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The Sudanese government is stepping up its efforts to encourage Middle Eastern countries to invest in agriculture projects in Sudan, in the name of Arab food security.
The Arab world’s Brazilian coffee imports rose 20% year-on-year by volume in the first five months of 2014, while revenue fell 7.7% over the same period.
Saudi Arabian agricultural company Iktifaa has announced plans to invest in agricultural and animal farming projects in Sudan, as part of the kingdom's drive to improve food security.
At the IFT expo this week FoodNavigator.com caught up with hydrocolloids industry experts Dennis Seisun and Christine Seisun for their latest observations on the state of the market.
Sudan, the world's biggest producer of gum arabic, has scrapped a government monopoly on the production and export of this naturally-sourced, 'Rolls-Royce' of gums widely used in food and drink formulations.
The presence of banned colouring methyl yellow in food spices in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Germany has led to a slate of recalls; although not affecting finished foods for now, the issue is reminiscent of the Sudan Red recalls of 2005.
Ingredients suppliers say threats by Sudan's US ambassador to cut
off gum arabic supplies from the country are not serious, and an
embargo would not have a catastrophic effect on the world supply.
The Sudanese ambassador to the US has threatened to withdraw the
supply of gum arabic, an emulsifier and stabiliser used by the food
industry, in response to a pledge to impose sanctions to help bring
an end to the bloodshed in Darfur.
More than six months after the sudan food colour debacle struck the
UK, the authorities are still detecting the illegal ingredient, and
potential carcinogen, in food formulations.
New test from the National Food Laboratory meets growing demand
from food manufacturers to verify their ingredients are free from
the potentially carcinogenic red dye Sudan.
Illegal colours continue to crop up in European food products with
the EU's tracking system highlighting banned Sudan 1 and Para Red
contaminants in a range of foods this week, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Weeks and weeks after the UK's food agency issues official warning
about contaminated Worcester sauce, alarm bells ring as two
prepared foods containing the illegal ingredient, and previously
withdrawn from sale, turn up on the...
Exports of chilli and chilli products from India have not been
affected by the discovery of banned red colours in European
processed foods, claims an upbeat Indian Ministry of Commerce and
Industry.
Costs will rise for food makers using spice and oil users as
officials in Brussels vote to extend test controls for the illegal
red dye sudan 1, writes Lindsey Partos.
Brussels called an emergency meeting of scientific experts
yesterday as the paper trail on the illegal red chemical dye sudan
1 extends to member states; and the recall of food products in the
UK tops 450.
One single ingredient continues to create havoc in the UK's food
market as the country's food safety agency this week extends the
recall roll call for food products potentially contaminated by the
harmful red colour sudan...
Food makers are advised to analyse any stocks of chilli and curry
powder, bought in before the EU imposed the ban on sudan red food
colour, to minimise the risk of expensive recalls and harm to brand
reputation, writes Lindsey Partos.
UK food agency continues work to minimise risk to the food chain
recalling within one week two different product ranges contaminated
with an illegal red dye.
UK food watchdog pinpoints the potentially carcinogenic red dye
Sudan IV in more palm oil products this week as the roll call of
recalled food products tips the 250 mark.
Red, potentially carcinogenic, dyes continue to dog the UK food
chain with the food watchdog last week highlighting a further batch
of products for recall.
Warnings over food products entering the EU zone containing the
potentially carcinogenic food colour Sudan 1 continue with the UK's
watchdog recalling fresh batches of bean products.
The list grows of food products containing the illegal carcinogenic
red dye sudan I. The UK food watchdog has given two separate food
hazard warnings this week about food contaminations.
Food manufacturers must continue to be on the alert for a red devil
as the list of products containing the potentially carcinogenic,
and illegal, red dye Sudan I is far from tailing off. Now the UK
Food Standards Agency is alerting...
Food manufacturers continue to face the costly process of food
recalls as the UK's Food Standards Agency brings more food products
contaminated by the illegal carcinogenic food dye Sudan to light.
A screening method to identify a series of banned food dyes has
been developed in the UK. The move comes in response to the
European Commission's attempts to prevent the importation of
products containing four chemicals known...
Europe's food industry faces increased recalls and further costs as
a Commission clampdown yesterday extended rules on illegal
carcinogenic red chemical dyes to include curry powder.
A cancer-causing red dye found in chilli powder or chilli products
has contaminated over 120 food products on the supermarket shelves
in the UK, a figure set to climb as the UK's food watchdog
continues to track the movements...
The National Soft Drink Association issued a statement regarding
gum arabic as some media reports have linked Osama bin Laden and
his financial interest to various organisations and industries
around the world.
