BSE: food safety key to winning back business
In a bid to win back slashed beef sales, the FDA's head honcho will travel to Japan today to discuss recent events linked to the first case of mad cow disease in the US.
Archives for January 20, 2004
Londis full of Christmas cheer
Londis, the UK-based symbol group which is currently at the centre of a possible bidding war between a number of rival groups, has reported Christmas trading figures which show that the uncertainty at boardroom level had little negative effect of the...
Europe safe from Avian 'flu, say experts
Across Europe, governments have been working flat out to calm public fears about the dangers posed by the current avian 'flu crisis in Asia. The EU does not import any poultry from Vietnam, South Korea or Japan, the countries currently affected by the...
China to put pressure on European ingredients industry
Top line growth for suppliers to the food industry will have to be delivered through innovation and focused branding strategies, finds a new report, at the same time stressing that emerging markets could threaten the ingredients industry.
UK minister opts to protect salmon farmers
UK government adopts protectionist principles to safeguard Scotland's salmon industry and calls on Ireland to join forces in tackling market dilution through cheap imports.
Ahold continues asset disposal with US business
Dutch retail group Ahold is continuing the sale of non-core assets as part of its restructuring plan - and in a bid to plug the €1 billion gap in its accounts left by a major accounting fraud.
Holes in the USDA's BSE testing system
According to USDA records, no BSE tests were carried out on commercial cattle in Washington State in the first seven months of 2003. United Press International under the Freedom of Information Act obtained the USDA records of BSE or mad cow...
Spanish hypermarkets to claw back share
With tough rules on new store development curbing the growth of hypermarkets in Spain - designed to protect traditional retailers - most of the dynamism in the market has come from supermarkets, which have, ironically, been just as ruthless at taking...
Consumer group attacks food industry over WHO report
A WHO report on obesity prevention, which would urge governments to promote healthy foods, is under threat from food makers supported by the US administration, said consumer groups last week.
Market boost for trehalose sweetener
Buying entry into the nascent European trehalose sweetener market last year from British Sugar, US company Cargill will welcome claims from scientists this week that the ingredient could ease Huntington's disease.
Pork analysis made simpler
Agilent Technologies has launched a simplified method for detecting sulphonamide antibiotics in pork. The company claims that the method reliably measures sulphonamides at lower than half the European Union and Canadian regulatory limits of 100 parts...
An information boost for isoflavones
Leading isoflavone producer Novogen has launched a research centre that will provide consumers and the media, increasingly drawing attention to isoflavone supplements, with the latest information on the plant-derived compounds.