German specialty chemistry company Degussa reported a one per cent
increase in sales in 2001 this week, up to €12.9 billion from €12.8
billion for the previous year. The company claimed that extensive
restructuring, a focus on highly...
Following a series of recalls across the world, European Union food
health officials decided on Tuesday to remove a sweet called jelly
mini-cups from European markets amid fears that an ingredient could
cause fatal choking in children.
UK confectionery and drinks group Cadbury Schweppes is preparing a
$2 billion (€2.27bn) bid for the chewing gum and cough drops arm of
Pfizer, the world's largest drugs company, a British Sunday
newspaper reported.
Singapore authorities have ordered supermarkets to remove a number
of Japanese food products containing stevioside, a sugar substitute
banned in the city state, industry sources said on Monday, reports
the Japan Times.
US health science company Forbes Medi-Tech announced this week that
it has exercised its right not to buy back the licensing and
distribution rights to its cholesterol-lowering food ingredient
Reducol from Novartis Consumer Health...
The world needs to conserve its variety of plants for future
generations by investing in "gene banks" which can be deployed in
the war on hunger and disease, a prominent scientist said on Monday
A British study has found that the global market for performance
foods and drinks is now worth in excess of $11billion(€12.5bn), and
is dominated by drinks, which account for over 90 per cent of total
sales.
Steps towards an improved food safety system in the European Union
are being made almost on a weekly basis. It is natural that
consumers in the 15 Member States may be concerned about the impact
EU enlargement will have on current...
Canadian brewer Molson made a significant leap forward in Brazil
this week by acquiring the country's second-largest brewer, the
Financial Times reports.
Contamination of foods by organohalogens, in particular dioxins
(PCDD and PCDF) and dioxin-like PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
are a real health concern for the food industry, governments and
consumers alike. Dioxins are produced...
Researchers at the Cornell University's Department of Food Science
and Technology have developed a sensor, which employs liposomes, to
rapidly detect E. coli bacteria, the Institute of Food
Technologists reports this week.
The Bush administration, apparently concerned about the nation's
food supply, is looking at making a single federal agency
responsible for keeping deadly toxins out of everything from beef
to broccoli
Caffeine negates the effects of the controversial sports
supplement, creatine, according to research carried out by
scientists from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Belgium.
Students anxious to perform better in exams could improve their
chances of success by drinking a sugar-containing drink while
studying, new research suggests.
The European Commission has presented a proposal to improve
protection for geographical indications and designations of origin
for a variety of agricultural products and foodstuffs, to include
Prosciutto di Parma, Roquefort cheese...
A diet rich in soy appears to decrease inflammation-induced pain in
rats, according to a study by American scientists at the Johns
Hopkins Medical Institution.
Eating organic soups could help to reduce the risk of developing
cancer or suffering a stroke or heart attack, New Scientist
magazine said on Wednesday.
Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard
Medical School has published a new epidemiological survey review
that confirms earlier studies suggesting that the consumption of
lycopene-rich foods can reduce...
Dramatic growth currently experienced by the nutraceuticals market
is forecast to be the biggest driver in the development of the
flavonoids and isoflavones markets in Europe in the next six years.
New research from market analysts...
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) this week released
details of a study on the potential dioxin contamination of fish
and fish oil capsules. Results are encouraging.
The US Agriculture Department, which is seeking a record US$ 905
million (€1,024m) for food safety spending next year, will hold a
series of public meetings on ways to better protect the nation's
food supply, a top USDA official...
The vitamin price fixing affair which has already seen a cartel of
some of the world's major producers fined by the European and US
authorities is continuing in other parts of the world. This week
saw the Australian Federal Court...
The organic dairy industry - producers, processors and retailers -
must ensure that it avoids the route taken by the conventional
industry if it is to survive, delegates were told at a Soil
Association conference this week.
US meat giant Tyson Foods has asked a Delaware court to throw out a
landmark ruling on its merger with IBP Inc. as the country's
largest producer of beef, chicken and pork seeks ammunition in a
legal tussle with shareholders...
