Sino-EU trade relations under pressure
China warned the European Union yesterday against destroying meat and seafood cargoes over health concerns, as the two signed deals worth more than 30 million euros.
Archives for April 3, 2002
Nestlé ambitions for Chinese ice cream market
Swiss-based food giant Nestle has waged a new product offensive on the ice cream market, report the China Daily.
Food manufacturers, watch out!
This is the week that food manufacturers have had their knuckles rapped over false labelling. Earlier this week US regulators told Campbell Soup
Green light for Cargill-Cerestar purchase
The US Department of Justice this week gave the green light for US agribusiness Cargill to acquire 56 per cent shareholding in Cerestar.
Kellogg sells baking business
US cereal company Kellogg Co. agreed this week to sell its Bake-Line Products business to Atlantic Baking Group, the privately held baking group said on Wednesday.
Scientists measure dietary fibre
The measurement of dietary fibre will come under the spotlight in June when scientists meet at a workshop, organised by the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC), in Leuven, Belgium.
Increase in refined starch levels may lead to short-sightedness
The food children eat might play as big a role as books and computer screens when it comes to causing short-sightedness, reports UK science journal the New Scientist