Food businesses need to improve food handling practices
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) this week released a research report on food handling practices in Australian food businesses. The findings were mixed.
Archives for February 6, 2002
Diabetes research helps battle of the bulge
An Australian professor who spent 30 years seeking a treatment for diabetes may have come up with a fat busting drug.
Share earnings increase for IFF, despite climate
US flavours company International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) this week announced a leap in fourth quarter earnings for 2001.
Price tags go digital in supermarkets
In a move that aims to ensure price consistency from shelf to checkout, Netherlands-based Hoogvliet Supermarkets announced this week that it is deploying electronic shelf labels (ESLs) from NCR Corporation throughout its 34-store chain.
Man's diet from the past reveals hope for the future
Eat meat. That's the dietary advice given by a team of scientists who examined the dietary role of fat in a study that combined nutritional analysis with anthropologic research about the diets of ancient hunter-gatherer societies.
QUID food labelling and enforcement under discussion
A seminar dedicated to the implications of QUID Legislation on food enforcement policy, analytical testing regimes and the responsibilities of food manufacturers and retailers will take place in London this month.
Youth top of calcium summit agenda
Hundreds of nutritionists, US government officials and leading researchers gathered in Washington, DC last month to develop an action plan to address a critical health concern facing children and adolescents: calcium deficiency.
Global governance for health foods, Byrne explains
The European Commission wants to see greater progress in frontier technologies, particularly life sciences and biotechnology, and has set out a clear strategy to achieve this aim.