Cracking solution for eggs
US company Sensor Wireless has launched a quality system called CrackLess Egg Pro which is said to offer increased quality control for egg producers.
Archives for May 13, 2003
Fischler convinces ministers over CAP?
Dr Franz Fischler, the leading light behind reform proposals to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), continued on his crusade to guarantee the quality of food in Europe with a persuasive speech at an informal meeting of EU Ministers for Agriculture...
Feeding the 5,000...
Where would we be without bread? Believed to have first been enjoyed by our palates over 8,000 years ago, this simple product with its roots in the land has far from lost its star appeal.
US biotech WTO move knocked by EU
So, they went ahead and did it anyway. Despite imminent changes to the European legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), re-iterated by EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy just this week, the US has gone ahead and filed a World Trade...
New vitamin E product from Cognis
Cognis Nutrition & Health has launched a new grade of high potency natural-source vitamin E powder, called Covitol 1185 HPMC.
Miller finally quits over Ahold fraud
Jim Miller, the head of Ahold's US Foodservice arm, has finally stood down from the post he has held since 1997 after coming under increasing pressure to carry the can for the accounting scandal which has rocked the unit in recent months.
FSA funds caffeine study
Research continues into the potential impact of maternal caffeine consumption on baby weight with news this week that scientists from the UK universities of Leicester and Leeds have been commissioned to explore the phenomenon.