All news articles for November 2015

Food safety crime guidelines for fines

Tougher fines for most serious food crimes

By Alice Foster

Businesses found guilty of corporate manslaughter and the most serious food crimes will face tougher fines under new guidelines published today (November 3).

Nomad completes Findus acquisition

Nomad completes Findus acquisition

By Niamh Michail

Nomad has completed its acquisition of Findus becoming the largest frozen food in Western Europe, it announced yesterday.

Adverts for fast-moving consumer goods is not hitting the mark - over half of the 30,000 senior consumers surveyed by Nielsen said adverts did not reflect them or their needs

Older consumers need tailored food products, say researchers

By Niamh Michail

It's not just taste and texture perceptions that change for older consumers but their social experience of food too - yet research is lacking and food manufacturers are missing out as a result, say Dutch scientists.

  People starting careers in food businesses should be hungry for knowledge, says King

Big interview new starter advice

Food business starters should be hungry for knowledge

By Laurence Gibbons

Young people starting their food business careers should hungry for knowledge about the roles they’ve taken on and slip a “finger in lots of pies”, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) boss Jane King. 

FQN, as a media partner, will be reporting live from the symposium

RAFA 2015 in Czech Republic November 3–6

FQN heads to RAFA 2015

By Joseph James Whitworth

An international conference covering the latest issues in food safety and quality with the biggest industry names starts this week.

Bord Bía exhibited at Gulfood in Dubai for the first time

Irish food body exhibits at Gulfood for first time

By Rod Addy

Irish food body Bord Bía participated in Dubai’s Gulfood Manufacturing last week for the first time, with a relaxation of restrictions on Irish beef and sheep meat exports to Oman boosting activity. 

Retail group FCD says its label is

French retailers unveil alternative nutrition label

By Niamh Michail

French retailers have unveiled an alternative 'simplified' nutrition label which rivals the five-coloured label and banishes the red traffic light that they cast as discriminatory against certain foods.

Jimco CEO Jimmy Larsen shows off the innovative FLO-D

Ozone solution revolutionises battle against pathogens

By Rod Addy

Revolutionary technology using ozone to kill pathogens was exciting interest at Dubai’s Gulfood Manufacturing 2015 exhibition, courtesy of Danish firm Jimco A/S, which is now rolling it out commercially.

Pork exports to China experienced a 23% increase for the first nine months of 2015

Chinese pork imports on the rise

By Chloe Ryan

Pork imports into China have continued to increase throughout 2015, with volumes totalling 518,000 tonnes (t) for January to September, up 22% on the year before.

Tate & Lyle launch Middle Eastern recipes with a healthier twist

Gulfood Manufacturing 2015, Dubai

Tate & Lyle launch Middle Eastern recipes with a healthier twist

By Jenny Eagle

Tate & Lyle launched a menu of Middle Eastern recipes with a healthier twist at Gulfood Manufacturing, in Dubai last week (October 27–29) to tackle the growing number of consumers in the region who are concerned about rising obesity levels.

European farmers are told to reduce ammonia emissions after an air quality review

Air quality review warning for European farmers

By Chloe Ryan

A review of air quality that will require farmers in Europe to reduce ammonia emissions “poses a serious challenge to the livestock sector”, the European farming representative body Copa and Cogeca has said, and could end up “jeopardising food production,...

Russia is set to focus on exporting meat to Asia

Russian export strategy shifts east

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russia is to focus on exporting meat primarily to Asian countries in the next few years, according to the country’s Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev. He estimates that, in two to three years, Russia will export 200,000 tonnes (t) annually to the...

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