Twenty per cent of peanut allergy sufferers may outgrow their
allergy, according to a study by researchers at the US Johns
Hopkins Medical Institution....
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant, is understood to
have received three bids of $1.4bn-$1.6bn on Monday for the US
bakery business it...
Some people may experience migraine headaches due to consumption of
wheat, a small new study suggests. Patients were all found to have
a sensitivity to...
Functional lipids company Clover Corporation and Food Science
Australia have reached agreement on the licensing and further
development of innovative...
British drinks company Allied Domecq recently waived some of the
conditions on its bid for New Zealand winemaker Montana Group (NZ)
Ltd. The company said...
Japan will revise a food law to make it compulsory that all
imported beef is certified as being free of mad cow disease,
officials of the Health, Labour...
Scottish & Newcastle is to lead a call this week for Britain to
lower its excise duty on beer and to establish a joint customs task
force with France...
In a bid to further combat any risks related to the exposure of BSE
the European Commission agreed three proposals on Wednesday. The
proposals take into...
All countries around the world should be worried about BSE and
should adopt a precautionary approach, the United Nations said in a
statement last week....
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a letter to
the food industry restating the requirements of the Federal Food,
Drug, andCosmetic...
The avocado fruit may help hepatitis C sufferers, new research
suggests. Compounds in avocados appear to lessen the liver damage
caused by hepatitis...
High levels of "bad" cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein
(LDL)-cholesterol levels in growing children can be reduced
significantly for up to three...
US snacks and soft drinks group, PepsiCo, announced on Monday
soaring earnings for the last quarter across all its businesses.
Steve Reinemund, chief...
The Canadian government is not sufficiently protecting its people
from the risks of genetically modifiedfoods, says a highly critical
scientific report...
Soya consumption on the increaseIncreasing consumer awareness of
the health benefits of soya is boosting sales of the full range of
soya products, reports...
The levels of manganese in some over-the-counterdietary supplements
exceed US government recommended levels for safe consumption of the
element, Reuters...
From April 3-5, 2001 500 national and international exhibiting
companies from China and overseas will meet at the Food Ingredients
Asia (Fi Asia - China)...
Sales of soy products in the U.S. have now risen above $2.5 billion
annually, reports US organisation Foods for the Future. Purchase of
soyfoods is expectedto...
Quaker Oats, the US food and beverage group, on Thursday reported a
15 per cent rise in fourth quarter profit, excluding charges, and
said its sale to...
During a survey of canned fruit and vegetable products the UK Food
Standards Agency (FSA) this week found high levels of tin in
samples of 400g cans of...
A proposal for a European Directive to cover food supplements,
wasadopted by the European Parliament's Committee on the
Environment, Public Health and...
US Northland Cranberries Inc. anticipates a smallprofit for the
fiscal year 2001 Chairman John Swendrowski said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the shareholders...
In a bid to help fund burgeoning BSE costs Europe's budget
commissioner Michaele Schreyer put forward plans for an extra Euros
971 million to be added...
US fruit and vegetable group, Dole Food, announced a fourth-quarter
loss that significantly exceeded Wall Street expectations, the
Financial Times reports....
In a bid to prevent an outbreak of mad cow disease in Australia a
special committee met in Melbourne on Tuesday. The Australian
National Health and Medical...
An increase in positive drug tests for thebanned anabolic steroid
nandrolone has led researchers to suggest that contamination of
legitimate foodsupplements...
At a meeting of European agriculture ministers this week to discuss
the BSE crisis, Franz Fischler, the European Farm Commissioner,
warned that the situation...
US drinks giant, the Coca-Cola Company and Swiss group Nestle S.A.
announced on Tuesday the further development of their existing
joint venture partnership,...
Danone, the French foods group, on Tuesday reported a 5.7 per cent
rise in 2000 net profits, helped by a higher revenue from its
drinks and dairy products...
Stressed thirty year olds show rise in type 2 diabetes, researchers
suggested this week at the American Medical Association's diabetes
briefing in New...
Allied Domecq, the UK wine and spirits group that includes the
Kahlua and Courvoisier brands , said onMonday that it was on track
to achieve its annual...
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Chilean Foreign Minister
Soledad Alvear have agreed to bring to an end a 20 year old dispute
on spirits, and reached...
Leading banana producer Chiquita Brands International Inc.,
currently facing financial difficulties, has filed a lawsuit
seeking 564 million euros ($525)...
