All news articles for January 2017

Continent wide shortage of fresh winter vegetables means more business for frozen and processed suppliers ©iStock

EU vegetable shortage: Crisis or opportunity?

By Louis Gore-Langton

Weather conditions continue to mar vegetable production in some of the EU’s foremost growing regions – but is this a blessing in disguise for the processed food sector?

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UMFHA tells fake manuka honey to buzz off

By Emma Jane Cash

The Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA) has developed a system that uses compounds to validate manuka honey as genuine, after a rise in fake manuka honey was sold in UK markets.

Poland's QFG produces a wide range of processed beef, pork and poultry products

Poland’s QFG investment creates 1,200 jobs

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

Polish meat processor QFG plans to invest PLN400 million (€92m) to expand and upgrade its output capacity, creating 1,200 new jobs by the end of 2022, according to senior company representatives.

Greencore said it was 'confident' of delivering results in the face of rising staff costs

Greencore targets US revenue growth as costs rise

By Oscar Rousseau

Convenience food business Greencore is targeting US revenue growth after the Ireland-based firm reported “strong” financial results in the 13 weeks to December 2016.

Experts warned the trade ban would cost Ukrainian meat producers €4m per month

EU lifts Ukraine poultry ban as disease fear eases

By Oscar Rousseau

The European Commission has lifted a trade ban on Ukrainian poultry exports, imposed in December 2016 following a regionalisation move for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Picture: iStock. A burger in a restaurant in Hesse tested positive for Salmonella Stourbridge but no cases were reported in this state

Burger link to German Salmonella outbreak

By Joseph James Whitworth

A burger has tested positive for Salmonella Stourbridge but no cases were reported in the same region as part of investigations into an outbreak which has killed two people.

John Boehner served as 53rd speaker of the House of Representatives

JBS gives top job to senior US politician

By Oscar Rousseau

Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA has appointed a number of high-level independent board members to its subsidiary JBS Foods International, with former House of Representatives speaker John Boehner among them.

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FQN digests 2016 and injects topics of 2017

SCIEX on mass spectrometry, authenticity and allergen testing

By Joseph James Whitworth

To get a handle on the food safety and quality landscape we sent a Q+A to several companies in the industry to discuss the highlights of 2016 and to predict what this year could bring.

Mintel suggested gum products that offer solutions may prove to be profitable.  Photo: iStock/belchonock

Gum in developed markets needs a boost, Mintel analyst warns

By Douglas Yu

As gum manufacturers are battling the sluggish category growth by developing new and bold flavors, some makers have gone in the other direction: Innovating the texture, according to a recent blog post penned by Mintel’s director of insight on food and...

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Retailers call for 'smart legislation' on food waste

By Niamh Michail

European retailers have welcomed a draft EU report on food waste, reiterating its calls for for "smart legislation" that incentivises action to prevent food waste in the supply chain.

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Portugal to trial origin labelling for milk

By Niamh Michail

Portugal will go ahead with compulsory origin labelling on milk, cheese and other dairy products, the country's minister for agriculture confirmed this week.

Silk is harvested from farmed silkworms, which is a costly and time consuming process.©iStock/volkanbys

Swedes spin silk from whey protein

By Will Chu

Whey protein has become the unlikely source for producing artificial silk as researchers have perfected a method that uses nanostructures to form this high-demand material.

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Acrylamide-free: Does it exist?

By Emma Jane Cash

As one UK snack firm markets its kale crisps as 'acrylamide-free', we talk to a leading researcher on how to reduce the carcinogenic contaminant in different foods and ask: does acrylamide-free' really exist?

The industry is unsure what measures, if any, it will be able to take to keep the free range labels through the bird flu crisis ©iStock/caelmi

Pressure and confusion builds over free range egg labelling

By Louis Gore-Langton

Poultry in Europe is being kept indoors to prevent the spread of bird flu, after 12 weeks all hens will no longer be free range; what, if anything, can the industry do to keep the free range status through the crisis?

Food safety recall round-up

Food safety recall round-up 20-26 January 2017

Recalls: Insects, allergens and production issues

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food recalls have been notified by USA, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Finland, Australia, Norway, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark.

Miratorg's project will see it build the largest cluster of pig farms in Russia

Investment costs in Miratorg’s pig cluster rise

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Investment in Miratorg’s large pigmeat factory in Kursk Oblast has reached RUB160 billion ($2.68bn), nearly 25% above original estimates, according to a report from the region’s Information Department.

A meat tax has again been raised to improve public health and ease climate change

Dutch meat body questions call to eat less meat

By Oscar Rousseau

The Dutch Meat Association (COV) has questioned the “political” recommendations of government-linked research agency RIVM to eat less meat to improve public health.

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