The European Commission has granted clearance under the European
Union's merger control law to the proposed acquisition by UK soft
drinks company Cadbury Schweppes Plc of the soft drinks brands and
related businesses of French...
Leading food ingredients supplier German-based Nutrinova is to
settle patent infringement claims against Rit-Chem with respect to
unauthorised sales by Rit-Chem of acesulfame K.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week designated
the milk protein activated lactoferrin as Generally Recognised as
Safe (GRAS). This new status brings the new food safety technology
one step closer to commercialisation.
A compound in eggs, a lecithin, can reduce the absorption of
cholesterol, US researchers reveal this week. The research has
resulted in the issue of a new U.S. Patent.
Greenpeace Canada lambasted the country's largest grocery chain and
Health Minister Allan Rock on Monday for failing to support
mandatory labelling of genetically engineered (GE) foods.
Vitamin C can aid congestive heart failure patients by suppressing
the signal for cell death within blood vessel linings, French and
German scientists reveal this week.
Twenty-five years ago, Alan Darvill and colleagues described one of
the most complex carbohydrates found in nature. Called
rhamnogalacturan II or RG-II, it is found in plant cell walls. The
carbohydrate is found in all higher plants...
A shift in attitudes of both consumers and producers is required if
society's expectations of food and agricultural policy are to be
met, EU Commissioner David Byrne for Health and Consumer Protection
said this week.
Italian agro-energy conglomerate Montedison said on Tuesday it is
selling its 56-per cent in starch maker Cerestar to U.S.
agribusiness giant Cargill for 33 euros per share.
More than 60 per cent of nutrition bars tested in a recent survey
failed to live up to their label claims, independent researcher
ConsumerLab.com reports this week
Food technology company aLF Ventures, LLC, a partnership between
Farmland National Beef Packing Company L.P. and ingredients
specialists DMV USA, this week opened N-terminus, a new
multi-million dollar food safety research and development...
Product development, once a main force behind the company's
success, but recently a division lacking innovative fire, has also
received a major infusion of cash.
Retail sales of prepared foods in Europe are stronger than ever
showing an increase of 5.2 per cent between 1996 and 2001,
according to a recent study by market analysts Datamonitor.
To date there is no evidence that BSE is present in sheep and goats
under field conditions but BSE cannot be excluded, scientists from
the European Commission confirm this week.
Australian and New Zealand Food Standards Ministers meeting on
Wednesday approved stricter labelling for genetically modified
foods and a new food standard setting safe levels of
chloropropanols in soy and oyster sauces.
In response to increasing demand for Frutafit® inulin, Dutch
ingredients company Sensus is to expand its manufacturing capacity
in Roosendaal,The Netherlands.
French food company Groupe DANONE announced on Wednesday that it
intends to make a public offer to acquire 100 per cent of the
capital of Frucor Beverages Group Limited, a market leader in the
fast growing energy drink segment in...
On October 15, the Superior Court of California threw out lawsuits
brought against the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)
citing that herbal tinctures and extracts sold by its member
companies are "alcoholic beverages".
Israeli ingredients company Gadot Biochemical Industries Ltd.
announced this week that it has developed a new, highly
bioavailable, soluble magnesium supplement based on citric acid.
The Bush administration is "hopeful" that a trade dispute with
China that has disrupted exports of U.S. soybeans will be resolved
soon, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Tuesday.
A bill that would have mandated labelling of all foods in Canada
containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was defeated in
the Canadian House of Commons.
A combination of the antioxidant Vitamin E and a cox inhibitor such
as aspirin significantly delays the development of atherosclerosis
in mice even when their cholesterol levels remain high, new
evidence suggests.
Decontamination with 1 per cent and 2 per cent buffered lactic acid
does not appreciably affect the spread of pathogen E.coli in beef
tissue, Belgian scientists report this week.
ADM Cocoa, a leading processor of cocoa beans, has acquired part of
the cocoa assets of Sifca, the Ivory Coast's main trader and
producer of cocoa, coffee and sugar.
Australian food group SPC Ltd said its AUS$81 million (45.6million
euros) friendly merger with central Victorian neighbour Ardmona
Foods Ltd is progressing well .
Food science and technology company Bon Coeur Inc. announced
recently that it has formalised a relationship with nutrition
product maker Nutrition 21 Inc.
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. said on Tuesday it is
paying an extra 20 cents per bushel for soybeans that have not been
genetically modified and are delivered to its processing facility
in Decatur, Illinois.
The European Commission recently added to the EC Health and
Consumer Protection web site opinions and guidelines from the
Scientific Committee on Food (SCF).
Unilever, one of the world's biggest multinationals, has been
giving financial support to anti-globalisation groups through its
Ben & Jerry's ice-cream subsidiary.
The market for soyfood products in the U.S. has experienced strong
and steady growth during the past 20 years and in 2000 grew by 21.1
per cent to reach US$ 2.77 billion (3.06 billion euros).
Oil from the common herb oregano may be an effective treatment
against dangerous, and sometimes drug-resistant bacteria, an
American researcher has found.
The director general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) has proposed that a World Food Summit originally scheduled
for next month should be postponed until June 2002, the Rome-based
body said on Monday.
The destination for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
World Food Summit next month may still be under discussion but
today the FAO will focus on World Food Day
The American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) this week
announced the appointment of its 2001/2002 Board of Directors, to
be installed on October 18, 2001.
In response to recent concerns raised in relation to possible
contamination of soy and oyster sauce products the Australian and
New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) has set a limit for
chloropropanols 3-MCPD in soy sauce products