Danes take issue with portrayal of pig industry
Danish food bosses have taken issue with the portrayal of Denmark’s pig industry in the country’s hit political drama Borgen.
Archives for November 29, 2013
Court order halts Alfred Louie, Inc.’s production
Alfred Louie, Inc., has been ordered to stop processing and distributing food until it cleans up unsanitary conditions found by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors.
Leatherhead: ‘Natural preservatives are almost an oxymoron’
Preservatives have a poor reputation among consumers – but that doesn’t mean that natural options are completely off the menu, says Nicole Patterson-Lett, principal analyst at Leatherhead Food Research.
Phage isolated to kill E.coli O157 on beef
A bacteriophage (phage) which is mostly specific for E. coli O157 has been isolated to kill the pathogen on beef.
Barry Callebaut: Just paying more for cocoa wouldn’t work
Simply paying African cocoa growers more will not incentivize them to move away from the encroaching, more lucrative industries of palm and rubber, says Barry Callebaut.
"We maintain our conclusions," says Seralini
Seralini stands firm as journal moves to retract GM rat study
The researcher behind a heavily criticised study linking Monsanto's GM maize and Roundup products to cancer in rats says he will not willingly withdraw the research, after the journal issued a 'withdraw or be retracted' ultimatum yesterday.
UK herbal sector to feel (righteous) pain as THMPD enforcement kicks in for real?
The EU herbal products sector has come in with a mixed reaction to the UK MHRA announcement last week that the sell-through period for unregistered herbal medicines would finish on April 30 next year – some welcome the market clarity and clean-up it...
Most popular US confectionery brands 2013 – consumer poll
US consumers have voted for their favorite confectionery brands in five categories: chocolate, premium chocolate, gum, candy and cookies. Find out the results here.
You are what you eat (and retweet): Using social media to connect with consumers
Why is your business using social media? To sell more products? Raise your profile? Change your image? Find out what key ‘influencers’ really think about your brands? Identify and target a new customer base? Or because everyone else is on Twitter and...
Australia blocks ADM’s GrainCorp takeover
Australia has blocked Archer Daniel Midland’s (ADM) A$3.4bn ($3.09bn) takeover of GrainCorp, claiming it would not be in the interest of the country.
Fenchem ramps up production of pea protein
Amid a tightening market for protein sources, Fenchem Biotek Ltd. is expanding the manufacturing capacity and enlarging supply quantity of its VegePro pea protein in order to guarantee a stable supply, with plans to double its manufacturing capacity in...
Univar: Cleaning up labels tops R&D agendas in 2014
Looking ahead to the coming year, the biggest trends in R&D for the food and beverage industry will be clean label, natural ingredients and industry regulations, though there are several, more fragmented “micro” trends from sodium reduction and fiber...