News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Australia's largest food and ingredients company Burns Philp & Co saw net profit rise by 16 per cent to A$170.0 million (€100m) for the fiscal year ended June 30 but earnings were impacted by acquisitions - not least Australia's largest food company...
The American Food and Drug Administration has given Schott HiCotec approval for its innovative PICVD process for barrier coating in food and beverage packaging made of PET.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has announced details of a new approval mark for small meat plants to comply with recent regulations regarding meat products.
Strong results across a range of business units helped US agribusiness Cargill post a stable set of figures for the fourth-quarter of 2003. Food ingredients operations in Europe, Latin America and North America claim a particularly strong performance.
The United States, Argentina and Canada have asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to set up a dispute settlement panel to decide whether or not the EU's policies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) constitute a barrier to trade, reports CORDIS.
Packaging Automation, the heat-sealing equipment specialist, has installed a second of its Vision 4000 machines at a state-of-the-art salad factory in the UK.
German retail and wholesale group Metro has opened its first cash & carry outlet in Ukraine as part of its ongoing expansion into eastern Europe. The store in Kiev is likely to be one of three in the capital and seven in the country as a whole in the...