Sixty year olds and over who cut back their salt intake to the
recommended 6g per day could reduce their risk of a stroke by up to
31 per cent, claims a group of cardiovascular experts in the UK,
reports Lindsey Partos.
Tough European legislation on junk food advertising to children
could become a reality, if the food industry fails to produce an
effective self-regulatory framework to help society deal with
increasing obesity in children.
Smell recognition in human beings is more likely to depend on
nurture rather than nature, suggesting that we can learn to like an
aroma, claims fundamental research published this week.
Hopes are pinned on a road map for food science of the future as a
food industry group in the UK sees the potential shortage of food
scientists as a 'timebomb' threatening the largest single
manufacturing sector in the country.
Despite tough new rules on GM food labels, food makers will stick
to non-GM alternatives as new evidence from the UK shows British
consumers will continue to refuse to buy foods containing biotech
ingredients.
Consumer demand for ethical products is growing steadily across
Europe and the major food manufacturers and retailers have
inevitably begun to step up their product offering in this area.
But a new study of consumer attitudes suggests...
Ahead of a meeting of UN-backed Codex in Bonn, Germany this coming
November various US government bodies will host a public meeting
providing the food industry with an opportunity to voice its
opinion on a range of issues from gluten-free...
A major European food science body has asserted this week that
genetic modification has the potential to offer strong benefits -
quantity, quality and acceptability - for the world's food supply.
With the booming population of...
New laws on genetically modified foodstuffs ushered into Europe
earlier this year may be tough, but Australia and New Zealand's
joint food watchdog claims that their own rules are among the
toughest, following an extensive review...
A report by the UK Parliament has today set out a number of
proposals aimed at combating the obesity problem in one of Europe's
most overweight nations. At the same time as accusing food
manufacturers and retailers of "paying...
An electronic nose could sniff out considerable savings for food
manufacturers as researchers use the latest technology for the
early detection of 'undesirable off-odours and microbial
contaminants' in dairy and bakery products.
Green members of parliament in Europe have laid out a ten point
plan to tackle the causes of food scares such as BSE, salmonella
and toxic residues in farmed salmon to 'restore consumer confidence
in the way food is produced,'...
Food manufacturers in the EU this month take on tough new labelling
rules on GM ingredients designed by Brussels to boost consumer
choice. But if the end chink in the chain does not actually
understand the labels, the thrust of change...
In the same week that the US food watchdog releases new findings on
the presence of acrylamide, the probable human carcinogen, in
processed food products, the American Chemical society will
dedicate an entire symposium to this sensitive...
'It is incorrect to focus on any specific food or ingredient in
attempting to address obesity,' cautions the US food industry, in
the face of mounting criticism that sugar intake plays a key role
in today's overweight...
Wermer Bauer, executive vice president of technology, processing
and R&D at Nestlé, has urged food manufacturers to recognise
the link between sound engineering and strong financial
performance. He also told delegates at the International...
Putting paid to media lip-service and the 'wildly false picture' it
has painted, EU Commissioner David Byrne defends European proposals
to clarify health and nutrition claims on food products.
The new US government regulations designed to protect against
terrorist threats to the food supply face massive non-compliance
when they go into effect next month, reports a new study.
Spanish supermarkets are to play a more active role in promoting
and protecting the country's food industry following a joint
agreement with the ministry of agriculture there. Food safety, food
quality and support for SMEs are...
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is to launch a new pesticide
detection service for the food industry. The new service is being
offered in partnership with an approved third party laboratory.
Americans' knowledge of genetically modified foods remains low and
their opinions about its safety are just as divided as they were
two years ago, according to a new survey released last week by the
Pew Initiative on Food and...
Regulations governing the labelling and marketing of food products
do not go far enough, claimed one anti-obesity group last week. But
pushing through tougher rules will be a hard task, according to
Datamonitor, with the food industry...
The food industry takes the rap for obesity once more as UK-based
task force calls on the industry to 'help bring about a major
transformation in diet and activity' needed to halt the rise in
obesity and type two diabetes.
