After the 11 September attacks and the outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease in the UK, the world's food supply chain remains vulnerable
to bioterrorism and naturally occurring food poisoning outbreaks, a
panel of US scientists...
Europeans could pay more for everything from toys to heavy
machinery if Brussels follows through on a threat to impose
sanctions in a long-running trade spat with Washington, a US trade
official said on Friday.
Dutch food group Numico NV is the latest company this week to post
a slide in first-half profits well below expectations on Thursday.
Hit again by weak US vitamin sales, analysts were also disappointed
over the lack of a new strategy.
An extraordinary court case has entered the US judicial system.
According to a recent BBC news report a group of overweight
Americans have sued several US fast food giants accusing them of
knowingly serving meals that cause obesity...
World demand for nutraceutical chemicals will grow by 6 per cent
annually to reach $8.6 billion (€8.7bn) in 2006 to feed a $155
billion nutritional products industry, declares a new report from
US market analysts Freedonia Group.
New research from the US has shown that the addition of soybean
phytosterols to lean ground beef can have a significant effect in
reducing cholesterol levels.
Contrary to certain 'fad diets' that promote fewer carbohydrates in
favour of more protein and fat, US researchers claim this week that
people who consume a high carbohydrate diet apparently eat fewer
calories per day and...
A new report presented to the US Congress has claimed that the EU
and other countries which have imposed bans on GM products because
of public health concerns are acting irrationally.
Genetically modified foods pose no greater health risk than
conventional foods, but the US government should scrutinise more
closely the safety of new biotech products, the investigative arm
of Congress has said.
Sales of the total fortified foods market in the US reached almost
$18 billion (€20.4bn) in 2001, tripling the sales achieved by the
market in 1997, according to a new report by market analysts,
MarketResearch.com.
The US government said it has reached a deal with China over
Beijing's rules for the import of genetically modified foods, but
offered few details because it was not yet finalised.The Bush
administration said the temporary agreement...
The Food Ingredient Specialties business of Nestle USA, a
subsidiary of European food company Nestle, voluntarily recalled
144,000 pounds of chicken base refrigerated products because the
allergen whey protein was not listed on the...
Eating a decent breakfast each morning could be the key to shedding
the pounds, according to US researchers who published their
findings this week in the journal Obesity Research.
Demand for food containers in the US is forecast to grow more than
three per cent annually to $12.6 billion (€14.5bn) in 2005, reports
US market research company Freedonia Group.
Fortification of grain products with the B vitamin folate may help
reduce memory loss in the over-60's. These are the latest findings
from data compiled by a recent nationwide health and nutrition
survey, NHANES III, carried...
The US nutraceuticals market had a value of $30,441 million
(€34,120 million) in 2000 and is expected to grow at a faster pace
than the overall food industry.
17 US states said they have entered into a second agreement with
the French-German biotechnology group Aventis CropScience to
compensate farmers whose corn was tainted by the company's
gene-altered StarLink variety.
People may be at risk of foodborne illnesses because US federal
agencies are concentrating on risk assessments for policymaking,
which delay regulations...
Nearly one third of high school girls and 16 per cent of high
school boys show symptoms of an eating disorder, US researchers
announced on Thursday. These...
The levels of manganese in some over-the-counterdietary supplements
exceed US government recommended levels for safe consumption of the
element, Reuters...
A scientific advisory panel to the US Environmental Protection
Agency has found that there is a "medium likelihood" that the
genetically-engineered StarLink...
