Russia to tighten bird flu controls
Russia’s consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has warned that it could impose a total ban on imports of poultry products from China over bird flu fears.
Archives for April 18, 2013
DISPATCHES FROM THE 2013 INNOBEV GLOBAL BEVERAGES CONGRESS, WARSAW, POLAND
Unilever touts tea as ‘hottest beverage’ in world
Unilever has described tea as the ‘hottest beverage’ in the global drinks landscape, and one with unlimited opportunities as a natural product with scientifically proven health and wellness benefits.
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches X-ray detection system to meet growing food safety demand
Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched an X-ray detection platform, designed to enable food processors to meet global demand for thorough inspection for product contamination.
ABP sells Silvercrest to Kepak
ABP Food Group has announced it is exiting the frozen burger market with the sale of the Irish processing plant which produced a burger containing 29.1% horsemeat.
Bakkavör looks to China for eastern promise
Chilled own-label food giant Bakkavör has opened a new food factory and farm in eastern China to supply its burgeoning business in Asia.
UK retailers ‘misled’ about tight non-GM feed supply, say suppliers
UK retailers have been misled about tight supply of non-genetically modified (GM) feed, which led them to reverse requirements for GM-free poultry feed, according to the Brazilian Association of Non-GMO Grain Producers (Abrange).
Nestlé agrees to licence out Pfizer infant nutrition brands in Australia, Southern Africa
Pharmaceuticals supplier, Aspen, has entered into an agreement with Nestlé to acquire the licences to sell the firm’s recently-purchased Pfizer infant nutrition brand portfolio in Australia and several Southern African countries.
EU sheep meat sector’s volatility opens up new export opportunities
A combination of low prices and production costs, reduction in import volumes from non EU countries, increased production in some sheep meat producing countries combined with an increasing demand in emerging markets have paved the way for some EU lamb...
What’s next for salt reduction policy?
European salt reduction initiatives have come a long way over the past few years – but what’s working, and what are the next steps?
UK standards agency files latest figures on furan and acrylamide
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released its latest update on the levels of acrylamide and furan in foods, adding that their findings do not increase concern about the risk to human health.
Russia close to lifting US turkey ban
Russia’s veterinary services have said that they could lift the ban on turkey imports from the US by the summer.