All news articles for February 2014

Rosselkhoznadzor lifts ban on US turkey meat

Russia restores US turkey imports

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

From 24 February, Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor lifted restrictions on the supply of turkey meat from the USA, said service spokesman Alexei Alexeenko.

Brazilian GMO-soy beans claims refuted

Claims over supply of GMO-free soy refuted

By Georgi Gyton

A number of associations have come together to refute claims made by the German Poultry Association (ZDG) regarding a lack of GMO-free soy coming out of Brazil.

OSHA interim final rule on retaliation complaints under FSMA

OSHA seeks comments on whistleblower rule

By Joseph James Whitworth

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published an interim final rule for handling retaliation complaints under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Middle Eastern countries imported 4.4 thousand tons of confectionery from Brazil in 2013, but there's still big potential for growth, says ABICAB

Brazil sweet on Arabic markets

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Currently the Middle East represents just over 3% of Brazilian confectionery exports, but potential far exceeds that, according to Brazil's industry trade association.

EU to reassess UK traffic light labels

EU to reassess UK traffic light labels

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

The European Commission has said it will investigate the impact of the UK’s voluntary traffic light nutrition labelling scheme, after several EU member states led by the Italian delegation complained that it could harm EU trading.

European Commission attacked over animal cloning

MEPS attack Commission’s animal cloning proposals as too weak

By David Haworth, in Brussels

The European Commission’s proposals to ban the farming of cloned animals and the sale of their meat came under fire yesterday from MEPs, who thought the European Union (EU) should take tougher action to prevent cloning.

ABF reported that weak sugar prices had been offset by a strong performance from its Primark clothing business

Associated British Foods results undermined by sugar

By Michael Stones

Weak sugar prices will be offset by a strong performance of its budget clothing business Primark, according to Associated British Foods’s (ABF’s) pre-close trading statement, covering the first half of its financial year to March 1 2014.

Antonin de Margerie (Silliker EMEA regional director), Philippe Sans, Mérieux NutriSciences CEO, Haitham Altraif (CEO, IDAC) Dr Abdulmalik Abdulah Alhusseini (CEO Arasco)

Mérieux NutriSciences expands in Saudi Arabia

By Joseph James Whitworth

Mérieux NutriSciences has acquired an equity position in Inspection, Diagnosis and Analysis Lab Company (IDAC), which provides food testing services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

The National Chicken Council has launched ChickenRoost.com, an informative website outlining safety, animal health, and other poultry industry concerns.

Poultry site clucks about chicken safety

By Jenni Spinner

The National Chicken Council’s recently launched ChickenRoost.com site takes consumers and producers on a journey through the poultry industry.

Not enough beta-palmitate, youngster?...

Mud in your eye: EFSA rejects vision and stool claims

By Shane STARLING

Replacing vegetable oils with an esterified vegetable oil in infant formulas will not soften infant stools, and a choline form will not boost vision, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found.

Pringles has doubled, even tripled, some of the scale that Kellogg's has in some emerging markets, its CEO says

Kellogg CEO: We integrated Pringles flawlessly

By Kacey Culliney

The acquisition of Pringles back in 2012 has tripled the scale of Kellogg in some emerging markets – completely changing the nature of business, its CEO says.

Rosé grapefruit pamplemousse Wine Intelligence

Preview: Vinisud February 24-26

Flavoured wines big hit with younger drinkers

By Rachel Arthur

Demand for flavoured wines continues to grow, according to a report from Wine Intelligence that will be presented at tradeshow Vinisud next week.  

Eurofins buys Triple Quadrupole LC/MS system

Eurofins invests in pesticide testing

Eurofins Food Testing UK has bought a second Triple Quadrupole liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS) system to increase capacity for pesticide residue testing.

PathoGenetix explains GSS technology

PathoGenetix: GSS tech demonstration

PathoGenetix has described the biophysical processes of DNA stretching that allow for high-throughput stretching in Genome Sequence Scanning technology (GSS).

Young people lack confidence in the kitchen - but many Brits are enthusiastic about cooking

Young Brits lack confidence in the kitchen: Mintel

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Pupils in UK primary and secondary schools will have compulsory cooking lessons from September this year – as new research from Mintel suggests less than a third of British people aged 16-24 are confident in the kitchen.

Religious groups hit back at Danish non-stun ban

Denmark bans non-stun slaughter

By Line Svanevik

A ban on non-stun slaughter has come into force in Denmark as the country’s government says “animal rights come before religion”.

FoodQualityNews global food recalls

Food Safety Recall Round-up 14-20 February

Recalls: E.coli, allergy and glass contamination

By Joseph James Whitworth

This week in the recall round-up gallery the reasons  behind food withdrawals takes us to USA, Canada, Germany, Australia and  New Zealand, Belgium and Greece.

modified surfaces processing Cambridge University

Operational efficiency month

Scientists tackle bacteria on processing surfaces

By Rachel Arthur

Modified surfaces on food production lines will be examined by scientists at ‘Fouling and Cleaning in Food Processing 2014: Green Cleaning' conference.

IOI Loders Croklaan doubles sustainable palm oil supply in 2013

IOI Loders Croklaan doubles sustainable palm oil supply in 2013

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Palm oil supplier IOI Loders Croklaan surpassed its goal to increase volumes of certified sustainable palm oil to 30% of total European sales last year – and has certified all its plantations to Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) standards.

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