The Red Tractor audit
There has been significant discussion over the past two years regarding the assurance scheme Red Tractor, with some farmers concerned...
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- Jun 29, 2022
Accident survey
The results of the 2021/22 accident survey were discussed in detail at the June meeting of the Health & Safety Committee. One of the...
- Jun 29, 2022
Choose your units
Last year the government announced its intention to review the ban on the use of imperial units for sales and marking, as part of a wider...
- Jun 29, 2022
Response to Dimbleby Report
The Government Food Strategy – the long-awaited response to Henry Dimbleby’s independent review of the UK food system from 2018 – has...
- May 31, 2022
The truth about bread
When it comes to the benefits or otherwise of bread, there is a mountain of contradictory information which grows every day with the...
- May 31, 2022
Out and about
The UK Flour Millers team has had a busy couple of months. Here are just some of their activities in April and May 2022. The UK Flour...
- May 31, 2022
Quality people behind your quality distance learning programme
Our flour milling distance learning programme has been around for so long (older readers probably still call them the correspondence...
- May 31, 2022
Profile: Aleksandra Pietwalska
Since joining the team at Whitworth’s, auditor Aleksandra Pietwalska has grasped opportunities for career advancement with both hands....
- May 31, 2022
Fertiliser on the agenda
Fertiliser availability and pricing have been a key point of discussion. The cost for farmers has risen to three times the normal level,...
- May 31, 2022
Wheat markets - rising prices more than just a blip
There had been some hope that the 2022 harvest could bring a return to normality after the price shocks caused by the war in Ukraine. But...
- Apr 28, 2022
Push-back against dust emissions
Mills with a production capacity above 300t/day are subject to environmental permits issued by the Environment Agency, regulating aspects...
- Apr 28, 2022
Profile: Joe Brennan
UK Flour Millers' Senior Technical Advisor likes nothing better than arm-wrestling with government officials on behalf of the membership....
- Apr 28, 2022
Ukraine: tariff suspension could last years
Although details have yet to be announced, the UK government has confirmed that it will be suspending all tariffs on goods from Ukraine...
- Mar 31, 2022
Call for "caveman" acid to be added to flour
A group of scientists is demanding that the government add Lipraphulic Acid, a substance naturally found in a wide range of components of...
- Mar 31, 2022
UK Flour Millers on the road
Released from Covid restrictions, the UK Flour Millers team has been on the road at long last. Director Alex Waugh was invited to brief a...
- Mar 31, 2022
PROFILE: FINGER ON THE PULSE OF SUSTAINABILITY
Alllied Mills’ Emily Lewis is on the front line of milling’s environmental revolution Sustainability has become the watchword of every...
- Mar 31, 2022
Wheat supplies: still in the news
NB: This is an image from the video, BBC copyright means we are unable to share the video footage. UK Flour Millers has been approached...
- Mar 31, 2022
Export figures show big falls
The annual import and export figures for 2021 were published in early March and provide an opportunity to reflect on the impact of Brexit...
- Mar 31, 2022
Ochratoxin A
Ochratoxin A (Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the mycotoxins for which there are legal limits affecting wheat, flour and flour-based...
- Mar 29, 2022
Current vacancy: Training Manager
UK Flour Millers is the trade association for the flour milling industry in Great Britain and Ireland. We represent a sector that plays...
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