All news articles for November 2014

'We are responding to consumer demand for gluten-free versions of their favorite products,' says CPW nutrition manager

Nestlé gluten-free cornflakes hit Europe

By Kacey Culliney

Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) has developed Nestlé gluten-free cornflakes for select European countries to capture increasing interest from non-celiac dieters.

Jean-Louis Henriot

Special edition: Track & Trace

Lascom updates CPG software to edit product specifications prior to INCO

By Jenny Eagle

Lascom, which develops PLM (product lifecycle management) software, has updated its CPG version to better manage data and documents ahead of the 1169/2011 European regulation consumer information on food (INCO Regulation), which comes into effect on December...

Agilent Technologies advances FTIR microscopy imaging

Packaging analysis boosted with FTIR upgrades

By Joseph James Whitworth

Agilent Technologies has enhanced some of its Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) microscopes claiming it will allow customers to analyze samples that were never before possible.

The Malaysian government seeks to double palm oil production by 2020, while production is also expanding in equatorial Africa.

UN helps RSPO strengthen palm complaints platform

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have partnered to raise awareness on sustainable palm oil and strengthen frameworks like that for complaints on compliance.

The new organisation will promote competition-neutral meat-related issues

Sweden gets new meat trade organisation

By Gerard O’Dwyer, in Helsinki

Sweden’s meat sector has established Svenska Köttföretagen (SKF), a new broad-based trade organisation that will promote the industry’s special interests and provide expert advice to members.

Eating salty snacks has been suggested to increase thirst, and therefore drive excess calorie intake.

Myth busting? High salt intake may not increase thirst

By Nathan Gray

It is commonly believed that consumption of salty foods increases thirst, and could be a reason for increased consumption of sugary soft drinks and alcoholic beverages. But just how true is this notion?

synthetic biology firm Evolva to buy Allylix for stevia, flavors

Synthetic biology pioneers team up to create 'powerhouse in yeast fermentation technologies'

Evolva to expand microbial fermentation empire with acquisition of Allylix

By Elaine Watson

Evolva - the Swiss ‘synthetic biology’ company developing stevia, vanillin, and other ingredients via microbial fermentation - is to acquire San Diego-based Allylix to create a “true powerhouse in yeast-based fermentation technologies”.

10km restriction zones for poultry have been set up in the UK and the Netherlands. Photo credit: Jamie McDonald

Multiple bird flu outbreaks reported in Europe

By Georgi Gyton

Highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks have been reported in the UK and the Netherlands over the past couple of days, following an outbreak of the H5N8 strain of bird flu in Germany earlier this month.

Waitrose is part of the John Lewis Partnership

Waitrose trials dietary advice in stores

By Rod Addy

Waitrose is offering shoppers access to in-store dietary advice on a trial basis in a bid to help consumers with a range of concerns, including food allergies.

A new fixed agricultural tax could spell significant problems for the meat industry

New tax initiatives set to hit Ukrainian meat industry

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Ukraine’s government intends to increase the tax burden on meat producers, which could result in a strong negative impact on the development of the meat industry in the country in the years ahead, according to industry participants.

Welsh lamb has now overtaken Sardinian lamb as the dominant brand in Italian supermarkets

Wales at forefront of lamb category in Italy

By Oli Haenlein

PGI Welsh Lamb is now the market leader and the most "well-known" lamb brand in Italian supermarkets, according to Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) – Meat Promotion Wales’ Italian agent Jeff Martin.

Binding, global policies are needed to improve health, the letter argues

Health campaigners call for treaty to tackle poor diets

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

International health campaigners have called for a binding treaty to tackle diet-related ill health in a letter to the heads of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Iraq's wheat growing regions and its water resources are affected by the rise of Islamic State

Iraqi agriculture facing $38m shortfall

By Eliot Beer

Iraq needs an additional US$38.5m in agricultural aid if it is to avoid collapse, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned.

UAE heart attack victims tend to be much younger than elsewhere

UAE plans law to cut salt and fat in food

By Eliot Beer

The UAE is planning to introduce a new law restricting levels of salt and fat in packaged food, officials from the country’s Ministry of Health have said.

WHO: “Ending malnutrition throughout the world requires action on many fronts.

"When we put all this data together, there isn't a country that doesn't experience significant malnutrition"

Malnutrition costs 11% of world's GDP: Global Nutrition Report

By Shane STARLING

Malnutrition is costing the global economy $3.5 trillion (€2.8trn) a year in both the developing and developed worlds, the biggest ever global survey of nutrition has concluded.

PURE Bioscience also expects to withdraw its FCN for the use of SDC on produce

PURE Bioscience ‘deeply disappointed’ after FCN withdrawal

By Joseph James Whitworth

PURE Bioscience has said it is ‘surprised’ and ‘deeply disappointed’ at the need to withdraw a Food Contact Notification (FCN) for use of its antimicrobial in raw poultry processing after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said silver intake levels...

Armed with a camera, we took to the show floor

dispatches from Lab Innovations

Lab Innovations: The Gallery

By Joseph James Whitworth

A picture speaks 1,000 words? Maybe or maybe not but in food safety and microbiology it is certainly useful. Lab Innovations in Birmingham, UK brought together industry experts for two days and we went along for the ride.

The business admitted it may have expanded into regions too early

Miratorg cuts retail chain across Russia

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russian meat giant and agricultural holding company Miratorg has stopped the roll-out of its retail project, as most of the meat shops appeared to be unprofitable, according to the company’s management.

The funding will go towards promoting Welsh lamb and beef

Welsh meat wins €4.1m funding boost

By Oli Haenlein

Welsh meat bosses are hoping to increase the profile for the country’s lamb and beef across Europe with the launch of a multi-million-euro project.

Bakkavor makes a range of chilled breads, from garlic breads to ciabattas

Bakkavor invests in chilled breads facility

By Rod Addy

Bakkavor revealed plans for a multi-million pound investment in its chilled bread plant at Crewe as it reported results up to the end of its third financial quarter (Q3).

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