China has succeeded in providing enough food for most of its
populaion of 1.3 billion, but food safety has emerged as a new
national concern, an article in Outlook Weekly said, China Daily
reports.
As the food industry takes a look at itself this week during the
massive Anuga Food show in Cologne, Germany, our compatriots in the
Southern Hemisphere launch Austrade, a round of Global Food
Seminars.
Polish company Polmos Poznan is to become a direct subsidiary of
the Pernod Ricard group Wyborowa SA, following Pernod's recent
acquisition of the vodka company.
European Union countries on Thursday agreed on new rules on
labelling animal feed, in a move to tighten existing laws after a
series of food scares in recent years, the European Parliament said
on Thursday.
The US-based Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology announced
this week that it is to host a debate on issues facing Europe and
the US over genetically modified food.
High-protein diets have no proven effectiveness in long-term weight
reduction and pose potential health threats for those who adhere to
them for more than a short time.
French consumers believe British food is the most unsafe in Europe,
while food produced in France is of the highest quality, according
to an poll carried out for French producers group ANIA and released
on Tuesday.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) this week announced
details of three Closure Orders served on Irish food companies and
reafirmed the aim of the FSAI to achieve 100 per cent compliance.
Swiss-based life science chemical company Lonza has set up a cGMP
manufacturing capacity for large scale solid phase manufacture of
peptides at its Visp (CH) facility.
Speaking in a testimony before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, C.
Manly Molpus, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers of
America(GMA) outlined a four-point plan that strengthened and
favoured the current US food safety regulatory...
Seventeen out of nineteen iron products tested passed on all parameters, ConsumerLab.com, an independent evaluator of dietary supplements and nutrition products, claimed this week.
Fears over genetically modified foods may prevail in the minds of
the European consumer but recent research from the European
Commission suggests that they are as safe as their non-gmo
neighbours, and even safer.
The EU Advocate General Léger proposed this week that the Court
should allow the Italian Republic to prohibit the production in
Italy of "Parmesan" cheese that does not have the characteristics
of real "Parmigiano Reggiano".
Following the terrorist attacks on the US in September biosecurity
has become a primary issue for the country. In response to fears
over food safety the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) on
Tuesday approved a plan to develop...
Japan's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that it planned to inspect
all cattle due to be processed into food, tightening up its checks
for mad cow disease which currently only cover cows aged 30 months
or more.
US natural foods and drinks company J.M. Smucker is to acquire the
formulated fruit and vegetable preparation businesses of flavours
giant, International Flavors and Fragrances Inc.
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. on Tuesday said its third-quarter
earnings jumped 22 per cent, boosted by sales of Aquafina bottled
water and Mountain Dew Code Red soda, and said its growth is on
track for the rest of the year.
Health Canada advised consumers that the recently released
functional food margarine product, Becel™ Pro-activ™, is not in
compliance with the Canadian Food and Drugs Act and Regulations
More evidence to support the view that the dietary intake of onions
is of benefit to cardiovascular health and may inhibit human
platelet aggregation was released recently following research by
American scientists.
NSF International, a US Public Health and Safety Company(TM),
announced on Monday the first five products to receive
certification through the NSF Dietary Supplements Certification
Program.
Functional foods and ingredients will be given a greater focus at
global agriculture company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the
company announced on Monday.
Kerry, the Irish ingredients group, this week pushed its
development strategy further forward with the acquisition of two
flavour businesses in the UK and Brazilian food ingredients
markets.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to reopen for 45 days
the comment period for the interim final rule authorising a health
claim on the association between plant sterol/stanol esters and
reduced risk of coronary heart disease...
Lower crude soyoil prices are not tempting west European consumers,
who continue to prefer other soft oils that do not contain
genetically modified organisms (GMOs), dealers said on Friday.
Tests from a German laboratory confirmed Slovakia's first case of
mad cow disease on Thursday, proving fears that the brain wasting
affliction has spread further into Eastern Europe.
ANZFA) on Monday initiated a recall of twelve imported soy sauce
products after tests showed that they contained unsafe levels of
the chloropropanol 3-MCPD, a chemical contaminant and possible
cancer-causing agent.
The United Nations food body has accepted an Italian proposal to
move a planned world food summit from Rome to Rimini, but officials
are still haggling over costs, sources familiar with the event said
on Wednesday.
Environment issues and e-commerce came under discussion when
FoodNavigator.com spoke with Hans Berggren, President of Lyckeby
Stärkelsen Food & Fibre AB, the Scandinavian supplier of
specialist starches.
Swiss healthcare group Novartis AG confirmed on Thursday
allegations from environmental group Greenpeace that some samples
of baby food it sold in the Philippines contained genetically
modified soy.
Environmental group Greenpeace urged the Philippines on Wednesday
to impose mandatory labelling on food products containing
genetically modified organisms.
A new gadget to rapidly predict food poisoning is now available for
food processing companies. Called ImmunoFlow, the machine is no
bigger than a personal stereo and is so small and light that its
inventors ultimately envisage health...
The European Commission this week gave the go-ahead for
German-based chemical company Degussa AG to acquire sole control of
the British company Laporte PLC.
Dairy producer National Foods Ltd would continue to look for growth
through acquisition opportunities, despite its failed attempts with
Dairy Farmers Co-operative and Bonlac Foods Ltd.
