Koipe facing censure for price fixing
Spanish olive oil processor Koipe is facing censure over alleged price fixing after the country's competition authorities agreed this week to investigate a claim made by the OCU consumer group.
Archives for June 10, 2003
Food quality lab receives accreditation
In Germany the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment has received the all-important certificate of accreditation for food quality research.
Dow Corning hits top gear
Dow Corning has launched a line of synthetic gear oils that is said to extend drain intervals by three times over conventional mineral oils while reducing power consumption by as much as 17 per cent.
A cup of noni juice with DHA please
The wheels of European bureaucracy continue to turn with the European Commission this week granting approval to two novel foods for use as food ingredients. The move comes after an agreement between member states in the Standing Committee for the Food...
M&S increases emphasis on innovation
After several difficult years, Marks & Spencer is now focusing on innovation to sustain its recovery. Its successful Simply Food format is to be trialled in motorway service stations, while the self-checkout system will be rolled out in eight more...
Ploughing the route to reform
Ahead of testing negotiations, aimed at reaching a decision on the reform proposals to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), that start today at the Agriculture Council in Luxembourg, Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler confirmed that although the...
A cool solution for protein gelation
Dutch-based contract research organisation Nizo food research claims to have taken the cold gelation method a step further, opening the way to control stability, gel strength and flavour conservation of heat induced gels.
CIAA backs reform
With a production value of over €600 billion, the responsibility of up to 3 million employees, and the main user of Community agricultural produce, the European food and drink industries this week encouraged ministers to back CAP reform.