News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Budgens, the UK convenience store operator, has called on the regulators to investigate Tesco's proposed takeover of T&S on the grounds of its affect on sales rather than simply marekt share - an analysis which it claims makes far starker reading.
In the second story of the day on herbal products, we report that the US American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), in a bid to curtail all deceptive advertising, has unveiled a draft framework for voluntary advertising practices for dietary...
More news to suggest that governments in Europe must continue to curb the growing tide of obesity as the burden of heart disease, long linked to obesity, weighs heavily on the purse-strings of treasuries. A new study reveals previous figures too...
This year has been something of an annus horribilis for Dutch retail group Ahold, with the weakness of the economies in the Americas taking a particularly heavy toll on profits. With third quarter results falling heavily compared to the previous year,...
As the EU discusses new, much tougher, legislation on the labelling of potential allergens on food products, a new study from the Isle of Wight, UK, substantiates current fears over the mounting cases of allergic reactions.
The UK Food Standards Agency last week held its first open board meeting in the heart European bureaucracy, Brussels. On the agenda? An action plan on food labelling, GM labelling, and consumer involvement in policy making. Commission implicitly...