In what must be considered to be a significant step towards greater
harmonisation in Europe, the European Parliament voted on Wednesday
for new safety controls on vitamin supplements. The new law will
require manufacturers of vitamins...
In Europe, approximately 75 000 citizens die from colon cancer each
year which is a significant financial and social burden on Member
States. Recent studies have revealed a link between the preventive
effect of naturally occurring...
An extraordinary phenomenon is currently under discussion - that
tomatoes smokers may be sensitive to tomatoes. A new book launched
recently claims that eating tomatoes makes it harder for people to
give up smoking, reports Ananova.com.
Women who take oestrogen may decrease their risk of developing
atherosclerosis - the progressive narrowing and hardening of the
arteries - according to new research published in the March issue
of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...
The next episode in the saga of Snow Brand Milk Products, the
Japanese company hit by food safety scandals, unfurled yesterday
when the company announced that it is to tie up with two
agricultural cooperatives and request a capital...
In what must be seen as warning to other food manufacturers, a UK
company was fined this week for incorrectly labelling a product
containing GM ingredients.
Mead Johnson, the dairy product subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb,
has started production at its first powdered milk plant in Thailand
that will serve as a base to increase the company's business in
Southeast Asia, the Bangkok...
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) this week called
for public comment on a number of proposed changes to the Food
Standards Code, including new requirements for making nutrition
claims, an extension to the folate/neural...
Folic acid is certainly making the news this month. On this site
alone we have reported a number of new studies highlighting a
variety of health benefits linked to this nutrient. And just today
the Australia New Zealand Food Authority...
The little red berry may soon become the latest fat-burning food
fad. Scientists in Japan have been experimenting with a range of
different foods in an attempt to find an alternative to capsaicin,
a substance found in red pepper that...
US researchers who recently completed the map of the peanut's
genetic code are not just hoping to make peanuts more nutty but
that the genetic blueprint will also help enhance disease
resistance, cut down on pesticide use and...
Scientists have known for some time that certain components of some
foods, called amines, possess biological activity. Amines are
formed during normal metabolic processes in living organisms and
are present in everyday food products
Ongoing research into the effects of alcohol on our bodies reveals
a variety of different, sometimes contradictory, findings. But a
constant appears to be emerging - that alcohol consumed in absolute
moderation, may actual help, rather...
Food allergies in the West are a growing problem for the
population. A European-funded project was set up to improve the
understanding of factors that may be important in predisposing
certain plant food proteins to becoming allergens....
Scientists at Denver's AMC Cancer Research Center claim that they
have invented a new coffee-roasting process that preserves the
disease-fighting antioxidant present in green java beans, reports
Jim Erickson, PRNewswire.
Today will witness the second reading of the European Union's draft
proposals for a directive on food supplements, sparking a new round
of condemnation from supplement manufacturers and retailers across
the Community.
A new independent report published by the UK Food Standards Agency
indicates how food labels could be made clearer, more informative
and more user-friendly.
The market for European phytonutrients producers appears to be
threatened by cheap imports from Asia, cites a new report from
market analysts Frost & Sullivan this week.
The new biotechnology, or gene-splicing, applied to agriculture and
food, has a difficult road to hoe, and the international
organisation, Codex Alimentarius Commission, is not helping the
issue, criticises Dr. Henry Miller in a recent...
Since the hearing of November 2001 on the challenges facing the
fish processing industry, a wide-ranging debate has taken place in
this sector, an area of economic activity with a longstanding
tradition in the European Union.
Despite growing trends in the West towards healthier eating
patterns the desire for comfort food appears is still clearly
present. According to a recent report from the US retail sales of
butter increased by a significant 32 per cent...
Intermittent iron supplementation could replace daily iron
supplements for reducing anaemia in developing countries, report
researchers from Prince of Songkla University in Thailand.
Coffee was flavour of the weekend as scientists met in Florida
recently not only to share the latest research into this popular
drink but to enjoy latest consumption statistics.
