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Disruption to the UK biofuels market has been avoided as the EU has confirmed it will not implement major changes to its assurance scheme recognition process.

Former health secretary Steve Barclay has been confirmed as the new Defra secretary, following Therese Coffey’s resignation. Mr Barclay, who has served as

Retailers including Tesco, Aldi, Marks & Spencer, Lidl and Sainsbury's are among major firms which have raised concerns over a new effort by Brazil to legalise the private occupation of public land.

UK meat processors and food groups threaten Brazil boycott UK meat processors and other food industry groups have publicly opposed proposals by the Brazilian government that they argue threaten the Amazon rainforest, warning they would consider boycotting Brazilian agricultural commodities if the plans proceed. In an open letter sent to politicians in Brazil, members from across the food and drink industry urged them to drop the relevant legislative proposal PL 510/21. Signatories included meat processors Cranswick, Winterbotham Darby and Moy Park, the British Ret...

NEONICOTINOIDS DEFRA has approved an emergency application for English sugar beet growers to use a neonicotinoid seed treatment against virus yellows. Neonicotinoids were banned across the European Union in 2019 – which at that time included the UK – as concerns grew over their effects on bee populations. While manufacturers cited research that the chemicals do not actually kill pollinators, other studies suggested that neonicotinoids have a negative effect on bee behaviour, such that colonies fail in the long term because their normal food gathering and breeding activities are disr...