Archives for July 19, 2001

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Salmonella alert for lunch meat

US food giant Sara Lee Corp. on Thursday said it is voluntarily recalling about 13,600 pounds of Sara Lee and Quality Packing sliced, packaged lunch meats because the products may contain the Salmonella bacteria.

Scrapie triggered BSE suggests new research

U.K. research published on Thursday said that an entrenched sheep disease, scrapie, could have triggered mad cow disease, whose human form has killed more than 100 people, primarily in Britain.

Danisco opens state-of-the-art labs

Food ingredients company Danisco Cultor's announced this week the opening of new confectionery and fruit prep laboratories in Kansas City, US.

Euronext to launch wine futures market

Wine lovers should soon be able to profit from their passion for France's favorite tipple with the launch on the Paris stock exchange of a futures contract for fine Bordeaux wines.