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Latest ReleasesShowing the 10 latest of 34. Show all.  Groceries Code Adjudicator could greatly improve the food business, says CLA The CLA today (Tuesday, 3 August) enthusiastically welcomed the Government’s decision to create the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) to monitor and enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [3 August 2010]  New labelling code of practice just the beginning, says CLAThe CLA today (23 February 2010) welcomed the announcement by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of a new code of practice on country of origin labelling for pork and products containing pork. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [23 February 2010]  The CLA says supermarket ombudsman offers a turning point for UK food producersThe CLA said today (Thursday, 21 January) that Consumer Minister Kevin Brennan’s announcement that the Government is to introduce an ombudsman to enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice is “long overdue”. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [21 January 2010]  The CLA says Food 2030 highlights farming’s ‘massively important’ roleThe CLA said today (Tuesday, 5 January 2010) that Food 2030, announced by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn at the Oxford Farming Conference, is a considered and well-balanced paper. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [5 January 2010]  Food security: Defra engage in a phoney debate, says CLAThe CLA today (Monday, 10 August) said that Defra’s new policy papers on food security added little new to the debate. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [10 August 2009]  Independent Ombudsman is a must, says CLAThe CLA today (Wednesday, 5 August) said that it was disappointed with the rejection of an Independent Ombudsman by the major UK supermarkets. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [5 August 2009] More investment is needed to boost food production by 2050, says CLAThe CLA has welcomed The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee's latest report on food security, but says greater effort is needed to get research and development into practice to boost UK farm productivity growth [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [21 July 2009] Public procurement of local food still woefully inadequate, says CLAThe CLA said today that public procurement of locally produced food is still woefully inadequate. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [23 April 2009]  EFRA Select Committee quizzes CLA on food securityThe CLA has pushed the issue of food and environmental security to the top of the agenda following a meeting with the EFRA Select Committee. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [17 March 2009]  Competition Commission must show its teeth to save supermarket suppliers, says CLAThe CLA has called for a strengthened code of practice to protect the interests of suppliers and improve the relationship between supermarkets and their suppliers. [News and Press/Latest Releases] - [27 February 2009] |
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