All news articles for September 2014

Recalls: Choking hazards, allergens, and glass

FOOD SAFETY RECALL ROUND-UP 5-17 SEPTEMBER

Recalls: Choking hazards, allergens, and glass

By Mark ASTLEY

In this, the latest edition of FoodQualityNews.com's recall round-up gallery, we've got choking hazards, glass contamination, allergens, and Clostridium botulinum.

The retail price of chicken has increased despite over-supply

Norway retail pricing of chicken under spotlight

By Gerard O’Dwyer, in Helsinki

Norway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food has included poultry products in its investigation of meat production and retail prices following fresh data indicating a sharp 7.1% price rise, despite an over-supply situation, in retail chicken prices between...

Researchers are calling for sugar to represent no more than 3% of total dietary energy intake

Sugar not the sole cause of obesity: AB Sugar

By Rick Pendrous

British Sugar owner AB Sugar is fighting back against anti-sugar campaigners with the launch of a campaign informing people about sugar’s role in a healthy balanced diet.

Premier Foods has reorganised its commercial division

Premier Foods launches three new business units

By Laurence Gibbons

Premier Foods has launched three new ‘Strategic Business Units’ (SBU’s) in a bid to strengthen its focus on major growth opportunities and develop more agile ways of working.

Hot cereals represented 13.2% of the UK category and was worth £211m ($341m) in 2013

UK breakfast boom? Hot cereals up 17.9% in 2013

By Kacey Culliney

The demand for hot cereals like porridge has continued to experience a dramatic resurgence and will continue an upward trajectory for the next four years, according to a Key Note report.

Cattle numbers are expected to increase by 2% in 2015

Brazilian beef production and exports expected to rise

By Georgi Gyton

Exports of Brazilian beef are predicted to rise by 10% next year, according to the latest Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report, by the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

The firm makes a range of drinks including Shloer

DISPATCHES FROM GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY, MADRID

Innovation presents food safety challenge – SHS

By Joseph James Whitworth

Growing innovation in the drinks industry with products such as functional beverages is challenging traditional food safety models, according to SHS Drinks.

Barnes: 'Food and drink exports are a long-term opportunity for growth'

FDF launches export promotion drive

By Rod Addy

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has launched a month of activity with online export community Open to Export, designed to boost small and medium-sized food and drink company exports.

FQN looks at the headlines so far in 2014

Food safety and quality control news you may have missed

Review of recalls, research, outbreaks and industry

By Joseph James Whitworth

As we enter the final few months of 2014, FoodQualityNews takes a look back at what has hit the headlines this year.

Lower saturated fats through rapeseed gene

Lower saturated fats in new rapeseed strain

By Nicholas Robinson

Determined food businesses working to lower fat content could benefit from a new strain of rapeseed that produces oil with lower than usual levels of saturated fat.

Scotch Whisky Association presses ‘Yes Scotland!’ for currency clarity

TRADE BODY WANTS REASSURANCE AHEAD OF SEPT 18 INDEPENDENCE VOTE

Scotch Whisky Association presses ‘Yes Scotland!’ for currency clarity

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) CEO David Frost warns that a lack of clarity over an independent Scotland’s currency could hit exports, supply chains, pricing and competitiveness in the multi-million dollar industry.

EFSA wants your views on its openness...

EFSA extends consultation on ‘Open EFSA’

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority has extended the period of public consultation on its discussion paper ‘Transformation to an Open EFSA’ by a month.

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