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Dispute panel looks into EU GM rules
03-Sep-2003 - The World Trade Organisation has given the go ahead for a dispute panel to be set up under its aegis to investigate a complaint by...
Roche signs up for new food ingredients tech
03-Sep-2003 - Invest in Denmark, part of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports this week that fledgling Danish biotech company Up Front Chromatography, the patent holder...
Solbar keeps them rolling
02-Sep-2003 - Ambitious Israeli soy ingredients company Solbar Industries keeps the new products rolling out with the launch this week of Solpro 900, a soy protein isolate...
US consumer ambivalent over GM foods
01-Sep-2003 - As Europe and the United States square themselves for the battle of the GM at the upcoming WTO trade talks in Cancun, Mexico next week,...
Frutarom integrates flavour purchase
01-Sep-2003 - Tel Aviv stock exchange-listed Frutarom Industries has welcomed a new company into its stable - Frutarom Switzerland - previously known as Emil Flachsmann, and by...
Trade 'distortion': impact on developing economies
28-Aug-2003 - Balancing liberalisation with a better deal for developing countries must be a priority for the World Trade Organisation as figures from a new report released...
Cargill storms FiE
28-Aug-2003 - As US agribusiness Cargill reaches further into Europe, the upcoming Food Ingredients Europe 2003 exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany bears witness to the company's growing presence....
Sugar reforms threaten profits for Danisco and ABF
28-Aug-2003 - Imminent reforms to the EU sugar regime - likely to be more radical than estimated - could slice millions off the sugar profits for Associated...
WTO, winners and losers
27-Aug-2003 - As the countdown to the September rendez-vous for WTO global trade negotiations in Cancun in Mexico begins, European agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler shares his views...
Texture takes on heavy duty test
27-Aug-2003 - UK texture analysis designer and manufacturer Stable Micro Systems to unveil high speed, heavy duty texture analyser - the TA.Hdplus - at the Fi Europe...
Currency rates bite into Aarhus profits
26-Aug-2003 - Aarhus Oliefabrik, baptised Aarhus United by the company's board on Monday, felt the negative impact of currency rates and a sharp drop in demand for...
New Chr-Hansen-Novozyme alliance
26-Aug-2003 - Danish enzyme company Novozymes will join up with Danish ingredients business Chr. Hansen to create a platform for the development and marketing of enzyme products...
Tagatose hits the marketplace, at last
25-Aug-2003 - Putting the pressure on its licensee MD Foods to bring tagatose to the marketplace may well have worked for the low cal sweetener patent holder...
Upstream solutions for food ingredients supplies
25-Aug-2003 - A non-profit making group has come up with a new set of guidelines to facilitate the movement of food ingredients that could lead to improved...
Boehringer Ingelheim satisifed with H1 results
23-Aug-2003 - On August 22, the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the first six months of 2001 developed as expected. Sales rose...
S&N take stake in Portuguese brewery
21-Aug-2003 - Scottish & Newcastle, the UK brewing and leisure group, confirmed last week the acquisition of a 49 per cent stake in Central De Cervejas (Centralcer),...
Carlsberg bids for local rival
21-Aug-2003 - Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, announced last week a friendly takeover bid for Albani Brewery. The brewing giant offered DKr378m ($46m) for the company. But the...
Sweet harvest for Danisco
21-Aug-2003 - Despite a reduction in sugar beet acreage - a move designed to cut the amount of sugar on the world market - Danisco expects this...
Strong sales growth for Solbar
20-Aug-2003 - Israeli manufacturer of soy proteins and soy isoflavones Solbar Industries closed the 2001 financial year with significant growth in sales and profits. According to US...
Lacklustre results from Burns Philp
20-Aug-2003 - Australia's largest food and ingredients company Burns Philp & Co saw net profit rise by 16 per cent to A$170.0 million (€100m) for the fiscal...
Competition keen in oils and fats
20-Aug-2003 - Hardening competition in the vegetable oil industry saw margins cropped for Swedish oils and fats company Karlshamns in the first half of 2003. The group...
European ingredients boost Cargill figures
20-Aug-2003 - Strong results across a range of business units helped US agribusiness Cargill post a stable set of figures for the fourth-quarter of 2003. Food ingredients...
Aarhus - a united front
19-Aug-2003 - Danish oil and vegetable fat company Aarhus Oliefabrik is in for a make-over with 2004 heralding in a new name and company structure. At a...
Profit drops for Givaudan
19-Aug-2003 - Swiss flavours and fragrance company Givaudan saw operating profit for the first half of 2003 knocked by lower gross margins and a rise in pension...
DSM in dairy partnership
18-Aug-2003 - Ingredients company DSM has linked up with culture specialists CSL to offer cheese and yoghurt manufacturers 'a single source for both cultures'. In addition to...
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