May's vision for Brexit: Twelve-point plan or glorified wishlist?
UK prime minister Theresa May yesterday set out her 12-point plan for the country’s exit from the European Union. What did it tell us and how has the food industry reacted?
Archives for January 18, 2017
SGS Canada partners with Niagara College
SGS Canada has partnered with an institute at Niagara College to offer a tool kit based approach around food safety management.
Busy lifestyles: Global on-the-go breakfast market set to grow 46% by 2026
Grab-and-go breakfast products are forecast for growth as busy Western consumers continue to forgo the traditional sit down breakfast.
EU project for nanotechnology-based antimicrobial packaging
An EU-funded project is aiming to extend food shelf life by using novel antimicrobial surfaces applied in active packaging.
Qiagen sees ‘significant’ bioinformatics market opportunities
Qiagen has acquired OmicSoft Corporation to expand its bioinformatics offering for data management and interpretation.
Hungarian group Bonafarm eyes stake in meat processor
Hungarian food processing conglomerate Bonafarm is in talks to acquire a stake in local meat processor MCS Vágóhíd Kft.
EU court of auditors attacks Commission for its failures on food waste
EU auditors said the European Commission’s efforts to tackle food waste have lacked effort, coordination, been fragmented and intermittent - and without even a real definition of food waste, in a report released yesterday.
Ready-to-mix market to see double-digit growth in wealthier India
India ready-to-mix food market has been predicted to be worth as much as US$284m by 2020, an annualised increase of 15.7% fuelled largely by the increasing disposable income of a growing middle class.
India
Law Commission to recommend life imprisonment for adulterators
India’s Law Commission is expected as soon as this week to give its recommendations on amending the penal code for adulteration crimes, including enhancing the severest penalty to life imprisonment.
'Highly frequent' energy drink consumption associated with mental health problems for teens
A new study indicates that Korean teenagers who regularly consume energy drinks are at “great risk” of mental health problems, particularly when consumed in combination with junk food, researchers claim.
This week Down Under
Cross-border sales boom through China’s Tmall Global
Cross-border online shopping by Chinese consumers has surged this year, with half a dozen Australian brands making particular headway after putting in a strong performance on Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global e-commerce platform.
China
Food safety ‘stable’ as year’s first scandal breaks in Tianjin
Additive overuse and microbial contamination were behind almost two-thirds of all food-safety issues in China last year, while less than 1% of infant formula failed to meet national standards.
Roquette to open world’s biggest pea protein plant in Manitoba in 2019, says CEO: 'Demand absolutely outstrips supply’
Roquette has made a bold move to solidify its leadership position in the pea protein market with a jaw-dropping CAD400m+ (US$306m+) investment to build the world’s biggest processing plant for the on-trend ingredient dedicated to (human) food & nutrition...
Giving ugly a chance: New potato chip brand Uglies uses cosmetically-rejected potatoes
Potato chip maker Dieffenbach’s bets on ‘ugly’ potatoes with the launch of its new brand Uglies, which uses potatoes that have been rejected by farmers, potato brokers, or other chip makers.
Storytelling and personalization online can boost ecommerce sales, Episerver says
Two-thirds of shoppers plan to buy products online more in 2017 than last year, but this uptick may not materialize for companies that fail to offer strong web content beyond a checkout cart, suggests a study recently released by digital marketing...
Crown Food grows canned beef production lines
Crown Food Europe has increased its production facilities in response to growing demand for canned corned beef.
Barnana raises $5.3m, prepares to unveil new line of banana-fueled snacks in March
A $5.3m injection of capital will help Barnana support a new line of organic snacks debuting in March, move into more retail channels, and ramp up its marketing, according to co-founder and chief marketing officer Nik Ingersoll.
Novozymes to shed nearly 200 jobs
Enzyme maker, Novozymes, is to cut 198 jobs, with its Danish operations to see 31% of those redundancies.
Bayn seeks partners as it ends exclusive Barentz stevia contract
Swedish supplier Bayn is looking for strategic partners for the supply and distribution of its stevia ingredients as it ends its four-year exclusive deal with Dutch distributor Barentz.