Excess cholesterol on the blood is a sign that one is at risk of
cardiovascular diseases. However, according to new research,
too-low cholesterol levels could increase the risk of cancer.
Henkel KgaA has agreed to sell its chemical division Cognis to a
consortium of financial investors comprising of Schroder Ventures
and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.
The ANZFSC agreed to phase out ethylene oxide and to permit the
limited use of food irradiation as a safer alternative for herbs,
spices, and herbal teas.
According to scientists from the USDA's Agricultural Research
Service, the berries from autumn olive, a shrub, could become an
alternative source of lycopene.
Britain's second-biggest ice cream maker, Richmond Foods Plc said
on Tuesday it was buying the UK ice cream business of Swiss-based
Nestle SA for an initial 4.5 million pounds.
On September 12, Japan's farm ministry began checking feed plants
and asked local authorities for a nationwide inspection in an
attempt to ease public concern over Asia's first suspected case of
"mad cow" disease.
Could a pint of beer protect you from HIV in the future? The answer
is yes, according to a US company that is aiming to make a cheap
vaccine out of brewer's yeast.
The US National Medical Association (NMA), the professional
organisation of African American physicians, launched a new calcium
education campaign at their annual meeting in August, to encourage
american adolescents to recognise the...
Flavour company Quest International announced this week that its
purposefully build TrendAntenna, a TrendModel to map movements and
trends, has been effective in spotting consumer eating habits.
Marine-based nutraceuticals company Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd.
(ONC) announced this week that it had achieved GRAS (generally
recognised as safe) status for its omega-3 concentrated 30:20 EE
complex derived from fish oil.
The Board of Directors of Béghin-Say, chaired by Jérôme de
Pelleport, met on 10 September 2001 to approve the consolidated
financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2001.
The results of a national vending machine pilot test in American
middle and high schools released on September 10 show that milk is
a hit with kids as long as it is offered when, where and how they
like it.
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised products
containing qualifying amounts of the essential nutrient choline to
carry a nutrient content claim.
The Ecologist group Greenpeace condemned the granting of a European
patent for a genetic tweak that can make salmon grow eight times
larger than normal.
Allied Domecq PLC filed with the Spanish Stock Exchange Commission,
a recommended conditional cash offer for the entire issued share
capital of Bodegas y Bebidas S.A.
Cerestar, the global manufacturer of starch and derivative, has
been given approval to market its all-natural, no-calorie bulk
sweetener C*Eridex in Russia, after receiving certification from
the Russian Ministry of Public Health.
Consumer and interest groups criticised the Thai Food and Drug
Administration's draft regulations on the labelling of food
products containing genetically modified organisms for benefiting
manufacturers over consumers.
Danisco took its second field samples of beets; and according to
the results, the company expects an overall production well above
the quotas specified by the EU, but lower than the record
production of recent years.
Coffee contains four times the amount of health-boosting
antioxidants as green tea, reveals a new study that examined the
effects of green tea, cocoa, herbal teas and coffee on antioxidant
activity.
Market analysts Frost & Sullivan investigate the various
applications for food ingredients sourced from algae, the potential
health benefits of algae and the future of this ingredient.
The Italian Health Ministry announced on September 4 that Italy has
introduced measures to check for the presence of carcinogenic
substances in low-grade olive oil.
The British spirits and wine group Allied Domecq PLC announced on
September 4 that it has acquired Kümmerling GmbH for Euro20.35m in
cash on a debt free basis.
Why do individuals in certain families live longer than others? Is
there a genetic type that will dictate a long life? Recent findings
published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
this week suggest that this may...
Weather conditions,long winters and sea spray are stripping toxic
mercury from the atmosphere and incorporating it into the fragile
Arctic food chain, Nature reports.
Global starch and nutrition specialist National Starch this week
announced the pre-launch Novelose 260, "to give more value to
the customer", they tell FoodNavigator.com.
Indonesia looks like becoming the United States' largest soymeal
customer in 2001 as credit guarantees and supply problems from
other origins boost U.S. sales.
The British spirits group Diageo announced that it would sell its
Croft and Delaforce port and sherry brands for Euro82.5m, to a
consortium comprising Gonzalez Byass and Taylor Fonseca.
The Philippine food and beverage company San Miguel Corp announced
that it had sold its 49 per cent stake in juice firm Sugarland
Beverages Corp to unit La Tondena Distillers Inc (LTDI) for
PHP1.56bn.
US food polymer products company Landec Corporation is to
restructure its food business to focus on its specialty-packaged
technology products and the marketing and sales of whole produce,
the company announced in a statement this...
Food processing company Parmalat Canada is to close a factory in
Kingston, Ont., that packages juices and milk, the company
announced this week. Juice production will end on November 30, with
the work transferred to an unspecified...
The American food group ConAgra Foods Inc. is actively shopping its
beef business, ranked third in the United States, to potential
buyers, and has recently had talks with pork producer Smithfield
Foods Inc.
Sargento Foods Inc. of Plymouth said on Friday that the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration(FDA) has informed the company that it made
an error in the laboratory finding that led to Sargento issuing a
voluntary cheese recall on July...
Taiwan on Thursday was cited as reporting its first-ever confirmed
case of an infection with the virulent O-157 strain of E. coli
bacteria that claimed the lives of several children in western
Japan during a 1996 epidemic.