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Over a hundred leading Welsh producers are set to be joined by national and international buyers, journalists, dignitaries and industry leaders at Wales’s first ever food and drink event that’s aimed at both the UK and world market. Organised by the Welsh Government’s Food Division, BlasCymru/TasteWales takes place at the prestigious Celtic Manor resort on 23-24 March, and will bring the industry under one roof to showcase the best of the nation’s growing food and...

Traditional Welsh Perry and Traditional Welsh Cider are the latest Welsh products to be awarded protected status by the European Commission. They join other iconic Welsh products, such as Welsh Laverbread, Welsh Lamb and Halen Môn/Anglesey Sea Salt, in being recognised for their distinct quality and awarded protection against imitation and misuse. Traditional Welsh Perry and Traditional Welsh Cider are protected by the European Protected Geographical Indication status (PGI), which will provide consumers with the...

Small and medium food and drink businesses in Wales are set to benefit from a €1.8million programme to help increase their competitiveness in global markets. Wales will become the latest nation to join the Atlantic Area Export Project, which supports businesses from across the Atlantic Arc to work together to overcome the barriers smaller businesses in the sector face when they try to expand into international markets. Currently over 72% of food and drink exported...

Mr John Edward Morgan, an egg producer based in Mid Wales, was ordered to pay back £84,331.18 or face 12 months in jail when he appeared before Swansea Crown Court on 20 th September 2017 in relation to a Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 application made by the Welsh Government. In January of this year, Mr Morgan had previously been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, having pleaded guilty to fraud by...

Pembrokeshire’s Coedcanlas Organic Welsh Blackcurrant Jam receives top regional title at the Great Taste Golden Fork Awards 2017 Artisan food producer Coedcanlas is celebrating after securing one of the food and drink industry’s most illustrious awards. The Great Taste Awards, referred to as the Oscars of the food world, were held in London last night and the Pembrokeshire company’s Organic Welsh Blackcurrant Jam was crowned the Golden Fork from Wales. From the five Welsh products...

Exceptional food and drink producers from across Wales are showcasing in the Great Taste Celebration Event in Cardiff Bay, following gold starred success at the UK’s Great Taste Awards. Food and drink producers from across Wales who have been triumphant in gaining elusive gold stars at the UK-leading Great Taste awards have been invited to exhibit their award winning produce, in celebration of their success at the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday...

The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales has launched a new guide to help retailers promote Welsh food and drink ahead of St David’s Day 2017 celebrations. Entitled ‘This is a Celebration. This is Wales’, the toolkit aims to provide retailers - from major stores such as Waitrose, John Lewis and Partridges in London, all multiple retailers, to smaller enterprises and farm shops - with the resources and ideas to promote Welsh food and drink...

Some of Wales’ exciting food and drink producers are heading to Milan today in search for new export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raise Wales’ global profile as a first-class place to do business, it is supporting nine producers to visit Milan from the 24-28 June. This follows Italian interest in some of these products during the recent TasteWales event organised by the Welsh Government, which showcased over 800 Welsh...

Welsh food and drink producers will be turning their sights to the important export market of the USA next month in search of new and competitive export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raising Wales’s business profile on the global stage, it is supporting fifteen Welsh food and drink companies on a visit to New York and New Jersey from 17-20 September. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley...