French ingredients company Rhodia Food is to reorganise activities
"in line with the requirements and trends of the food industry",
the company said this week.
The Japanese cabinet endorsed a set of bills on Friday to ensure
the safety of food and protect consumer health in the wake of a
series of scandals and incidents to hit Japan in recent years.
Life for people allergic to peanuts might just have got easier with
scientists in the UK announcing this week that they have developed
a test to detect tiny amounts of peanut in processed food.
The European Commission confirmed its commitment to food safety and
the consumer this week when Commissioner David Byrne announced much
tougher measures - including criminal sanctions - to strengthen
food and feed safety controls.
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...
A new laboratory in southern India will provide food manufacturers
with a range of services in the domain of food technology.
Supported by a Rs.10m (€0.19m) grant from the Indian government, or
more precisely the Ministry of Food...
A recently published joint report from the FAO and WHO that set out
to evaluate the Codex Alimentarius Commission reveals the
overwhelming belief in the value of the Codex food standards.
Dutch-based food research company NIZO has organised the third in a
series of meetings on key topics in dairy and food science.
'Dynamics of Taste, Texture & Perception' aims to present the
most recent developments in...
As we enter a brand new year, a new report from market analysts
Mintelreveals that 2002 proved to be the most successful year for
newproduct introductions since 1995, with the number of
introductionsexceeding 22,000. The figure represents...
Consumer preferences and the demand for, and reliance upon, safe
food will drive research efforts by food scientists in the coming
years according to the Institute of Food Technologists.
UK carbohydrate giant Tate & Lyle this morning announced plans
to develop and manufacture a new range of food ingredients based on
its fermentation capability.
In November this year the European Council cleared new proposals to
end the '25 per cent rule' and to strengthen the current labelling
of food allergens on food products. Under the new rules, it will be
mandatory to list...
The food safety authority down under - Food Standards Australia New
Zealand (FSANZ) - launches the latest edition of the Food
Industry Recall Protocol to assist the food industry on steps
to take when a food recall becomes necessary.
The new commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration, Dr
Mark McClellan, this week indicated his support for reviewing
current rules on health claims on food labels.
A follow-up survey of soy sauce carried out by the UK Food
Standards Agency (FSA) has shown a significant improvement since
the agency's previous survey in 2001.
"HACCP is nothing without trainers," declared Dagmar Engel, HACCP
trainer and consultant from Germany, at the recentInternational
Food Safety Focus conference, co-hosted by the Chartered Institute
of Environmental Health,...
Food manufacturers took a further battering this week when the UK
Consumers' Association (CA) released new research, as part of its
Honest Labelling campaign, that suggests the public continues to be
misled by inadequate food...
A European funded project currently underway will seek to
facilitate the assessment of exposure to a range of food chemicals
- to include food additives, pesticides and nutrients, in a bid to
meet the growing need for food safety...
As the European Commission proposes a more sustainable form of
agriculture with severe changes to the current Common Agricultural
Policy, a national study in the UK is echoing the sentiment and is
set to investigate ways of shortening...
A new centre for Australian research into food technologies which
will aim to produce safer, more nutritious foods, was launched this
morning at Food Science Australia's facility in Werribee, Victoria.
European ministers have reached a political agreement on
genetically modified foods and feed, paving the way towards some of
the toughest legislation on GMOs in the world. Although a supporter
of GM labelling, the European food industry...
Europe may remain reticent over the use of irradiation by food
manufacturers but other countries across the world are making steps
towards increasing the use of this controversial food preservation
technology. Canada made moves this...
SureBeam, the US-based food irradiation provider, has been awarded
a patent that increases the processing efficiency of its technology
and provides the ability to simultaneously process products in a
variety of package configurations.
Since a Swedish study send a shudder of fear throughout the food
industry earlier this year, scientists have been fervently
investigating the presence of the potential carcinogen, acrylamide
in starchy, fried foods.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local has called for the
Pennsylvania General Assembly to let the Food Employees
Certification Act of 1994, a voluntary measure designed to train
and certify food workers and ensure food safety,...
In a move that reflects the growing popularity in the UK towards
the consumption of a vegetarian diet, the Food and Drink Federation
(FDF) has launched a new voice for the £500 million (€786m)
vegetarian food and drink industry -...
We reported yesterday that voters in the US state of Oregon had
voiced a resounding 'no' to Measure 27, an initiative that would
have required labels on food containing genetically engineered
material. Clearly a sensitive...
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...
Today marks the final time the doors of global food exhibition SIAL
will open in 2002. As visitors continue to pour through the
entrance of six exhibition halls, the popularity of this vast food
show remains certain. On the final...
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...
The controversy surrounding genetically modified foods hotted up
this week as environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth (FOE)
on Tuesday launched its GM-free Britain campaign, calling on local
authorities to become GM-free zones.
In the UK one person has died and around 150 have fallen ill with a
rare form of food poisoning linked to the use of raw eggs as a food
ingredient, reports the Independent.
Newly formed agency 'down under', the Food Standards Australia New
Zealand (FSANZ), this week invited interested parties and
organisations to comment on a number of proposed changes to the
Food Standards Code, including...
When scientists from Sweden reported earlier this year that several
ordinary foodstuffs could contain high levels of acrylamide - a
potentially cancer-causing chemical - governments, food
associations and food manufacturers drew a...
Cooking with iron pots could play a significant role in preventing
iron deficiency, a major nutritional problem in the developing
world, according to a recent study by scientists in the United
States. Researchers from Cornell University...
New research from Procter & Gamble suggests that there may be
more appropriate methods of preventing the formation of
cancer-causing chemical acrylamide than simply cooking food at
lower temperatures - but also that the compound...
Biacore International, the Swedish-based global Surface Plasmon
Resonance specialist, has launched a new rapid screening kit for
thedetection of ractopamine drug residues in food.
The campaign in the UK to ensure that the meat substitute Quorn
correctly is correctly labelled has moved one step closer to
victory - encouraging news for the American organisation backing
the campaign.
The US Georgia Department of Agriculture said this week that its
inspectors will be checking food warehouses and supermarket shelves
to make sure some boxes of cereal that were incorrectly labelled
are removed from sale, Commissioner...
British consumers are increasingly concerned about food safety, but
the government's efforts to get the message across are falling
largely on deaf ears. Instead, food manufacturers and,
increasingly, retailers are being called...
A campaign to urge all food premises to find out where their food
comes from has been launched by the Food Safety Authority of
Ireland. The FSAI says it wants food premises to buy products only
from suppliers who operate to the highest...
The UK joined the ongoing and heated debate about the meat
alternative product Quorn this week when the UK Food Standards
Agency (FSA) rejected claims by an American organisation that the
mycoprotein Quorn is unsafe.
How was acrylamide first discovered in food in Sweden? What is the
UK Food Standards Agency planning to do about the problem? What are
the toxicological effects of acrylamide? A seminar devoted to this
new food safety phenomenon is...
Cargill's Health and Food Technologies unit has completed a
self-GRAS determination for the use of AdvantaSoyClear as a source
of concentrated soy isoflavones in foods such as beverages,
nutrition bars, yoghurt, meal replacements...
Japan's Nippon Meat Packers, battered by a beef mislabelling
scandal, will give results of an investigation on Tuesday at a news
conference in which its founder is expected to resign as chairman.
Concerns in the US about the potential for future genetically
engineered foods to cause allergic reactions has spurred the Food
and Drug Administration to hold a meeting to look into the best
methods for determining whether these...
