News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
British egg suppliers have raised fears that a closer trade agreement with Ukraine – a major egg producing nation – may displace eggs produced in the European Union, which have to adhere to more stringent animal welfare rules.
Iraq has considerable untapped growth potential across all market sectors – despite its continuing political troubles, according to research organisation Grail Research.
The 1.3bn tonnes of food wasted throughout the supply chain each year could feed as many as two billion people without any additional impact on the environment, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has said.
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In the current financial crisis, food waste in Italy “is becoming politically unstable,” according to the country’s environment attaché.
A Salmonella test method from BioControl Systems has attained global certification.
US hydrocolloids firm TIC Gums has received European approval for its modified gum arabic emulsifier, to create higher oil products.
Nestlé organic sales growth slowed to 4.4% in the first nine months of the year, compared to 6.1% in the same period last year, hit by weaker demand from emerging markets and ongoing recession in Europe.
France’s leading private label chocolate maker Cémoi sees little growth in the European chocolate market and hopes instead to promote its branded goods in Asia and in the developing US private label market.
Australia’s poultry industry is on alert after an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu on a layer hen farm in New South Wales.
Consumers in developing economies such as Africa are increasing their demand for meat, posing a challenge to global food supplies. Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) technical director Stephen Mott told Globalmeatnews.com that soya proteins can be...