Foss prepare for future growth
Next month two subsidiaries of the Denmark based Foss Group - Foss Electric and Foss Tecator, will be merged in an effort to maintain future growth for the food analysis company.
Archives for September 25, 2003
Irish food summit a success
Bord Bia - the Irish Food Board - hosted a consumer food and drinks industry day this week in Dublin. Entitled 'Paths to Growth', the conference was attended by representatives from more than 100 Irish food, drink and ingredients manufacturing companies.
Shifting focus for Cosucra
In the same week that the European Commission tables proposals to overhaul the EU sugar regime, Belgian company Cosucra Groupe Warcoing announces that its days of sugar beet processing are over, opting instead to focus business entirely on added value...
GM Nation? No thanks
Parties interested in forging ahead with GM foodstuffs in the UK have a battle on their hands as the widest public debate ever held in Britain finds an overwhelming percentage of people uneasy, suspicious or hostile to the introduction of genetically...
New honey rules to stick
Tough new rules on honey entered into force in the UK yesterday bringing the country up to date with recently amended European legislation.
Sustained growth for G&G
Guyenne and Gascogne, the French retail group, has continued to improve its sales and profits in the first half of 2003, building on the major advances made in the first six months of last year.
A global perspective on food safety
The European Commission has resolved to ensure that the same standards of food safety apply to all products, regardless of origin. Commissioner for health and consumer protection David Byrne said that food imports into the EU should be subject to the...
Split debate over UK GM crops
Parties interested in forging ahead with GM foodstuffs in the UK have a battle on their hands as the widest public debate ever held in Britain finds an overwhelming percentage of people uneasy.
New weapon for obesity research
Recent discoveries made by German scientists tinkering with genes linked to fat metabolism join the growing armoury in the battle of the bulge.