Sealed Air president outlines food safety priorities
The food industry should urgently address food access, food safety and food waste as its core priorities, according to Sealed Air Corporation president and chief executive officer Jerome Peribere.
Archives for February 1, 2013
Nestlé launches smartphone nutritional label scanning
Food giant Nestlé has chosen the UK for the global launch of its new digital scanning system, designed to provide customers with smartphone access to information about the nutritional profile and environmental and social impacts of its products.
Deep-fried food linked to higher risk of prostate cancer
Regular consumption of foods that have been deep-fried is associated with an increased risk of developing prostate cancer, warn researchers.
Germany busts choc giants for price fixing; ordered to pay €60m
Eleven chocolate companies including Nestlé and Kraft have been fined over €60m ($82m) for colluding to raise chocolate prices in Germany, while price fixing investigations continue in the US and Canada.
Food industry operations ‘simply incompatible’ with sustainability
Some of the food industry’s strategies are incompatible with creating a sustainable food system, says a new report from the Food Ethics Council.
Small snack packs are smart and satisfying, say researchers
Smaller and larger snack portions are equally effective in decreasing cravings and feelings of hunger, say researchers.
UK’s health department backs standardised front-of-pack nutrition labels
There is strong support from industry, government and NGOs to work toward consistent front-of-pack nutrition labelling in the UK by spring this year, according to the department of health.
Thermo Fisher Scientific updates X-ray system to meet customer demand
Thermo Fisher Scientific has added upgraded its X-ray source, drum motors and line configuration time on one of its detection systems.
Burger King drops supplier over horse meat saga
Burger King has dropped supplier Silvercrest Foods as a beef patty supplier to its UK restaurants after it emerged that meat samples testing positive for horse DNA had come from its factory.
Food Standards Agency releases 2013 research priorities
Studies tackling pathogens and contaminants, both organic and inorganic, are highlighted in the UK’s Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) list of 2013 research priorities.