Banana extinction rumours unpeeled
A plant pathologist with the American Phytopathological Society has largely dismissed rumours that bananas could face extinction within the next decade.
Archives for February 18, 2003
OFT takes long hard look at supermarket code
The Office of Fair Trading has begun an annual review of the Code of Practice governing supermarket chains and their suppliers. But with the balance of the UK retail market set to shift once again following the Safeway deal, some organisations are...
Glanbia moves into Latin America
Ireland's Glanbia and Uruguay's Conaprole have joined forces to help develop the market for dairy ingredients in Latin America. A new joint venture company, Conabia, based in Mexico, will develop sales throughout Central and South America.
Brits worry about other things than food safety
Despite numerous high profile cases of concerning BSE, foot-and-mouth and other food-related diseases, consumers in the UK are now worrying less about these problems than in previous years, according to the latest UK Consumer Attitudes to Food survey,...