News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Sugar producer Illovo – a subsidiary of Associated British Foods – has defended itself against the criticism released in an Oxfam report yesterday in a statement detailing its initiatives within the areas of health, education and community infrastructure.
Two US organisations have won a $400,000 grant to address workplace capacity issues facing food regulators.
Dispatches from Pack Expo
The main challenges for the Food & Beverage industry are speed, performance and safety, and OEM's are looking for more production and less waste says Siemens.
Both sides in the US government shutdown refuse to budge after another meeting yesterday and you can’t help but think that the longer this goes on the increased risk there is for food safety.
As the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) welcomed a broad range of stakeholders to its Italian HQ today to debate data and process transparency, the food industry asked at what point openness brakes innovation and competitive advantage?
DISPATCHES FROM PACK EXPO
Thermo Fisher Scientific's contamination detection technology is engineered to arrest foreign object intrusion to avoid costly product waste and dreaded recalls.
E-tail trends
The majority of UK consumers who admit to regularly buying confectionery in-store do not purchase confectionery online, according to research by Kantar Media, which says confectionery has huge growth prospects on the web.
A New Zealand anthropologist has been investigating the cultural economics of commercial food waste and so-called “dumpster-diving”.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected accusations that it is secretive about the studies it assesses to determine the safety of foods, as claimed by a coalition of NGOs in an open letter.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing approval for three arsenic drugs previously used in pig and poultry feed.
Stevia specialist Steviva Ingredients has developed an organic syrup combining blue agave nectar and stevia extract that is suitable for formulators looking to cut calories and maintain clean labels in sauces and dressings, bars, beverages and baked goods.
Interview: Greg Estep, president, Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients (SVI)
It’s tempting to think of spices and dehydrated vegetables as commodities - in comparison to say stevia, or omega-3s - where price is all that matters. But they are anything but, says the man in charge of the spices and vegetable ingredients (SVI)...
The delay in US FDA process registration renewals due to a government shutdown is affecting inspections of imported canned foods, according to Ben England, founder/CEO, FDA Imports.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock account for 14.5% of all human-related emissions, but could be cut by 30% by employing current best practices across the supply chain.
Despite its low food production the UAE has been named by the UN as a potential regional food hub. But the country needs to adopt some ambitious policies and implement a federal food safety law before this can happen.
Food imports into Saudi Arabia are predicted to rise by over 35% by the end of the decade, according to a report issued by the Foodex Saudi Expo.
Fonterra has announced the appointment of a new head for its Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa business unit.
Hotpack Packaging Industries has announced it will expand its operations in the UAE with a $27.2m integrated manufacturing and logistics unit in Dubai, as sales of disposable-packaged food continue to grow in the Gulf.
Japan has appealed to the State of Qatar to lift restrictions on food imports from the Asian country following the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011, when a large number of countries imposed restrictions on Japan over fears of importing...
Factory News
Barry Callebaut has opened its first chocolate factory in Turkey, while SunOpta has completed a organic and specialty cocoa processing facility in the Netherlands.
Export refunds paid by the European Union (EU) to bovine livestock exporters, ahead of a suspension of these subsidies last September (2012), were dwindling and dominated by four countries, the latest data from the European Commission has revealed.
Food sector recruitment firm Henderson Brown has appointed the former md of Vion’s poultry business Peter Miller as a non-executive director.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has formally adopted the findings of its dispute settlement panel on a major trade row between the US and China over duties on broiler chicken.