The latest issue of IN Food is now live, with a strong editorial focus on the tighter level of control food manufacturing is being asked to demonstrate across production, packaging, and compliance.
We open the edition by examining the Food Standards Agency’s Future of Food Regulation programme and the direction it sets for larger food businesses. The central issue is no longer simply whether a site can pass inspection. It is whether the business can show, in practical terms, how control is built into operations, how decisions are supported by data, and how quickly risks can be identified when performance starts to drift.
That pressure carries through the rest of the issue. In processing, we look at contaminant detection and why critical control points need to reflect the real logic of the line rather than habit. In poultry, the focus shifts away from headline throughput and towards the areas that now decide margin and compliance more directly, including yield protection, chilling discipline, absorbed water control, and tighter monitoring.
There is a strong packaging and engineering thread as well. WEG details a ventilation project in egg production that delivered energy savings while improving reliability and animal wellbeing. TNA Solutions explores how snack manufacturers are reworking production around better-for-you products, sustainability, and flexibility. In packaging, the issue examines ceramic bearings for hygienic environments and the growing operational case for linerless labels.
The edition closes with a timely conversation on EPR, where Connor Sharkey of Food Nutrition Partners argues that accurate data, robust RAM evidence, and better packaging decisions will matter far more as eco-modulated fees begin to take effect.
