Concerns about the growing incidence of food poisoning in the UK
have led to calls for much tighter controls of firms which handle
food, according to a report from the BBC.
British food retailer Iceland Group Plc warned on Wednesday it
would miss its target of flat full-year sales after a sharp drop in
its frozen food business over the Christmas period, pushing its
shares down
Kraft Foods Inc., a global leader in branded foods and beverages,
has reshuffled its senior management by naming Frank Meegan, 53,
Senior vice President, and Alene M. Korby, 47, Senior Vice
President Procurement and Integrated Supply...
To protect the food supply, farms, restaurants and supermarkets
should consider criminal background checks on employees, take care
to safeguard water supplies and keep a closer eye on the salad bar,
the U.S. government says.
Opta Food Ingredients today announced a restructuring program that
is designed to reduce the company's overall cost structure by
approximately $1 million annually.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. said on Tuesday it had been awarded a
patent covering certain plant-derived health foods known as
nutraceuticals that will speed up its growth in the sector
Kerry, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods Group,
today announced the acquisition of Aromont S.A. headquartered in
Montcornet, France and the proposed acquisition of Stearns &
Lehman Inc., headquartered in Mansfield,...
Top U.S. Agriculture Department officials and industry experts on
Monday reviewed details of China's long-awaited rules for biotech
soybeans and other genetically modified crops, which will take
effect on March 20.
Diversa Corp. and Givaudan Flavors Corporation today announced that
they have entered into an agreement to discover and develop novel
enzymes and processes for the cost-effective production of new
products for consumer applications
The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects China's imports of
wheat, soybeans, vegetable oils, and cotton to rise in the years
after accession to the WTO as new pressures from external
competition and internal shifts in consumer...
French agriculture minister Jean Glavany indicated that France is
not sure whether it will lift its ban on British beef, despite the
ruling of the European Court of Justice.
Penford Corporation announced today that it will strategically
restructure business operations to strengthen the Company's
position as a market leader in delivering
technically-differentiated, specialty ingredients to the food,...
Australian foot-and-mouth expert Dr Laurie Gleeson has warned that
the highly adaptable pan-Asian strain of Foot and Mouth Disease
(FMD), responsible for the UK outbreaks, is on the move in
South-East Asia.
Brazilian imports of Argentine wheat have ground to a halt but
millers have sufficient stocks until the end of January, grain
analysts and industry sources said Thursday.
To satisfy growing demand, both internationally and in the United
States, the production of Danisco antioxidants recently began in
St. Louis, Missouri.
The Philippine government is close to approving Kirin Brewery's
planned investment in San Miguel after assurances that the deal
would not weaken the country's equity position in its biggest food
and beverage company
The European Commission said on Wednesday it had extended its
review of U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill's planned purchase of a
unit of Italy's agro-energy conglomerate Montedison
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Respiratory
and Critical Care Medicine, researchers from London's King's
College reported that individuals who ate at least two apples per
week were between 22 and 32...
In a recent issue of The New England Journal of Medecine, Drs.
Walter C. Willett and Meir J. Stampfer review the evidence for and
against using various vitamin supplements to prevent disease.
Cargill has sold 55,000 tonnes of Thai raw sugar to Russia, the
world's top sugar importer, for January shipment at undisclosed
prices, trade sources told Reuters on Thursday.
Philippine conglomerate RFM Corporation on Thursday completed the
sale of soft drink unit Cosmos Bottling Corp to a San Miguel Corp
joint venture through a series of transactions in the share market,
an RFM spokesman said.
Shares of ImClone Systems Inc. fell nearly 16 percent on Monday
after regulators said they would not accept the biotechnology
company's application to sell its eagerly awaited colon cancer
drug, Erbitux.
Fast food chain Burger King announced yesterday it was to create
1,250 jobs next year, by opening 35 restaurants, bringing the total
number of UK outlets up to 720.
ConAgra Foods' recent move to separate financial results of its
branded foods from agricultural businesses might be more than a
bookkeeping shuffle, and could prepare the ground for an eventual
spinoff or sale of the company's...
Bangladeshi agro-based company Fine Foods Limited (FFL) has
launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise 32 million taka
($561,403), company officials said on Wednesday
French dairy giant Group Danone is reviving its plans for India. It
has now proposed to convert its proposed 80 per cent subsidiary
into a 100 per cent company, and capitalise it to Rs 150 crore over
five years instead of the original...
Russia's leading dairy products and fruit juices company is set to
launch an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in
the next few weeks.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition has reaffirmed that the
current upper limits for vitamin A set by the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) provide an appropriate safeguard for the general population.