Biscuit giant aims to push McVitie’s alongside local brands in Saudi
United Biscuits aims to push its McVitie’s brand in the region with the acquisition of Saudi-based Rana Confectionery Products.
Archives for December 3, 2013
Salmonella typing results ‘encouraging’ says ECDC
Salmonella typing results from public health national reference laboratories in the EU are ‘encouraging’, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Consumers less aware of nanotech as media coverage falls
Reporting on nanotechnology has tailed off in the media in the past five years – and so has consumer concern over its safety, according to a new report from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Tougher penalties for food fraud backed
A report calling for stronger policing of the food industry and tougher penalties for fraud has been backed by an EU committee.
BakeryandSnacks launches Milling & Grains
BakeryandSnacks is launching a new specialized Milling & Grains supplement in association with sister brand FoodNavigator.
Unwrapping innovative packaging in the Middle East
FoodNavigator speaks exclusively to Tim Ansell, Sales Director of UAE-based Al Thika Packaging LLC about the state of the market and what we’ll all be unwrapping in the future.
EU investigates Paraguay beef human rights claims
The European Commission is currently looking into claims made by the tribal rights non-governmental organisation (NGO) Survival International, regarding alleged human rights violations by a company producing Paraguayan beef.
Is research on delayed aging a better investment than cancer and heart disease?
Greater investment in research to delay aging may be a 'highly efficient' way to prevent disease, extend healthy life, and improve public health, according to new research.
ADM on transatlantic differences: “American sweet” protein bar
Europe is still behind America on the nutrition bar trend and European perceptions of sweetness levels are different, says ADM marketing boss.
Innova: More than a third of new yogurt launches in US feature protein claims
More than a third of new products launched in the US yogurt market in the year to September 2013 featured protein claims, according to new data from Innova Market Insights.
Nanotech team tackles bio-based antimicrobial packaging
A food processing researcher has scored a grant of nearly $300,000 to explore bio-based antimicrobials and other nanotechnology applications for food packaging.
Sealpac wins French packaging award
Global packaging firm Sealpac has won an award in Paris for its patented TenderPac system, which it claims can “significantly” extend shelf-life.
EFSA dismisses diacetyl-Alzheimer’s link
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has dismissed a suggested link between the butter flavouring diacetyl and Alzheimer’s disease.
UK’s bTB badger cull ends early, as targets are missed
Nearly 40% of the badger population in a UK pilot cull zone were removed, in a bid to control bovine tuberculosis (bTB), UK Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson revealed yesterday.
Salmonella not influenced by natural-light labelling
Natural-light labelling of citrus peels does not influence the fate of Salmonella, according to a study.
Australia running out of food freshers
Australia’s is suffering from a crippling and an ever-increasing shortfall of young people interested in producing the country’s food, putting at risk its grand plans for being Asia’s food bowl.
Preservative perceptions: Consumer demand for natural is serious, but challenges remain
Industry is listening to the growing consumer demand for natural preservatives, however 'it is very difficult area to get right', says Wayne Morley of Leatherhead Food Research.
GMA, IFT, to FDA: We need more time to respond to crackdown on PHOs, artificial trans fats
Food manufacturers have urged the FDA to give them more time to consider its proposal to revoke the GRAS status of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in a bid to eradicate artificial trans fats from the American diet.
Celiac Disease Foundation, plant geneticist, challenge report linking GMOs to celiac disease, gluten sensitivity
A controversial new report alleging that genetically engineered foods could be an environmental trigger for gluten sensitivity and celiac disease has been challenged by the Celiac Disease Foundation and a leading plant geneticist.
Scotland—and its whisky—attractive to Indian partners
A delegation from Scotland to India, on a trade mission to promote the country’s food and drink, has proved a hit with its whisky-loving hosts—not least with the announcement shortly afterwards that an Indian company would invest in a new malt distillery...
Survey: Food inflation biting hard into India’s middle-class
Inflation has been forcing households to cut down on their consumption of nutrient-rich foods by almost 40%, according to a new Indian chambers of industry survey.