News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Food industry players in France are concerned that legislators there will go down the same draconian route as their counterparts in Germany when they come to update the country's packaging waste legislation early in the new year.
The EC has approved a financial package to fight animal disease with human health implications. The move is aimed to tackle diseases that constitute as a barrier to intra-EU or international trade in 2004.
Labelling issues have come to the fore for US jam maker JM Smucker with a Californian woman suing the company over 'Simply 100 Per Cent Fruit' that might actually be less than 50 per cent fruit.
Moves by the EU to introduce new health food labelling requirements have been fiercely criticised by the food industry - with the British Retail Consortium the latest to add its voice to the debate.
The food and agriculture organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an initiative to help students, researchers and scientists from developing countries gain free and low cost access to scientific literature
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has accused the American National Dairy Council of launching a deceptive health campaign suggesting that dairy products could aid slimming.
The National Food Processors Association (NFPA) has criticised new requirements enforced by the EU's Council of Ministers on labelling and traceability of food and feed containing GM ingredients.
More evidence revealing the efficacy of HACCP systems in the battle for food safety comes from figures released this week by the US department of agriculture that show a 25 per cent dive in Listeria samples in the past year, and a massive 70 per cent...