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Warm reception for frozen food | Category Focus – chilled and frozen food
Chilled and frozen food packaging has many roles to play in the current health and environmental climate. Tony Corbin examines the progress in being made in these categories
With the nation having recently experienced a series of pandemic-related lockdowns, a focus on chilled and frozen food packaging is timely. While food shopping is essential, many have been limiting their visits to the shops. Filling the fridge and, particularly, the freezer has been a sensible move. Packaging and labelling is key to consumer choices whether its innovations such as re-closable packs or instructions on freezing and defrosting.
Greek frozen fish products are a category that is absent from the shelves of food retailers in the United Kingdom as noted in the market research for the frozen food sector in this market, conducted by the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Greek Embassy in London. published by APE-MPE.
The research showed a number of things, among which:
“When the market is dominated by giant international companies, perhaps the best approach is the one already adopted by Greek companies: targeting a small specialized audience, namely the Greek and Cypriot diaspora in the United Kingdom. Of course, this approach has its limits and these are reflected in the export statistics, which, although strengthened during pandemic conditions, remain far from the potential of Greek industry and the potential of the British market.
Producers urged to fight DEFRA’s packaging cost plans Packaging Federation chief executive officer Dick Searle has warned producers are in the firing line for ‘unfair’ costs under Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) extended producer responsibility (EPR) proposals.
Last month DEFRA launched a consultation on how a scheme encouraging the use of sustainable packaging by ensuring producers pay the net cost of managing material once it became waste would work.
The consultation swiftly followed up an earlier consultation on whether or not to introduce EPR and
The consultation runs until 4 June 2021 and Searle, speaking at the annual conference of the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF), warned time was running out for producers to fight the proposals.