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  • UK and Brazil call for action on food prices

    The UK and Brazil have asked G20 members to consider measures to tackle short-term and long-term challenges of food price volatility.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • People want to buy healthy, local food, survey shows

    Almost all households rated healthy foods as being the most important of these considerations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bob Watson and neonicotinoids: myths busted

    We will not hesitate to act if presented with any new evidence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Traditional Cumberland sausages win protected status in Europe

    Only Cumberland sausages made in Cumbria to specific standards can be called 'traditional' in future, Food Minister Jim Paice announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Approval for GM release in proposed Typhoid vaccine trial

    Defra has approved an application from Emergent Product Development UK Ltd to release a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) as part of a clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine against typhoid.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pesticides consultation on charges and enforcement launched

    A consultation on pesticides enforcement regulations and fees associated with protecting people and the environment from pesticides use has been launched today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cornish pasties can’t be pirated

    Cornish pasties have won official recognition protection under the EU protected food names scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK action sees off battery cage delay

    British-led action has prevented an attempt by some EU Member States to delay a ban on ‘battery cages’ for laying hens.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’

    Spelman’s speech to the NFU AGM: ‘A New Partnership’.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference

    Jim Paice’s speech at the National Farmers Union (Scotland) Conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Farmers must back the Campaign for the Farmed Environment

    An open letter from Jim Paice, Minister for Agriculture, to the farming industry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Caroline Spelman’s speech to the Soil Association, “The future of food”

    Hello, and I'm very sorry not to be with you in person today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Agricultural revolution needed to fight food shortages

    There is a role for governments, the private sector and consumers to play in the entire food system in achieving future food security.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Caroline Spelman’s speech the stakeholder launch of the Foresight report, “A problem with food…”

    Caroline Spelman’s speech the stakeholder launch of the Foresight report, “A problem with food…”

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • US study on neonicotinoids: myths busted

    We have a robust system for assessing risks from pesticides, which shows neonicotinoids are not an unacceptable risk when used correctly.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Risk of pesticides to bees: myths busted

    All current evidence shows that if neonicotinoid products are used correctly there is not an unacceptable risk to bee health.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference 2011

    I’ve been really looking forward to the Oxford Farming Conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pesticides consultation responses published

    The summary of responses and initial Government response to the consultation on implementing new European pesticides legislation has been published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Selling eggs of different colours: myths busted

    There is no problem in selling eggs of varying colour in the same box. The truth:  There is no problem…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Food industry agree new Labelling Standards Code

    Key organisations from the food industry will spread good practise throughout the industry by labelling food with the country of its origin.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government