The western European market for chilled prepared foods, worth over
€14.62bn in 2005, must take into account changing consumer patterns
if it is to avoid stagnation.
Except for the sheep in the uplands of Cumbria, Scotland and Wales,
radioactivity levels in UKfoods are below EU guidance levels,
according to an annual study by the country's food safetyregulator.
British sugar growers can breathe a sigh of relief after learning
that one of the country's foremost beet producers will not be
closing facilities as originally thought.
If hell freezes over and Australia wins football's World Cup, then
Scottish & Newcastle will be on the hook for splashing out a
lot of Foster's beer in Germany.
It is time to admit that society is fighting a part-time battle
against the bulge, willingly lambasting soft drinks, burgers and
chocolate, while shuffling silently away from a fairly dismal
exercise rate.
Associated British Foods (ABF), owner of British Sugar, has
reported a first-half profit fall of 13 per cent and warned that
earnings would likely be affected by continued difficulties in the
sugar sector.
The radioactive fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant
accident means sheep at 374 farms in the UK are still restricted
from entering the food chain.
As part of efforts to consolidate its production and business
portfolio in Europe, US food giant Campbells' says it is
considering the sale of certain of its UK and Irish businesses.
The UK food industry has come out on top in two UK surveys
investigating whether manufacturers are meeting Country of Origin
and Clear Labelling guidance.
Northern Ireland's coldstores are all due to get a visit from Meat
Hygiene Service (MHS) auditors, as the investigation into Euro
Freeze and the use of illicit health certifications continues.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) needs to crack down on labelling
and the use of water retention agents by poultry processors, EU
inspectors reported yesterday.
A House of Commons select committee report on reform of the EU
sugar regime has been welcomed by a sugar users lobby group
demanding action at next week's council of ministers meeting.
Food makers must leap into ethnic food development to ensure they
cash in on the burgeoning European market for packaged ethnic foods
predicted to hit €7 billion in Europe by 2009 on double digit
growth.
Milk prices paid to UK producers are notoriously low, yet tough
streamlining has positioned the dairy industry well to cope with
new EU CAP reforms and subsidy cuts that seem increasingly likely,
writes Chris Mercer.
Food and drink makers could soon expect cheaper sugar ingredients
with Brussels expected to publish its proposals on EU sugar reform
today, writes Lindsey Partos.
Europe's food watchdog concludes soft drink makers should propose
limits for heavy metals and aromatic hydrocarbons used as carrier
solvents for flavouring preparations in soft drinks.
New opportunities have emerged for British wheat growers after an
industry association used a new classification system to
successfully negotiate the export of UK wheat to Egypt, the world's
second largest buyer, reports Chris...
Against the backdrop of tighter traceability rules the UK's food
watchdog will focus on the relationship between food ingredients
and the final food label, at an upcoming seminar between
stakeholders next month.
Recently devolved Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already
established a strong bargaining position in the development of EU
policy, particularly in agriculture, likely to affect how the UK
handles CAP reform in the future,...
Two of Britain's biggest agriculture companies, faced with an
increasingly unstable market and rising costs, have announced they
will merge to insulate themselves and compete more effectively
through local grain markets, writes...
Exceptional charges relating to a major overhaul of its UK business
took their toll on first half sales at Uniq, the chilled foods
group - and the firm is now looking increasingly vulnerable to a
takeover from stalking horse, Duke...
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising people not to eat
certain batches of fresh organic free-range chicken found to
contain traces of a nitrofuran, a banned veterinary medicine.
Cheaper sugar ingredients could be on the way for food makers as
rumours continue to circulate about the proposed new rules to the
EU sugar regime that could open up the protected European market,
prompting Danish sugar giant Danisco...
Last year's exceptionally hot summer weather gave a major boost to
soft drink consumption in the UK, but a new report from market
analysts Canadean shows that the heatwave merely accelerated
the already rapid growth in one of...
Sales of smoothies grew strongly last year despite consumers
switching to cheaper products to assuage their thirst during the
heatwave. But the longer term growth prospects for what still
remains a niche market lie in the healthy...
UK government agrees 'in principle' to the commercial cultivation
of GM maize on UK soil, provoking an angry reaction from consumer
campaigners who claim the recent debate and science review on GM
foods has fallen on deaf...
Oxoid, one of the leading manufacturers of culture media
anddiagnostic products for the food and drink industry, will be
acquired by Fisher Scientific International.
More hours spent commuting in today's hectic society mean more
possibities for eating and drinking in transit, with the UK and
Germany coming out on top, writes a new report from market analysts
Datamonitor.
The UK's food safety watchdog has come under heavy criticism from a
group of politicians. A parliamentary public accounts committee
said that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) had to worker harder if
it was to become an authoritative...
Britain is set to extend its lead in the European ready meals
market over the next five years, accounting for more than half of
all sales by 2007. But convenience is no longer enough to keep
consumers happy - they want health and...
A letter attacking the UK government's handling of the genetically
modified (GM)debate has been sent to the UK prime minister Tony
Blair on behalf of 114 individual scientists, reports CORDIS.
Competition in the European flavours arena - already tough -
slammed up a gear yesterday with the news that US agribusiness
giant Cargill has swallowed up its first flavour business in Europe
- UK company The Duckworth Group, marking...
Ongoing investigations in the UK continue to unearth food products
contaminated by the potential carcinogen Sudan 1, several months
after EU laid down emergency measures to block imports of chilli
powder contaminated with the red...
Former UK environment minister Michael Meacher is urging consumers
to oppose US plans to use World Trade Organisation rules to force
GM food and crops into the UK.
A UK subsidiary of bakery ingredients giant CSM takes the first
steps on the road to 'sweet treat' growth through the integration
of its latest acquisition, the cookie supplier Readi-Bake,
reflecting CSM's strategy...
Asda, the American-owned supermarket chain, is continuing with its
campaign to increase sales of British food and drink products, with
50 new UK-made items set to hit the shelves in 2003. Clearer
labelling and in-store promotions...
UK texture analysis designer and manufacturer Stable Micro Systems
to unveil high speed, heavy duty texture analyser - the TA.Hdplus -
at the Fi Europe exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany in November 2003.
