Overweight only accounts for half of heart disease risk
Reducing blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose could be just as important as losing weight to prevent heart disease and stroke, according to a new research review.
Archives for January 7, 2014
Eriez metal detection aims for product purity
Eriez pairs metal detectors with magnetic separators, creating systems aimed for processing operations looking to safeguard product purity.
What's on our calendar in 2014
FQN puts industry topics under the microscope in 2014
Product Inspection systems and Sanitation have been chosen as the two foundation topics to launch FoodQualityNews’s special newsletters this year.
Alfa Laval launches the RotaCheck
Tank cleaning equipment not chosen correctly
A ‘Tank Cleaning Systems’ subgroup created by the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) will meet at the VDMA in Frankfurt next month to discuss its guidelines.
Few people with metabolic syndrome follow nutrition recommendations: Nordic nutrition study
People who suffer from metabolic syndrome - or are at high risk of developing the condition - have a very weak level of adherence to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, according to research from Finland.
EU recommends stricter dioxins, furan and PCB control
The food industry must control the presence of dioxins, furans and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) more accurately, according to a European Commission recommendation.
GM free: Ulrick & Short becomes first UK firm to gain 'Ohne Gentechnik' certification
Certification by German-government backed 'Ohne Gentechnik' labelling scheme will help British supplier Ulrick & Short to a competitive advantage in the GM-sensitive German market, says the firm.
Welsh Lamb mission aims to open up US market
A diplomatic Welsh Lamb mission, led by Welsh Minister for Natural Resources and Food Alun Davies, has set off for the US in a bid to export 3,100 tonnes of premium quality lamb to the US each year.
Russian ban costs US meat industry millions of dollars
The US meat industry has lost as much as US$7m-$8m as a result of the import ban implemented by Russia at the beginning of 2013, according to experts.
Greek yogurt shortages 'not expected' after plant fire: KRI-KRI
Greek yogurt manufacturer KRI-KRI does not expect to experience any supply issues in or outside Greece as a result of the fire that tore through its Serres yogurt production plant on Christmas Eve.