All news articles for July 2016

The meat-free market is expected to hit $5.2bn by 2020

Vegan firms should target meat eaters

By Oscar Rousseau

Meat eaters with an appetite for vegetables could be a cash cow for meat-free food companies, according to data from Innova Market Insights. 

Sensient launches yellow and orange colouring foods

Sensient launches yellow and orange colouring foods

By Niamh Michail

Colour and flavour supplier Sensient has widened its colouring food range with yellow and orange, bringing the number of EU-compliant products in its colouring foods range to three digits.

Listeria. ©iStock/decade3d

Role of WGS in multi-year Listeria outbreaks

By Joseph James Whitworth

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and epidemiological investigations provided the discriminatory power to recognize low-intensity, extended time-period outbreaks, according to an analysis of two different Listeria outbreaks.  

Growth in Belarusian poultry plants has been largely down to equipment upgrades

Belarus eyes international markets

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Poultry production in Belarus rose by nearly 70% between 2010 and 2015 and now the country has said it wants to become more competitive internationally.

We will not let our children and youngsters be misguided about the food and drinks they consume, says MEP behind the motion. © iStock.com

strasbourg plenary vote

MEPs block 4 caffeine claims

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to veto four caffeine health claims following a lively debate on energy drinks in a Strasbourg plenary today. 

Picture: Istock

The latest update reported more than 100 people ill

PHE: E. coli O157 not yet detected in food samples

By Joseph James Whitworth

E. coli O157 has not yet been detected in any food samples, according to Public Health England (PHE) as it continues to investigate an outbreak linked to leafy salads.

Bernard Matthews chairman, Alan Jamieson, said sale proceeds would be used to

Bernard Matthews sells German turkey arm

By Oscar Rousseau

Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has sold its German subsidiary Oldenburg to Sprehe Group for €14m as the UK business sounds out a new buyer.

food safety recall round-up 1-7 July 2016

food safety recall round-up 1-7 July 2016

Recalls: Allergens, glass and fermentation

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food recalls and alerts for the first week of July came from England, Ireland, USA, Canada, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Germany, Norway and Denmark.

The FDF has launched a six-point Brexit manifesto

Brexit impact

FDF launches six-step manifesto to ease Brexit

By Michael Stones

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has launched a six-step manifesto to help Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector cope with Brexit – the “UK’s most significant peacetime challenge ever”, according to its director general Ian Wright.

Nutrient profiles would send a clear message to the industry: If you plan on using this health claim on X, Y or Z product, don’t bother filing it. © iStock.com / pixinoo

Caffeine claim calamity should give nutrient profiles wings

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Commission has started the first phase of its investigation into the need for nutrient profiles, with a report expected in spring 2017. Yet with the caffeine claim fiasco ongoing, it’s never been clearer how necessary the profiles are.

Back in business: Danish Crown says bacon sales in the UK are performing well

Danish Crown: no post-Brexit meat drop

By Oscar Rousseau

Meat processor Danish Crown has spoken about the 'good market' for pork in Europe as the continent comes to terms with Britain’s vote to leave the EU.

Meat without murder: the lab-grown chicken breast could be ready in under two years

Lab-grown meat to ‘revolutionise’ food sector

By Oscar Rousseau

Tel-Aviv business SuperMeat has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise investment in developing technology that makes lab-grown poultry a viable replacement in the meat industry.

The money that can be made in China is likely to create pork export arms race

China’s pork imports will hit record highs

By Oscar Rousseau

Imports of pig meat to China will boom by a third as the government shuts down unsuitable farms and the sow herd shrinks to an historic low, analysts have claimed.

EU agricultural commissioner Phil Hogan publically criticised Russia's pork ban

EU and Russia still at loggerheads over ASF

By Keith Nuthall

African Swine Fever (ASF) cases continue to be reported in eastern Europe, making it tough for an agreement to be reached between Moscow and Brussels on lifting trade controls.

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