Scottish meat industry urges caution
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is one of many industry bodies to have urged the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to exercise caution over the cessation of the Over 30 Months Scheme (OTMS).
Archives for June 24, 2003
Telepizza quits restaurant business
Telepizza, the Spanish fast food pizza producer, has decided to play to its strengths and focus on its takeaway business, the company announced yesterday. Its plans to open a 120-strong chain of La Piazza pizza restaurants have been scrapped.
Foodservice facts at your fingertips
The UK Food and Drink Federation (FDF), the self-styled voice of the UK food and drink manufacturing industry, has launched a new website dedicated to providing information for food manufacturers about the out of home and foodservice markets.
Functional foods, spreading risk to increase success
Nestlé's strategy for exploiting the functional food opportunity seems to rest in careful partnerships with other top FMCG companies. By aligning its interests in nutraceuticals with other partners it can spread risk, speed up development and share...
Meaty investment in Russia
Russian-based meat processor EkoNord has opened a $10 million (€8.7m) meat-packing plant in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
Swiss reject GM moratorium
The Swiss Parliament has rejected a moratorium on GM crops. The Lower House voted to reject the moratorium by 77:70, reflecting an about-turn by the Lower House to support the Upper House, which at the beginning of June voted overwhelmingly against...
An end to Canadian Bordeaux?
The EU and Canada have reached an agreement on the protection of a number of wine and spirit terms, including Bordeaux, Champagne and Grappa. But the EU's fight for protection of these names is likely to be much harder when it comes to the WTO talks...
FSA reviews caffeine labelling
The UK's Food Standards Agency is seeking views on new labelling rules that will alert consumers to high levels of caffeine in some drinks.