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 Retail Consortium and Red Tractor Assurance – a full list can be found below.
The proposal would free up public land to private occupation, a plan that was attempted last year but abandoned after an international backlash. Should it go through, critics claim it would lead to accelerated deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
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Representatives from plant-based meat analogue supplier Meatless Farm, Mintel and the Good Food Institute (GFI) will discuss the latest plant-based food and drink trends at Food Manufacture s plant-based protein conference on 31 March.
Michael Hunter, managing director of Meatless Farm, Edward Bergen, global food and drink analyst at Mintel and Zak Weston, foodservice and supply chain manager at the Good Food Institute, will pinpoint emerging trends.
Hunter is the former vice president of global sales for Kellogg Company. During more than 20 years at Kellogg, Michael led the sales and strategy at the company’s frozen food division. He drives Meatless Farm s UK commercial business strategy, leading the sales, technical and marketing teams. He has helped steer its commercial growth despite the pandemic, with retail sales more than trebling.
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