The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has
accused the American National Dairy Council of launching a
deceptive health campaign suggesting that dairy products could aid
slimming.
The food and agriculture organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
has launched an initiative to help students, researchers and
scientists from developing countries gain free and low cost access
to scientific literature
Labelling issues have come to the fore for US jam maker JM Smucker
with a Californian woman suing the company over 'Simply 100 Per
Cent Fruit' that might actually be less than 50 per cent fruit.
Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) has
produced a CD-Rom to provide food industry managers with a
reference tool and training aid on the microbiological safety of
foods.
Primary Production and Processing (PPP) Standards for poultry &
meat, and further possible industries, are to be revised by Food
Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
Threshers, the drinks retail specialist, has extended its
operations in the petrol station forecourt sector, part of its move
into a wider range of markets which also includes leisure centres
and students' unions.
Albert Heijn, the flagship supermarket business of troubled
retailer Ahold, is to slash the prices of a wide range of food
products by as much as 30 per cent in a belated attempt to win back
consumers. But will this be enough to tempt...
Slacker US sales across all sectors hit third quarter results for
US Sensient Technologies with the colour and flavours company this
week reporting a slide in operating income.
With the European Union soon to represent 450 million consumers,
which common agricultural policy will best serve an enlarged
Europe? "A single CAP that serves a single, united Europe,"
said the leading crusader of CAP reform...
Results from an ongoing Irish initiative to boost product
innovation - new ingredients and finished food and drink products -
unveiled at an industry food event this month in Ireland imply that
investment could be paying off.
Metro has opened its first cash & carry outlet in India, in the
city of Bangalore, the 28th international market for the German
group. A second store will open next month, and the company clearly
sees significant potential in...
Cognis Nutrition and Health and Kemin Foods have finally reached an
agreement in court over the marketing and promotional issues for
lutein and lutein esters products.Specific terms of the agreement
are to remain confidential between...
US dairy associations are rolling out a new 'Healthy Weight with
Dairy' advertising campaign next week to tout scientific research
linking dairy consumption with reduced body weight.
Sensor Wireless has partnered with WebTech Wireless to provide a
new GPS tracking and web based monitoring system aimed at the food
and beverage industries.
The Spanish authorities look set to introduce dual labelling for a
number of non-processed food products in order to provide clear
information to consumers regarding the difference between the farm
gate and retail price - yet another...
Increasing numbers of young females drinkers, especially in markets
such as the UK, Germany and Spain, are having a major influence on
the on-trade across the continent, with pub designs and the
products drunk there both changing...
This week findings from the long-awaited and widest ever study in
the UK on the impact of GM crops were made known. The focus may
well be on whether or not transgenic crops are a risk to wildlife,
but have the mixed results raised...
Soy Fantastico, a vitamin- and mineral-rich soy beverage
specifically targeted at the Hispanic consumer, will be introduced
at the Expo Comida Latina trade show next week.
Already burdened with losses of €1bn under Dutch accounting rules,
retailer Ahold has today reported that the US accounting system has
effectively pushed it even further into the red - some €4.3bn to be
precise. And there is little...
Manufacturers on the health wagon will welcome news this week that
food scientists have designed free radical beating crisps, complete
with an oregano flavour.
Following a scientific risk assessment, the European Parliament and
the European Council adopted a directive prohibiting the use of
growth promoting hormones on 14 October, reports CORDIS.
Carrefour is to focus on its popular hypermarket format in
Thailand, even though new governement regulations there could make
it harder to expand in the future. The group hopes to open four
outlets there in 2004, taking its total...
Global tugs of war continue in the trade zone with the the WTO
agreeing to demands from the US and Australia to examine Europe's
rules on the protection of place and product names.
The sixth International Cocoa Agreement in three decades came into
force at the beginning of October, heralding a break from the past
with the exclusion of market regulatory mechanisms - production
quotas, buffer stocks and other...
One year after new rules on organic standards hit the American food
industry one in ten Americans are eating more organic foods,
reports a US trend tracker - but price is still a barrier to new
converts.
Burgeoning private agribusiness Cargill saw net earnings slip in
the first quarter of 2004, but performance remained on track
topping last year's figures by a wisp.
Calls to food manufacturers to develop alternative methods for
sealing jars of food were voiced by the UK Food Standards Agency
this week following a European scientific review on the presence of
semicarbazide - a weak carcinogen...
Hot weather in France pushed down Q3 sales at Guyenne &
Gascogne, but the same phenomenon helped lift turnover at the
company's Spanish joint venture, Centros Comerciales Carrefour.
A recent study provides strong evidence that process industry
automation users are frustrated with the low success levels
provided by current plant production management strategies.
A major technology breakthrough that allows the remote monitoring
of retail vending machines in realtime has been made possible using
the Alarm Telelog from UK-based Jekyll Electronic Technology.
The Benelux operation of Fiske Food Ingredients, a distribution
business belonging to €4bn Dutch industrial chemicals group Univar,
has linked up with starch ingredients company Avebe to distribute
the co-operative's full range...
Building on the one-stop-supplier philosophy, the new kid on the
xanthan gum block Danisco has made inroads into the market this
week, linking up with one of the largest xanthan gum suppliers in
China, the Henan Tianguan group.
Ongoing rumours that the Irish food and ingredients company Kerry
Group had bought up a US fruit flavour operation were at last
confirmed with the ambitious food ingredients business broadcasting
that it has purchased US-based Da...
Germans are the most traditional eaters in Europe, while the
British are the biggest fans of take-aways and the Spanish are the
least likely to invite friends round for dinner - at least
according to a new report from Mintel released...
Methods of cooking can cause vegetables to lose their
cancer-fighting compounds, new evidence published in the Journal of
the Science of Food and Agriculture claims microwaving to be the
biggest culprit.
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet
sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in
value over the next six years.
The UK cereals industry has applauded a recent move by the
government to award the cereals industry forum - representing the
cereal trade bodies - a grant of £1.4m over the next three years
'to improve efficiency and competitiveness...
Certain methods of preparation and cooking can causevegetables to
lose their cancer-fighting compounds, with microwaving the biggest
culprit, according to new evidence published in the Journal of the
Science of Food and Agriculture.
As US International Flavours and Fragrances and Swiss company
Givaudan continue to fight it out for the number one global
flavours and fragrance spot, the Swiss supplier reports stable but
far from dazzling 3 per cent sales growth...
The global leader in factory and process automation solutions,
SICK, announced today its new control unit for safeguarding
operations on larger and more complicated machinery.
The massive price increases introduced on various fruit and
vegetable products in Spain last month cannot be justified by the
summer heat wave, as the retail trade has claimed, according to
various organisations representing growers...
The healthy image of soyfoods is set to lift sales in Europe even
higher in coming years, with growth in soya-based alternatives to
dairy and meat products expected to enter double digits from 2003 -
2005, according to a pan-European...
The US FDA has published two of the major interim final regulations
implementing the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act in the Federal Register.
Further confirmation that the European consumer is throwing more
and more soy foods into his/her supermarket trolley comes from a
new report that reveals in 2002 per capita consumption of
soya-based drinks and desserts grew by over...
Ireland took a closer look at its organic food industry last week
with representatives from the department of agriculture & food,
Bord Bia and the Western Development Commission (WDC) hosting a
forum for producers, processors,...
South African millers must fortify flour and maize meal with a
blend of vitamins and minerals, including folic acid, following new
legislation introduced this week to improve malnutrition in the
country.
Seal-it-Systems (SIS) have recently launched a compact vacuum
chamber designed specifically for the testing of sealed containers
such as yogurt pots and other products that require an air-tight
seal.