The annual meeting of food technologists kicked off in Chicago at
the weekend, and with it the opportunity for debate. 'Customised
nutrition' came under the spotlight at a symposium on Sunday.
Europe's food industry has welcomed yesterday's decision not to
further reduce the threshold level for the labelling of GM
ingredients in foodstuffs, but remains deeply concerned about the
new labelling requirements also...
After a tough year in 2001, the French food industry returned to
growth last year, with sales up 2.1 per cent and a 3.8 per cent
improvement in the balance of trade. But the recovery is still
fragile, warns industry association ANIA.
A crucial issue at the heart of the European food industry today is
the imminent enlargement of the European Union. For the ten
newcomers, the integration of current European food legislation,
critical for the country's ambitions,...
Denmark's food and drink manufacturing companies are expected to be
the star performers in that country's economy this year, with
growth of between 6-10 per cent. The growth will come from new
product launches and international...
In the US, the Food Safety Summit is to be held, 18-20 March, at
the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The event is expected to
attract more than 1,000 food safety professionals and will be
addressing a number of key issues including...
Proposed changes to the oft-maligned Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP) have been broadly welcomed by the EU food industry, in
particular moves which will improve the competitiveness of the
European agriculture sector. But not everyone...
Key findings of a new survey from the Department of Health in the
UK reveal that the government and the food industry still have a
long way to go before the UK population has registered the
five-a-day message.
The UK-based Food Industry Panels Group (FIPG), a broad consortium
of trade associations in the food manufacturing, storage and
distribution sectors,is set to publish its Fire Risk
Minimisation Guidance.
'Impractical and unenforceable,' is how the European food
and drink association, the CIAA, last week condemned the new EU
legislation on the labelling of genetically modified organisms in
food. We spoke with Dr Geraldine...
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has this week presented its
second annual food industry awards, recognising the achievements of
companies in the fields of export, innovation, technology, the
environment and rural development.
A federal government bail-out of the Australian sugar industry was
under threat on Tuesday after business and opposition groups, in
particular food manufacturers, objected to a three cent a kilogram
levy to fund the $120 million plan...
In May 2002 Swedish scientists released information that
acrylamide, a potential carcinogen, had been found in a range of
foods. Food agencies across the world are monitoring the situation
very closely. An upcoming conference in the...
Large-scale Chinese food companies will set the direction for the
development of China's food industry in the next few years, an
international exhibition in Beijing shows.
Workers in the US food industry were reminded last week about some
of the safety hazards that exist in food production when an
industrial food processing machine that was cutting cabbage spun
out of control, crushing one man to death,...
Ongoing challenges facing the food industry include the development
of new technologies dedicated to on-line sensors in food. Recent
European funded research rose to the challenge.
Fresh, organic and convenience food markets could all benefit from
the birth of the first child in a young family, claim market
analysts Datamonitor. According to a new report, the opposing
forces of both increasing time pressure...
In 1926, the Commonwealth Government created the Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research, the body that later became
CSIRO. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this event, several
functions were held throughout Australia...
Food manufacturer and supplier Singapore Food Industries (SFI)
announced a full-year profit of $14.82million (EUR17.2million) last
year, a 19 per cent increase from 2000, reported the Straits Times
in Singapore.
A new web-based, content-driven product development tool for food
retail organisations and food manufacturers was launched recently
by food industry software vendor QSA.
The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) is considering working with
the food industry to develop guidelines on the labelling and
promotion of foods directed at children.
Welcome to our Food Ingredients Europe 2001 Special Edition. Food
Ingredients Europe 2001 opens its doors to food industry
professionals on Monday 5th November at the new ExCel Exhibition
Centre in London's Docklands.
On Wednesday 4 July the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in the UK
will launch the Food and Health Network. According to the Institute
the Network aims...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a letter to
the food industry restating the requirements of the Federal Food,
Drug, andCosmetic...
New regulations on labelling of genetically modified foods, made in
Wellington, New Zealand last month by Health Ministers from New
Zealand and Australian...
