The Australian Dairy Corporation recently announced that the latest
tender from the Agriculture and Livestock Industry Corporation of
Japan (ALIC) has...
German ingredients company J. Rettenmaier & Söhne announced
recently the opening of a new production plant for oat fibres with
a capacity of approximately...
The British beverage and confectionery group, Cadbury Schweppes,
has warned the US Federal Trade Commission that the proposed US$
13.3bn acquisition...
The Food Standards Ministerial Council of Australia and New Zealand
on Friday approved vegetable oil-derived plant sterol esters as a
novel food ingredient...
Several standing committees of the International Dairy Federation
(IDF) met in May to continue progress on finalising standards for
cheese and other...
After the merger of Béghin-Say with the sugar and agro-industrial
activities of Eridania in 1992, the Eridania Béghin-Say group, a
leader in the agro-industrial...
The Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO D4)
of the European Commission issued a discussion paper this week
which aims to present...
Martek Biosciences Corporation, an American company providing
microalgae-derived products, and the Torrey Mesa Research Institute
(TMRI), the genomics...
Coca-Cola, the American soft drink company, announced on May 28th
that it is withdrawing 700,000 bottles of Fanta-Pomelo, a
grapefruit flavoured soda...
The Canadian Meat Inspection Regulations were amended this month to
strengthen Canada's poultry and meat inspection programs in
federally registered establishments,...
Indian company B M Thapar group is to liquidate its starch business
Bharat Starch, Indian paper the Economic Times reports. This
follows the company's...
Japan and Australia signed an agreement that Japanese fishing boats
will be allowed to catch 6,421 tons of southern blue-fin tuna this
year, an increase...
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) on Wednesday
invited public comment on proposals involving nutrient claims,
labelling statements on milk...
Tetra Pak, the European food packaging company, and BioGaia AB, the
Swedish biotechnology research company, will launch a nutraceutical
straw. LifeTop™...
High levels of manganese in the environment, not infected beef,
could be respsonsible for the human version of mad cow disease
(vCJD), a Cambridge researcher...
Struggling British retailer Marks and Spencer Plc is considering a
shake-up of its food activities, one of the more stable areas of
its business, in a...
In a bid to stop "genetically engineered food contamination"
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the entrance of a Nestle
factory in Hong Kong...
A new study done by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine suggests that folic acid and Vitamins B12 may
limit the severity...
Hypermarkets in Thailand are taking the place of supermarkets,
reports the Bangkok Post. According to a survey, "Thailand's
Shopping Habits", released...
Scientists announced this week that they are developing an edible
vaccine that could stop the E. coli bacteria where it starts - in
cattle and other...
People may be at risk of foodborne illnesses because US federal
agencies are concentrating on risk assessments for policymaking,
which delay regulations...
Two American start-up foodservice industry Internet sites, eFS
Network and Maverick Xchange, announced on May 22nd they will merge
to form a business-to-business...
A staggering 63 per cent of Americans will choose to drink bottled
water this summer, according to a recently published survey for the
International Bottled...
Avebe, the Dutch starch producer, will join Pilao Quimica Ltda
concern, the Brazilian producer of tapioca-based starch and
derivatives, in a joint venture.
Tea might keep your teeth healthy, researchers report this week. A
preliminary study led by Dr. Milton Schiffenbauer of Pace
University in New York implies...
The American grain-processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Co.
(ADM) announced on May 21st that it plans to introduce in the U.S.
a new cooking oil,...
US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Co. is entering the growing market
for functional beverage products containing dietary supplement
ingredients such as...
Apples and tomatoes may help prevent respiratory disease, according
to a presentation at the 97th annual meeting of the American
Thoracic Society this...
Fish was a major part of the diet for early humans 20,000 years ago
in Europe, in contrast to the red meat preferred by the more
primitive Neanderthal,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is compromised by funding
from the drugs industry and pressure from Congress, the editor of a
top medical journal...
In a recent research, Rutgers University scientists have developed
a way to use living plants to reliably and inexpensively
manufacture biologically...
Based on a review of current studies, U.S. government researchers
say thiamine, one of the B vitamins could be a cost-effective
treatment alternative...