New Zealand Dairy Group and Kiwi Co-operative Dairies, New
Zealand's two dominant dairy manufacturing companies, announced
plans to merge with the international...
The Health Ministry in Sri Lanka is to launch a National Policy on
food safety from next year to ensure that foods available at hotels
and fast food centres...
Nestle SA, the Swiss foodmaker, announced this week that it is in
talks to buy the50 per cent stake that it does not own in an
ice-cream joint venture...
To avoid damage from the sun that could lead to skin cancer,
researchers now believe that spreading a compound made from green
tea on the body may protect...
Lycopene may destroy cancers of the mouth, according to a recent
study reported in the New Scientist. Researchers led by Betty
Schwartz at the Hebrew...
Women who drink about five cups of coffee a day more than double
their risk of suffering a miscarriage during the first three months
of pregnancy, Swedish...
French drinks firm Pernod Ricard is preparing to sell at least E1bn
($890m) worth of assets to offset some of the debt it will take on
following its joint...
US consumers to enjoy new Organic labellingAmerican shoppers will
soon find a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) label on organic
fruits, vegetables...
US food group, H.J. Heinz Co. announced Wednesday that it has begun
talks to acquire a major European food company that sells soups,
packaged vegetables,...
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group, Unilever, announced on
Wednesday that it expected a healthy earnings growth this year. The
company forecast accelerating...
BioProgress Technology International, Inc. announced this week that
it has signed a Product Development Agreement with Swiss food group
Nestle to develop...
An ongoing study to simultaneously investigate the association
between the risk of prostate cancer and concentrations of
alpha-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol,...
David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection hasissued a statement aimed at reassuring worried
Europeans in the wake offurther...
Traditional British breakfasts and cream teas are losing ground in
favour ofhealthier, eclectic foods. These are the findings of the
latest National...
Avocados may help our liver, so announced a group of Japanese
researchers thisweek at the Pacifichem 2000 in Honolulu, hosted by
the American ChemicalSociety....
US dairy and grocery manufacturer Saputo Inc announced this week
that it hasenteredinto an agreement to acquire the fluid-milk and
cheese operations,...
Scientists have pioneered a genetically modified "super potato"
that glowswhen it needs water, the head of the project said on
Monday, Reuters reports.
Researchers...
Beer, our ertswhile companion, apparently contains powerful
anti-oxidants thatmay reduce the risk of cataracts and heart
disease, according to two newstudies....
Edible films made from fruit and vegetables that add flavour and
keep producefresh may be the future, according to new research
presented during the...
Two American experts have refuelled the controversy over
genetically modified(GM) crops by saying no one can be certain of
the risks or benefits, TheIndependent...
Women whose lifelong diet is rich in soy products appear to have a
reducedrisk of breast cancer, new research suggests. Scientists at
Honolulu's CancerResearch...
Eating honey may help the seasonal hangover, according to the
NationalHeadache Foundation. " Honey on a cracker or piece of
toast, before or afterdrinking,...
The Dutch poultry industry must soon place labels on its chicken
products,warning consumers that the product could cause illness.
The Dutch governmentmaintains...
Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket group, has found a joint
venture partnerin Malaysia, announcing plans on Friday to invest
£215m in its fourth Asianmarket,...
BASF, the German chemicals giant, announced recently that it will
build newvitamins capacity in Europe and expand its plants,
providing it withfacilities...
The U.S National Alliance for Food Safety (NAFS) has begun
developing a modelfor what it calls, "virtual centres of
excellence." Dr. Elsa Murano, Texas...
New Zealand?s dairy industry reported record exports during
November, strongdemand abroad and thriving milk production are
likely reasons for such healthyfigures....
A daily bowl of "tom yum gung", Thailand's celebrated spicy shrimp
soup, mighthelp keep the doctor away, the Bangkok Post reported
this week. According...
US food giant, General Mills Inc., reported a 4.6 per cent increase
in netincome for its fiscal second quarter and said integration
plans for itspending...
The most radical shake up for 25 years of the European Union's food
hygienerules was announced by Ireland's Commissioner last July. By
Raymond O'Rourke.
British men and women eat differently, according to a new survey
announcedthis week. Researchers at the University College in London
studied the dietsof...
Increased intake of folic acid and B-12 through diet or supplements
may helpreduce the "bad" amino acid homocysteine and help us live
longer, recentresearch...
A new report has found the incidence of mad cow disease in France
is moreprevalent than previously thought. France's Food Safety
Board said in apreliminary...
Three groups were understood to have submitted offers for the
Seagram spiritsbusiness on Monday, on the first trading day of the
group's new parent,Vivendi...
A blend of 18 Chinese herbs may help erectile dysfunction, a recent
studysuggests. Scientists at the UC San Francisco School of
Medicine tested theherbal...
Consumer groups, the food industry and regulators in the U.K.
launched theJoint Health Claims Initiative (JHCI) Code of Practise
last week. The Code,backed...
Foods that should form the smallest part of our diets ? fats, oils
and sweets? are in fact a major part of many people?s daily
consumption, according...
Activists of the Greenpeace environmentalist group prevented a ship
on Mondayfrom unloading a cargo of soybeans which they said were
genetically modified,Reuters...
U.S. beverage marketer Tropicana Products Inc. is to use the
Internet topromote the new health claim that potassium-rich foods,
such as Tropicana PurePremium...
Henkel KGaA, the German-based industrial and consumer products
group,announced recently that it will combine its 50 per cent stake
in theHenkel-Ecolab...
A process to make ground meat more tender may also make it safer to
eat,according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
AgriculturalResearch...
Kraft Foods, Inc., the US food group, recently announced its plans
forintegrating operations of Nabisco with its Kraft Foods North
America and KraftFoods...
The UK government's Department for International Development has
launched anew policy document outlining its strategy to tackle
health problems indeveloping...
Coca-Cola on Thursday said earnings for fiscal 2001 are likely to
fall belowexpectations and could be further weakened by the weak
European currency,...
A pint a day is good for the brain cells, according to a Japanese
study thatfound moderate drinking can improve intelligence, the
Daily Telegraph reportstoday....
French supermarket giant Carrefour unveiled this week its first
hypermarket inJapan, the South China Morning Post reports. The
company plans to open...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to January 19,
2001, the comment period for a document published in the Federal
Register of November...
