Organic supply chain study
The European Commission will pour millions of euros into a new project to ensure safety and improve productivity in organic food supply chains across Europe.
Archives for April 13, 2004
Romanian sugar producers face tough future
Romanian sugar producers say they are facing possible collapse because of suffocating sugar quotas which have been in place for the last five years, in the run up to accession.
Blow to the egg industry
The safety of chicken eggs has been challenged by a UK environmental pressure group, just weeks after figures showing the lowest levels of Salmonella in years were published. The Soil Association claims that as many as one in eight eggs may contain...
Harmony in the food chain
Impending rules on traceability across the EU led CIES - the Food Business Forum in France - to publish a guide to implementing traceability in the food supply chain. By 2005 all food companies in the European Union must have a traceability system in...
Blanket ban for food additives in jelly mini-cups?
One year after the European Parliament cleared a permanent ban on the use of the food additive konjac in jelly confectionery amid fears that children could choke on the sweets, the European Commission has temporarily suspended the sale of all jelly...
Food science dives deeper into texture
High prices for soya raw materials keep on rolling, but new research from the Netherlands confirms the benefits that soya proteins can offer food manufacturers on the hunt for meat substitutes.
Daily vitamin C to cut heart disease and diabetes, new findings
Vitamin C breaks boundaries with a new study showing for the first time that the vitamin reduce levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation and chronic disease risk in humans. Their findings could provide tools to beat heart disease and...
Drinks growth boosts SIG in Hungary
Swiss drinks packaging equipment provider SIG Combibloc says that the continuing growth of the soft drinks market in Hungary is likely to support a period of growth that will last well into next year.