Archives for June 30, 2002

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Food allergen labelling - the debate deepens

Fuel to further fire the debate, on both sides of the Atlantic, surrounding the labelling of potential food allergens arrived this week with the outcome of a new study in the US. According to new research, 93 per cent of parents of children with a...

Campbell spoons up Irish soup

US soup giant Campbell Soup has agreed to purchase Ireland's second largest dry soup business, Erin Foods, for about $26 million (€26.1m) from the Greencore Group.

IWKA brings globalisation one step closer

As one of Europe's leading and most innovative suppliers of packaging and processing machinery for the food industry, the IWKA Group of companies has been built on a philosophy to provide tailor-made solutions. This outlook has made it one of the most...

Food fortified with vitamin D - the future?

Health professionals across Europe are seeing more and more cases of rickets and increasing the amount of vitamin D in food could be one way to tackle this. A new European-funded research project in Denmark entitled OPTIFORD is set to investigate new...