UK-based TasteTech, announced this week a new application for their
Controlled Release Encapsulation (CR100) technology. The company
has been working...
Twenty-eight pharmaceutical companies risk having their products
withdrawn from sale in the UK because they have not complied with
safety guidelines to...
Tropical fruit, Asimina triloba, more commonly known as the
pawpaw, may be the next low-fat alternative for the
health-conscious consumer. Researchers...
The European Commission on Monday presented its report on the
supply of plant proteins to satisfy the additional demand for plant
protein in animal feed....
Nutritional supplements do not pose the threat of "mad cow" disease
to U.S consumers, the leading trade group for the industry assured
the public on Friday.
The foot-and-mouth crisis in the U.K. will cost the economy £9
billion, according to British media reports.Data from the Centre
for Economics and Business...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced this week that
food products imported from European Union (EU) countries that had
been detained in...
Britain started to kill tens of thousands of healthy sheep, goats
and pigs on Friday in an effort to end the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
It is predicted...
Global inequities in health is the number one ethical issue of our
age, argues bioethicist Peter Singer in this weeks issue of the
British Medical Journal....
The establishment and development of leading food enterprises has
increased the industrialised operation of agriculture in China's
Ninth Five-Year Plan...
Gum Tech International Inc., announced on Thursday that it has
signed a definitive agreement to sell selected assets of its gum
business to the Wrigley...
US Food maker H.J. Heinz Co. said on Thursday it is to close some
plants and reduce its workforce by 4 per cent, or nearly 2,000
employees, in an effort...
The European Union on Wednesday threatened to complain to the World
Trade Organisation after the US and several other countries banned
EU meat and livestock...
Australia on Wednesday banned all meat and dairy products and
livestock from the European Union following the news that
foot-and-mouth disease had reached...
Following a meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) the
European Commission agreed on Wednesday to adopt further measures
to contain the foot-and-mouth...
US nutritional ingredients company Nutrition 21, Inc., announced on
Tuesday theintroduction of Diachrome, the company's second
generation of chromium...
Further evidence that apples protect against heart disease was
found in a recent study conducted at the >a
href="http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medical_center"target="_blank">University...
Archer Daniels Midland Co., the leading U.S. oilseed crusher, said
on Monday its soybean crushing plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, will
be shut down indefinitely.
As the number of confirmed foot-and-mouth cases reached 204 in the
UK on Tuesday, National Farmers Union president Ben Gill told the
Prime Minister, "You...
The controversy over the safety of taking St. John's wort with
prescription drugs continues. Speaking at the annual meeting of the
American Society for...
Calcium supplements when part of a healthy diet may help to reduce
the spread of growths that could evolve into colorectal cancer, a
new study suggests.
The United States and Europe declared a temporary ceasefire in
their trade battles onFriday, hoping new talks in a long-running
dispute over bananas...
The first case of foot-and-mouth disease in continental Europe was
confirmed in Mayenne in the north-west of France on Tuesday. The
Ministry of Agriculture...
Australian food exports to Asia grew 13 per cent in the December
quarter and are expected to exceed $12 billion, the Supermarket to
Asia Council said...
Australia is to develop a national food industry policy to identify
new areas of growth, the government announced this week.
Agriculture Minister Warren...
A task force composed of members of the organic food and seafood industry representatives last week submitted two long-awaited reports to the National...
Overeating may increase a woman's chances of getting breast cancer,
researchers suggested recently. Going hungry and hard physical
labour may be among...
Twenty-two new cases were confirmed on March 11 in Powys, in Devon
4 cases , Cumbria 8 cases, Worsestershire, Derbyshire,Dumfries and
Galloway 2 cases,...
Almost three-quarters of U.S. manufacturers this year aim to
aggressively cut supply chain costs in a bid to boost
profitability, with over a fifth planning...
The new Bush administration warned the European Union on Wednesday
that it could target a new batch of EU goods for retaliatory duties
in the ongoing...
