News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
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 food security...
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.
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.
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 and will not make,...
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
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 in natural...