Australia's largest food company Goodman Fielder refused to comment
on Tuesday morning about speculation that the group was in
negotiations to sell its...
Italy's first suspected case of BSE has been found in an animal
destined for the McDonald's restaurant chain, The Independent
newspaper reports. Traces...
Traditionally high cholesterol is known to be harmful, now a recent
study has found that too low cholesterol is associated with adverse
behavioural effects...
A French magistrate is to seek documentary evidence from the UK
government in the next few weeks to substantiate claims that the
Thatcher government ...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman proposes to expand
nutrition labelling for meat and poultry to include fat, calorie,
and cholesterol information,...
After four years reviewing scientific research into vitamins and
minerals the US Institute of Medicine last week issued a report
determining the proper...
An independent report in Australia into the deregulation of the
dairy industry must be made public as a matter of urgency,
Australian Opposition agriculture...
Japanese dairy goods producer Snow Brand Milk Products Co Ltd said
on Monday it will close a total of five domestic milk plants as it
tries to rebuild...
Italy has lifted a ban on cattle imports from France after deeming
its own tests sufficient to protect consumers from the risks of mad
cow disease, Associated...
High levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are present in some
overweight children, a new study finds. CRP is a substance that
indicates to doctors the presence...
A new report into the dietary recommendations for iron stresses the
importance of including meat, fish and poultry in the diet as the
best readily-absorbed...
Cerestar USA, part of the French Cerestar Group, and manufacturer
of starch and starch derivatives's for the food industry, has
received GRAS (Generally...
Mott's Inc., a subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes Plc, announced on
Thursday that it had agreedto acquire New Jersey-based Carteret
Packaging, Inc. for...
Ajinomoto, the Japanese food seasoning giant, apologised to the
Muslims of Indonesia this week in several major newspapers over the
use of pig enzymes...
An advert that claimed salted peanuts had the same health benefits
as for olive oil has been criticised by the UK advertising
watchdog, the BBC reports....
A cow resistant to the damaging mastitis disease might save the
dairy industry millions of dollars. Researchers at the University
of Vermont (UVM) in...
Unions at the LU biscuit arm of French food group, Danone were up
in arms on Thursday following leaked reports in the press that 12
European factories...
Britain's milk supply is running at historically low levels and may
fall short of the quota set by the European Commission, the
National Farmers Union...
China's food industry is expected to maintain rapid growth over the
next five years to eventually become China's largest industry by
2020, according to...
Dark-coloured fruits and vegetables rich in carotene provide less
than half as much vitamin A as previously thought, according to a
study published on...
Scientists hope mushrooms rich in chemicals that boost the human
immune system could soon yield an important new treatment for
cancer, reports Scottish...
UK consumers once again trust British beef the results of a poll
showed on Tuesday. . The IGD, a leading research and education body
for the UK food and...
Geest, the UK prepared foods group, said on Wednesday that it had
completed the acquisition of Cinquieme Saison, a French prepared
salads business ahead...
Canadian dairy food company, PurNutra Inc., is due to launch this
week a new Omega-3/ DHA enriched cheese. The cheese line,
distributed in the U.S under...
The results of a major review of popular diets by the US federal
government shows that only traditional moderate-fat,
high-carbohydrate diets seem to...
The health benefits of eating moderate amounts of fish, including
salmon, as part of a healthy balanced diet outweigh any potential
risk from dioxins...
Increased levels of gamma-tocopherol-the most common form of
dietary vitamin E-are linked to a statistically significant
reduction in the risk of prostate...
A tonic made from curry plants may help prevent bowel cancer, new
evidence suggests. UK drugs firm, Phytopharm, this week published
clinical trial results...
Transora.com, the eMarketplace for the consumer packaged goods
industry, and GlobalNetXchange (GNX), the business-to-business
online marketplace for the...
Drinking grapefruit juice together with certain medicines can
increase blood levels of the drug to harmful levels, a new report
claims. Researchers at...
US soup and snacks company Campbell Soup ended its nine-month
search for a chief executive on Monday. Douglas Conant of Nabisco
was named as the new chief...
Amid increasing BSE fears in Germany, fast food giant McDonalds has
launched a new burger made entirely from pork. In a bid to protect
sales the fast...
US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced this week a new
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirement intended
to improve the safety...
According to researchers at Banyu Pharmaceutical Co. a healthy
human body must have between 180 and 240 milligrams of cholesterol
per 100 millilitres...
Imports of all beef and beef products from Europe into Australia
and New Zealand will be suspended from today amid growing fears of
Bovine Spongiform...
Cutting back on salt helps lower blood pressure regardless of age,
sex, race, or dietary patterns, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Kaiser...
The Belgian government has sought an explanation from Stephen
Byers, UK tradeand industry secretary, for his decision to order
Interbrew, the Belgianbrewer...
Childhood obesity in the UK has increased dramatically over the
past tenyears, a new study has found. The survey, published this
week in the BritishMedical...
People in the UK are too busy to eat and frequently skip meals.
These are thefindings of a recent survey carried out by UK
supermarket chain Sainsbury....
Maternal diet can influence a babies taste for certain foods,
recent researchpublished in the New Scientist, suggests. A team of
scientists at the EuropeanCentre...
The natural dietary supplement conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may
reduce bodyfat in overweight or obese people, a recent study
claims. In the study,...
Exercise can help reduce the onset of carotidatherosclerosis in
middle-aged men, a new study suggests. Dr. Timo A. Lakka ofthe
University of Kuopio,...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
ResearchService (ARS) have investigated a variety of broccoli to
discover if theyinduce...
Mixed nutritional messages may push the consumer towards an
unhealthy diet,claims Ruth Patterson, lead author of a study into
eating habits and attitudestoward...
Australian wine makers BRL Hardy Ltd revealed this week that its
new Reynellawinery in South Australia has been awarded Hazard
Analysis Critical ControlPoint...
In December the International Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Point Allianceelected new officers for 2001. Serving on the
executive committee are:
DonDalton,...
The multi-billion dollar bid battle for IBP came to a head over the
New Yearweekend, with the biggest beef processing group in the US
finally agreeing...
A variety of calcium supplements exist that help meet our daily
requirementsof calcium but which kind is the best? The Chicago
Tribune reported this...
Amid stagnating sales of carbonated beverages, Coca-Cola Co. is
working on developing a line of milk-based beverages for children
under 12, according...
