The global food standards body Codex Alimentarius Commission has
adopted a landmark agreement on how to assess the risks to
consumers from foods derived from biotechnology, the FAO and the
World Health Organisation (WHO) said this...
Finnish group Atria is to become the first western company in the Lithuanian meat products market with the acquisition of a stake in local producer Saltuva.
A strong rise in sales volumes in Western Europe helped Barry
Callebaut to post steady profit rise for first nine months. Company
on course to meet its target of EBIT SF200 million in 2002/03.
NASA-awarded food science students will present the ultimate in
space comfort foods - the 'Pizza Popper'- at the upcoming IFT
Annual Meeting in Chicago this weekend.
New flavour encapsulation technology could provide product
developers with a new tool to prolong shelf life, claims flavours
company International Flavors & Fragrances.
A slow but steady recovery at Iceland and innovative new customer
schemes at Booker will help the Big Food Group improve over time,
but for the first quarter of the year, the company managed little
more than a 'satisfactory'...
Top heart charity launches 'pinch of salt' consumer awareness
campaign in the UK to tackle salt consumption while scientists in
the US investigating the link between salt and taste forsee new
healthy salts in the future.
In a bid to validate different soy isoflavone testing methods
around the world, newly merged Dutch ingredients company Acatris
worked with TNO Nutrition and Food Research to perform a global
ring test from laboratories around the...
Acatris, the Dutch health ingredients company, has called for
greater harmonisation of the methods used to test soy isoflavones
to help consumers avoid "the proverbial problem of comparing
apples to oranges rather than apples...
Safeway, the UK food retailer, has maintained sales and profits
during a difficult first quarter dogged by uncertainty over the
future of the chain. A resilient performance by the embattled
chain.
Flavour ingredients company Treatt will unveil its new selection of
natural vegetable distillates at the IFT exhibition opening this
weekend in Chicago, USA.
A new €3.5 million marketing campaign designed to promote the
consumption of fish and seafood was backed last week by the Spanish
Ministry of Agriculture. The campaign will also highlight the risks
of eating immature fish, which has...
Small batch crisp manufacturer Jonathan Crisp claims to be the
first UK crisp manufacturer to produce cholesterol-free crisps,
looking to gain market share in the 'healthier' foods market.
Two companies at the forefront of the branded wine revolution have
joined forces to create a new brand with global sales aspirations.
Germany's Racke group and South Africa's KWV International launched
Golden Kaan at last...
As European politicians make hesitant steps towards sustainable
agriculture through reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP), scientists assert that the main focus of agricultural
research has shifted from production to assessing...
Embattled Dutch retail chain is facing a new investigation to add
to the ones currently being carried out by the US authorities. But
this probe is much closer to home, being carried out by the public
prosecutor in Amsterdam.
Confectionery producers in Ukraine are confident that they will be
able to increase output by 10 per cent this year, mainly as a
result of a recovery in exports to Russia.
Strong growth in the US, but a slowdown in Europe marked the global
organic food and drink industry last year. Supply-demand imbalances
and trade barriers are some of the challenges the industry faces
today.
Food producers are being urged to take advantage of the growing
number of single person households by creating more products
designed for individual consumers. Singles across Europe spend more
than €140bn each year on food, drink...
Private agri-giant sells French oils company to joint European
venture following approval from the European Commission. The cash
back will be used to reduce debt.
Natural food colours offer not only colouring attributes, but
additional health benefits that could be leveraged into significant
value-addition for the final product, write market analysts Frost
& Sullivan. So why are New Zealand...
The advisory forum of the new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
was the guest of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in
Berlin this week.
Controversial herbal drink of 19th century artistes, said to
produce hallucinogenic levels of intoxication and inspire the Green
Muse, is well under control in Germany. But high alcohol content
means warnings are still de rigeur.
Food safety is making international headlines as the United States
and the European Union continue to take dramatically different
positions over this contentious issue. A food policy think-tank
raises concerns that these transatlantic...
A range of issues hitting the food industry in Europe came under
the spotlight last month at symposium in Germany co-ordinated by
gelatine giant Gelita.
The popularity of absinth, the lurid green drink, is on the rise,
despite being banned in the early part of the century. A German
assessment of the safety of the drink found that consumers could
still be at risk, albeit from alcohol...
When chicken processor Tyson merged with meat giant IBP the €4.1
billion deal marked one the largest acquisitions in the food
industry in the last few years. Today the company is moving deeper
into health ingredients.
Europe's food industry has welcomed yesterday's decision not to
further reduce the threshold level for the labelling of GM
ingredients in foodstuffs, but remains deeply concerned about the
new labelling requirements also...
Scientists will team up with Unilever to examine the link between
vitamins and minerals and brain development in children in the
first study of its kind in Australia.
Extensive analysis of studies on the power of vitamins A, C and E
or multivitamins to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer
calls highlights need for more evidence.
A national campaign in Ireland will tackle food safety standards by
highlighting the value of HACCP absorption, announced the Food
Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) on Monday.
As MEPs vote on tough new GM legislation today, a UK environmental
group accuses the government of continuing to lobby against strict
laws on GM food and crops.
Sales of Britvic's new milk-based carbonate Freekee Soda, launched
earlier this year, have been disappointing - evidence of the
difficulty of marketing any new product to that most fickle of
consumers, the teenager, claim market...
Brazil, one of the world's largest soy producers, could soon
legalise the use of controversial gene-modified soybeans after a
five year ban, writes the American Soybean Association (ASA) this
week.
Oxysense, the world leader in non-invasive oxygen measurement
systemsfor the food and beverage industry, is to showcase a number
of new technologies at the forthcoming Pack Expo.
Somerfield, the UK supermarket group, is pleased with its recovery
but wants to increase the pace of development for its new store
formats to consolidate its position in the convenience store
segment.
Bone health beverages and fitness waters are at the core of new
product concepts highlighted by the health unit of agri-giant
Cargill at the upcoming Institute of Food Technologists' exhibition
this month in Chicago.
A recently published report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry highlights how the herb basil, when incorporated into
plastic wrapping, can enhance food safety.
Not content with criticising UK market leader Tesco at every turn,
Friends of the Earth is now gunning for world number one Wal-Mart,
accusing it of exploiting planning loopholes to extend floorspace
at 40 Asda stores. But Asda has...
Representatives from 169 countries gathered in Rome yesterday for a
week of talks led by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. High on the
agenda, food safety, biotechnology, food irradiation and an
overhaul of the Codex structure.
