Publications
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a range of publications to
highlighting the achievements and
accomplishments of the FDF and our members.
Our publications are divided into the following categories:
Environment
Economics
Food safety
and Science
Health and Wellbeing
Food and Drink Industry
Latest Publications
Food and Drink Industry Report 2020
Published December 2019
We are delighted to launch the Food and Drink Industry Report 2020 in
partnership with
Santander.
This report highlights the growth opportunities and challenges for the food and
drink sector for
2020.
The report looks in particular at exports and the developing markets of China,
India Japan, UAE
and USA, all of which have seen considerable year-on-year growth.
View
online: Food and Drink Industry Report 2020
Download full report
Preparing for a Changing Workforce: a food and drink supply chain
approach to
skills
Published October 2019
Access to skills is a growing problem across the sector, and according to the
Food and Drink
Sector Council's Preparing for a Changing Workforce Report, the majority of
companies expect the
situation to become more difficult, as we see record lows in unemployment
(3.8%), parts of the
industry where one third of workers could retire in the next 15-17 years and a
forecasted 120,000
fewer migrants overall by 2023.
This report outlines the future workforce and skills needs of the UK food and
drink sector, and
has brought together the entire supply chain to develop key recommendations for
both government
and industry that will deliver a real step change.
View online:
Preparing for a
changing workforce
Download full report
Falling flat: lessons from the 2018 UK CO2 shortage
Published April 2019
CO2 has many users and ubiquitous uses. This summer, a series of events put the
UK's CO2
supply chain under severe pressure. Supplies dried up at a time when demand was
high. As the
events unfolded it became clear there was little understanding of the CO2 chain
and only limited
contingency planning should the chain
break. This report sets out how the UK CO2 chain works, provides an analysis of
its structural
vulnerabilities and looks at how it might be strengthened.
Download full report: Falling flat- lessons from the 2018 UK CO2 shortage
Feeding Change
Published May 2018
This report summarises our continuing commitment to diet
and health policy issues. It sets out examples of the great
work that is going on in that field in countries across the UK.
It is a record of real achievement and one of which we are all
enormously proud.
View:
Feeding change report
Rules of origin in an EU-UK FTA
A 'hidden hard Brexit' for food and drink exporters?
Published March 2018
Report commissioned by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and the National
Association of
British and Irish Flour Millers (NABIM) from Global Counsel has revealed that
the UK's food and drink
manufacturing sector could face a hidden 'hard Brexit' once the UK leaves the
EU
as a result of rules
of origin.
View: Foreword - A
'hidden
hard Brexit' for food and drink exporters?
Download full report: Rules of origin in an EU-UK FTA
Guidance on comparative nutrition claims
Published January 2018
The document provides detailed best practice guidance on the requirements and
appropriate
wording for comparative nutrition claims to be used in the labelling and
advertising of food and drink
products.
View: Guidance on comparative nutrition claims
Download:
Guidance on comparative nutrition claims
FDF's Environmental Ambition: Progress Report 2017
Published January 2018
The Food and Drink Federation's (FDF) Ambition 2025, launched in October 2016.
The adoption of Ambition 2025 by members expressed a strong desire to go even
further and take strides towards shaping future value chains and increasing
awareness of natural capital. This report outlines the progress made by members
to
deliver our Ambition 2025.
View progress
report
Download Progress report
View
Ambition case studies
Guidance on Setting Product Shelf-Life
Published November 2017
This resource is designed to help FBOs engaged in the production or sale of any
category of food
and ingredients to assign the most appropriate expiry date for their product.
View: Guidance on
Setting Product Shelf-Life
Download:
Guidance on Setting Product Shelf-Life
Breaking the chain
Key workforce considerations for the UK food and drink supply chain as we leave
the EU
Published August 2017
Survey to establish the supply chain's Brexit priorities from a labour and
workforce perspective
and to address some of the gaps in official data.
View Breaking the chain report
Download full
report: Breaking the chain
Economic contribution and growth opportunities
Published July 2017
FDF commissioned industry-wide report by Grant Thornton has highlighted key
growth opportunities for the food and drink industry, the UK's largest
manufacturing
sector.
Find out more about the Grant Thornton report
FDF Manifesto 2017
Published May 2017
Our Manifesto is aimed at policymakers and candidates of all parties across the
UK. It sets out
the five key policies we want the next Government to implement after 8 June
2017
to ensure the
UK's food and farming sector continues to lead the world.
View Our
Manifesto
Food and Drink Exporting: Five steps to success
Published April 2017
Five steps to food and drink export success
View: Growth through
Exports
Download PDF
brochure: Growth through Exports