Just five years ago, British drinks group Merrydown was on the
verge of going bust, bogged down by spiralling costs, a lack of
focus and dependency on a product - cider - in dire financial
straits.
If traceability is at the heart of new food labelling rules in
Europe then the life blood keeping it beating must be risk
management. On the eve of the first ever risk assessment on
genetically modified organisms delivered by Europe's...
The European Commission this week gave the green light to
salatrims, a type of reduced-calorie fats, for use as novel food
ingredients following an application by ingredients giant Danisco.
The long-awaited approval opens the way...
A far-reaching pig welfare strategy in the UK will have
implications for pork processors everywhere. Greater access to
information and comprehensive disease surveillance should produce
better meat and help consolidate the UK's...
Labelling issues for meat have just got easier, hails a Danish
analysis equipment company that has come up with a new technology
to measure fat content.
Management at Spar, the Germany-based, French-owned retail group,
has reacted angrily to reports in the press last week that it was
considering selling off its discount chain Netto - and not
surprisingly, since the business is by...
Food technologists the world over are looking at formulations to
boost the consumption of health-promoting fish oil in people's
diets, but they are faced with a hurdle - food quickly becomes
rancid when fish oil is added. Thanks...
Junk food such as burgers, chips and fizzy drinks, should carry
tobacco-style health warnings in a bid to reduce rising obesity
rates, a senior UK politician told leading food makers in a
government investigation into obesity yesterday.
In the wake of terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001
Europe's manufacturing industries have taken a knock but figures
released this week reveal that the food industry is managing the
course, registering a 'light...
The EU food and drink industry proved highly resilient in 2002,
increasing overall volume sales by 1.8 per cent at a time when the
bloc's industrial output as a whole declined.
