
Borders, Defra, Food Safety,
In the news recently have been several stories that, together, serve to illustrate separate but related issues emerging in the meat supply chain. First we hear…
21 Feb, 2025
New public buying rules to favour SMEs and sustainability
Defra, Industry, Regulation,
In it's newly published National Procurement Policy Statement, the Government has attached conditions to public procurement that require buyers to "maximise procurement spend with small and…
14 Feb, 2025
Food as Critical National Infrastructure – a new take on food security
Defra, Farming, Food Security,
“Defra should conduct a more realistic assessment of food as a Critical National Infrastructure." That’s one of the conclusions of a new report from the National…
24 Jan, 2025
EFRA Committee challenges Defra on farming resilience
Defra, Farming, Food Security,
The recent Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee hearing brought to light significant challenges facing the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as…
09 Jan, 2025
Food security and state of Defra front and centre at Oxford Farming Conference
Defra, Farming, Food Security,
Concerns were running particularly high this week at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference where Defra minister Steve Reed promised "a cast iron commitment to food production"…
12 Dec, 2024
Defra offers a new collaborative approach to the UK’s food strategy
Defra, Food Security, Industry,
At a recent meeting with industry food representatives, Defra’s Secretary of State, Steve Reed, outlined an ambitious new vision for the UK’s food system, marking the…
16 Oct, 2024
Defra to be subject to an internal review into its regulation and regulators
Defra,
It's been announced this week that ex head of the No.10 Policy Unit and senior economic advisor to Gordon Brown, Dan Corry will be conducting a review into…
16 Sep, 2024
National Audit Office assesses value-for-money of Defra’s support and incentives
Defra, Farming,
In its third report on Defra’s Farming and Countryside Programme, the National Audit office scrutinises how well it’s being managed, what impact it’s had on farm…