News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The European Food Safety Authority may not, as yet, have an executice director, but let's hope the selection is speedier than our American neighbours who, after nearly two years without, have finally chosen a new commissioner for the US Food and Drug...
France's Intermarche and Spain's Eroski have formed a new alliance which will increase their European buying power and allow each company to benefit from the other's expertise. Other companies could join the union in due course.
Solid evidence is mounting that drinking tea can prevent cell damage that leads to cancer, heart disease and perhaps other ills, scientists said on Tuesday.
News in Germany earlier this year that tainted organic wheat had been fed to poultry at organic farms caused an immediate fall in consumer demand for organic foods, with the organic meat sector being particularly badly hit. The industry will take...
The 13th congress on food microbiology, held in Bilbao, Spain last week, amassed 400 congress members together to discuss the issue of food security.
The weakness of the US economy has impacted the sales performance of the Food Lion and Kash n' Karry chains run by Belgium's Delhaize group, prompting the company to revise its full-year growth forecasts.
More evidence to suggest the health benefits of cranberry juice were revealed this week by researchers in Germany. Setting out to evaluate the influence of plum, cranberry and blackcurrant juice on urinary stone risk factors, the scientists obtained...
Fees charged by European retailers such as Tesco and Carrefour have been investigated by the Thai authorities, which claim that such charges - levied on suppliers for the listing of their products - are illegal.