Shiga toxin-producing E Coli (STEC) data 2024 published
The UKHSA have published data related to Shiga toxin E. Coli for 2024. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), also known as Vero cytotoxin-producing Esc...
News & Views
Latest news and views across the fresh produce industry.
Failure to Prevent Fraud - New Corporate Offence from 1st September 2025
A new corporate offence 'failure to prevent fraud', will come into force on 1 September 2025 under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. This marks...
Farmer Opinion Tracker for England
The Farmer Opinion Tracker for England is now published with data from first run in September 2019 to date. The tracker provides a snapshot of views and opinio...
High Risk Not of Animal Origin (HRFNAO) under NIRMS - Change from 12 August 25
The EU has updated the list of high-risk food not of animal origin (HRFNAO) in Regulation 2019/1793. The changes apply from 12 August 2025. Under NIRMS, any go...
Plant Health Fee Increase Consultation Update
FPC continues to apply pressure for a decision regarding proposed Plant Health Fee increases following a consultation earlier in the year. The following respons...
Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2025 to 2026 Published
The recently published Labour Market Enforcement Strategy outlines 4 main themes: improving the radar picture, improving focus on effectiveness, better joined-u...
CDS Release 4.8.0.2 - 30th July 2025
CDS Release 4.8.0.2 will be delivered on 30th July 2025. This release will not require a systems outage. This release will add new Goods Location Codes to the C...
HMRC's Transformation Roadmap
HMRC’s strategic objectives for this spending review period reflect these priorities, the importance of HMRC’s workforce, and the department’s wider role in mee...
GB maximum residue level (MRL) amendments Strawberries, mangoes and others
The GB MRL Statutory Register has recently been amended and new statutory levels have been set. To meet the requirements of international trade, and to accommod...
Green Thumbs-Up from British Growers and Traders for UK-EU Plant Deal
(Photo courtesy of .gov.uk) EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds met with traders at New Covent Garden Market in London—the UK’s largest wholesale market ...
Haloxyfop-P MRL reductions effective 19/12/2025
As notified in a previous HSE ebulletin issued on 27 February 2025 (Pesticides: Proposed future GB MRLs amendment for haloxyfop-P), it was proposed to retain so...
UK Government response to the Review of the UK Internal Market Act 2020
A well-functioning UK internal market is vital to delivering the government’s ambition to improve economic growth for the benefit of businesses and people in al...