News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
North American farmers were shaken this week when the Canadian government confirmed on Tuesday that a cow slaughtered in January from an Alberta farm had tested positive for BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), or Mad Cow disease.
Germany's biggest supermarket retailer, Edeka, is to tackle the threat from discounters such as Aldi with a 500-strong line of cut-price own label products.
Speaking at his company's AGM yesterday, Sir Ken Morrison said he had been 'surprised and disappointed' by the decision to refer Morrison's bid for Safeway to the Competition Commission. But he did not rule out victory in the bidding war - either...
The European Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health met last week to discuss again the avian influenza situation in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
The latest round-up from Mintel's GNPD reveals that innovation in the food and drink industry is still going strong. Evidence that innovation remains a number one priority for food manufacturers is all apparent in the latest review from Mintel's...
The UK's NAHS has been granted leave by the High Court to bring a case against the UK government and the National Assembly for Wales to overturn the recent ban on the sale of kava products.
Institutional investors are starting to weigh the cost-benefits of irradiating ground beef, poultry and other foods.
The confrontation between Europe and the United States over genetically modified foods shifted up a gear this week when the US President George. W. Bush accused Europe of impeding efforts to fight world famine because of its trade policy of blocking...
Yesterday we reported on a new production plant by CP Kelco to ensure its position as a leader in hydrocolloids, today the same company announced that it plans to increase pectin capacity at its Skensved, Denmark and Limeira, Brazil facilities.