An interactive workshop for fresh-cut processors entitled
"Developing and Implementing HACCP for the Fresh-cut Industry",
will be held May 23-25, 2001...
Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever plans to lose 8,000 more jobs and
close 30 plants as it integrates the recently acquired Bestfoods
into its operations,...
The Fruit Systems Business Line of Degussa Flavors & Fruit
Systems (formerly SKW Nature Products) on Monday announced the
launch of Sweet Ovations, the...
US consumer food giant H.J. Heinz Co. and US Beech-Nut Nutrition
Corporation called off their proposed $185 million merger on Friday
after an appeals...
French cheese group, Fromageries Bel, last week announced a net
profit of E69m for the financial year 2000, representing an
increase of 7.8 per cent....
The UK government has approved a £2.2 million funding package to
improve food and health education and awareness in schools, and
extended coverage of...
A white wine with the beneficial effects of red wine has been
developed in Israel. Scientists at the Technion Israel Institute of
Technology claim to...
US flavour specialists Senomyx, Inc.,and US soups giant Campbell
Soup Company announced this week a collaborative research and
license agreement to discover...
As a result of the food crises menacing Europe the year 2000 was
undeniably a difficult one for the French food industry. However
the industry "resisted...
Danish food, sugar and packaging group Danisco said on Thursday it
acquired U.S. Florida Flavors, a leading manufacturer of fruit
flavours for the juice...
The Codex Committee on Food Labelling will be meeting on May 1 -
May 4 in Ottawa, Canada. Agenda items will include the
consideration of labelling provisions...
The Hungarian Government is pushing for a full lifting of the ban
on meat and food product shipments to Russia, according to Péter
Balás, Deputy State...
The European Commission agreed on Wednesday to permit the marketing
of Canadian "Icewine", a specialised dessert wine made from grapes
frozen on the vine...
From May 1, a new regulation will prohibit all imports of raw and
processed food, subject to any type of genetic modification in Sri
Lanka. The Food Advisory...
Chiquita, the US banana producer, reported yesterday a 89 per cent
drop in first quarter net income, as it struggles to avoid
bankruptcy. The world's...
The European Commission has submitted to the Member States a
working paper on the future strategy on the use of meat-and-bone
meal (MBM) in Europe which...
US fast food giant McDonald's warned on Thursday that fears over
the safety of European beef, which dragged first quarter profit
down 16 per cent, would...
Further to the divestment of its dairy activities Koninklijke
Wessanen nv, the international food group, announced on Thursday
that its US dairy companies,...
Salmonella prevalence is declining in the US thanks to the HACCP
system introduced in 1998, according to a Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS)...
Tomato-based foods and tomatoes may reduce the risk of damage to
the lungs caused by ozone, according to new preliminary findings
presented this week...
Policies for labelling genetically modified products would be drawn
up within three months, announced Thai Public Health Minister
Sudarat Keyuraphan this...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning for
consumers to stop using dietary products that contain aristolochic
acid, found primarily...
Tony Blair is losing the battle to reassure voters about British
produce,according to a new poll which reveals that three-quarters
of the nation no longer...
Too much fibre may be not be good for us, warns a British cancer
researcher. When fibre ferments in the gut, it can increase your
risk of developing...
CP Kelco ApS, a newly created food-gums company, has sued Pharmacia
& Upjohn Inc, alleging its Monsanto Co unit provided
misinformation in order to complete...
A severe business backlash and the loss of hundreds of million baht
in revenue are quickly emerging as Thai consumers voice concern
over genetically modified...
US company Martek Biosciences Corporation announced on Thursday
that the Company's nutritional oils, docosahexaenoic acid ("DHA")
and arachidonic acid...
Tomato-based foods and tomatoes may reduce risk of damage to the
lungs caused by ozone, according to new preliminary findings from
research presented...
Six months after the deregulation of Australia's dairy industry,
milk prices have fallen by as much as 40 cents a litre with the
likelihood of further...
The 2nd Mindanao Seaweed Congress, to be held in the Philippines
April 25-26, will aim at expanding the region's seaweed sector
beyond simple production...
Food ingredient developer Danisco Cultor recently launched a new
polyglycerol ester of polycondensed ricinoleic acid (PGPR) for the
confectionery world....
UK supermarket chain Tesco is set to confirm its position as one of
the UK's most profitable retailers when it unveils its results on
Tuesday, the Financial...
American cranberry giant, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., has begun
nationwide distribution of its complete line of juices and juice
drinks in a new "flagship"...
