News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
More than 40 per cent of bacteria found in chicken on sale in Switzerland is resistant to at least one antibiotic, say researchers publishing their findings this week in BMC Public Health. The results could have wider implications for treating food...
Sterilox Technologies' A-2000 sterilisation and disinfection generator has received food equipment safety certification from public health body NSF International. This certification is granted to food equipment and devices used in storing, preparing...
Morrisons, the Bradford-based supermarket group, must make a bid for the Safeway chain within 21 days after the UK government yesterday accepted definitive undertakings from rival chains not to bid for the company.
Moving deeper into speciality ingredients US company MGP Ingredients has earmarked $1.7 million to expand its line of textured wheat proteins and wheat protein- and starch-based resins. The investment comes on the back of strong first quarter results...
Branded by some as political and others as sensible, a divided Europe yesterday saw member states failing to suppport the Commission proposal to authorise the first GM foodstuff - BT11 sweetmaize - since the de facto moratorium begun five years ago....
With several of the world's biggest drinks group accused last month of deliberately promoting their brands to under age drinkers, the issue of drinks advertising has never been hotter.
ICI subsidiary National Starch has significantly hiked up prices in the US as rising costs across the board continue to put pressure on the bottom line.
Not for the first time, chemicals company Rhodia has played down reports in the French press that it is considering a sell-off of its activities in silicon, food additives and phosphates as part of an asset divestment programme aimed at improving its...
Global Technology Resources (GTR) has launched a new system designed to detect, track and manage food safety threats across the supply chain. Combining patented web-based global positioning system (GPS) technology with radio frequency identification...