News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Small brands are reacting to food labelling changes more slowly than larger peers and risk a last-minute scramble to meet Food Information for Consumers (FIC) Regulation requirements, according to GS1 UK.
ConAgra has said it is ‘likely’ it will be hit with a federal misdemeanour charge over a Salmonella outbreak from peanut butter seven years ago.
Selig Group’s closure seal manufacturing facility has received a Grade A certification under the British Retail Consortium‘s (BRC) Global Standards for Packaging and Packaging Materials.
"We've identified a bacterial population that protects against food allergen sensitisation"
Common gut bacteria from the class Clostridia could prevent sensitisation to allergens in food, according to new research that may pave the way for probiotic products aimed at battling food allergies and intolerances.
The livestock sector in Syria has been seriously impacted by the country’s ongoing civil war, with poultry production down by over half compared to pre-conflict levels, cattle herds by 40%, and the number of sheep down by 30%. Meanwhile, veterinary...
Despite overall drops in salt intake over last 10 years, social inequalities in salt intake have hardly changed in the period, say researchers.
Argentina will be able to double its supply of meat to the Russian market from about 15,000t in 2013 to almost 30,000t in 2015, taking advantage of the trade restrictions on food imports recently imposed by Russia against the European Union (EU), the USA...
DuPont’s BAX System Real-Time PCR Assay for Listeria has been certified by the AOAC Research Institute as a Performance Tested Method (PTM).
Norwegian group Orkla has acquired Latvian company NP Foods Group and its Laima chocolate brand.
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When in June of this year, British newspaper The Guardian published a damning report tracing fishmeal that it claimed had been caught by workers kept in slave-like conditions, a public relations storm seemed to have broken loose.
A botanical extract technology focusing on essential oils from citrus peel could help cut cosmetics and food prices as well as reduce food waste, the firm behind it is claiming.
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