Aug 11th, 2020
3 mins
The Covid-19 crisis has thrown up many challenges to businesses over the course of the last few months, with many companies in the Food Service market facing massive problems. As the crisis extends into the summer, we are starting to see issues arise with frozen food stock getting short of life.
This is something that the industry does occasionally see on an isolated basis and it is normally resolved by parties agreeing to solve the problem. Normally this is achieved by re-labelling the stock, supported by letters of derogation that the stock can safely have its life extended.
Covid-19 has created such chaos that the only realistic way to cope with the issue is that all parts of the supply chain need to co-operate together, finding ways to ensure that perfectly good food does not go to waste. At the BFFF we have, in collaboration with Defra, our Primary Authority and WRAP, created a guide on the options available to businesses whilst ensuring the legal requirements are still met.
We cannot address the commercial implications of the various options, but together with the other parties that have helped create the guidance, we urge all participants to find options that not only minimise on-costs but seek to share the burden.
You can access the guidance .
