News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
In response to regulatory raids last week on fruit suppliers across Europe, Chiquita has blamed some of its employees for sharing pricing and volume information with its competitors on the continent and in North America.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has responded to mounting criticism that a recent report may have minimized the dangers of obesity, writes Anthony Fletcher.
The EU's farmers will have to take better care of their broiler chickens under a proposed directive the European Commission has adopted for submission to the bloc's Parliament.
Industry comment
It is a perversion of the 21st century that while affluent societies continue the quest to slice the fat from their increasingly obese populations, five million children die from hunger each year, and more than 850m people go chronically hungry.
Grants of up to £50,000 (€73,000) are available to companies launching new products that would result in additional UK grain usage.
A panel of scientific experts at Europe's food agency concludes an enzyme preparation used as a food additive for binding reconstituted food is safe, and 'not likely' to raise the risk of allergic or intolerance response.
The carotenoid market will break the billion dollar barrier by 2009, carried by a rise in demand for natural colourings and their purported health properties.