Ingredients entrepreneur bids for NZ dairy
A New Zealand entrepreneur, the main shareholder in Australian food ingredients firm Burns Philp, announced a takeover bid on Friday for dairy products company New Zealand Dairy Foods.
Archives for April 4, 2002
Organic transistors - the future for food freshness?
An electronic device that tells the supermarket when food has gone bad could be gracing the shelves in the near future, according to new research in the US.
ADM deal gives Nutraceutix 'freedom to focus on OTC'
Nutraceutix president and CEO, David T. Howard, has said that his company's recent alliance with agrifood giant Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM)...
Degussa sheds SKW Piesteritz
German chemical company Degussa is to sell its SKW Piesteritz-Group as part of the company's aim to focus on specialty chemicals. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with Swiss wheat and fertiliser trading company Ameropa Holding and Czech...
Cargill sets eyes on remaining Cerestar shares
US agribusiness company Cargill is looking to acquire the remaining 44 per cent shareholding in French starch company Cerestar.
EU finalises Konjac suspension
Following a series of recalls across the world, European Union food health officials decided in March to remove a sweet called jelly mini-cups from European markets
AACC expands methodology to include pulses/legumes
The American Association of Cereal Chemists, a group that evolved out of the need to create standardised methodology for the cereal grains industry, is to expand to include the growing field of pulses/legumes.
Safety agency examines food 'at a distance'
A report into distance selling has made a number of recommendations aimed at ensuring people can feel as confident in the safety, labelling and quality of food when they purchase food 'at a distance' as when they buy it in shops.
Milk: the economical way to absorb calcium
There are many ways for consumers to increase their intake of calcium, a mineral known to help strengthen bone structure and aid weight loss. But a recent analysis shows that milk, a natural source of calcium, remains the most cost-effective means of...