Organic food safe from economic downturn?
An economic downturn may not hurt the U.K. market for organic food products, Robert Duxbury, technical manager for organic products at J Sainsbury PLC told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.
Archives for October 1, 2001
Sara Lee buys Polish coffee
US consumer products group Sara Lee Corporation announced today that the company's subsidiary headquartered in The Netherlands has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the Polish coffee business, Prima S.A.
Food Irradiation conference set for March
The fourth annual conference on the hotly discussed topic of food irradiation, "Food Irradiation 2002: The Global Summit for Food Safety," is to take place from March 20 to 22, 2002, at the Sheraton Park Central Hotel in Dallas
Food poisoning more likely in organic chickens
Organic broiler chickens are three times as likely as conventionally-bred poultry to be contaminated with a bacterium that causes food-poisoning, say Danish vets, the New Scientist reports this week.
New food additives proposed for Codex
The European Community has proposed two new food additives, zinc acetate and hydrogen, to be included in the Codex International Numbering System for Food Additives