Brussels invests in food chain
The European Commission used an international food conference last week to announce its readiness to award €192 million to new food-related research projects and networks.
Archives for June 20, 2004
Biotrace extends food safety range
Biotrace has been acquiring companies in order to extend its range of safety products for the food manufacturing industry. The takeover this month of Tecra Holdings, an Australia-based manufacturer of test kits for rapid detection of food pathogens...
Higher-value organics
A new Europe-wide project will devote a £12 million budget to investigating the added-value that organic farming could bring to food products. The qualitative approach will give a boost to an industry starting to slow down in pace.
Detecting packaging quality
Dutch dairy specialist Nutrifeed has recently installed a number of measures in its processing and packaging activities to ensure complete quality and safety. One of these is a method to detect poorly sealed bags.
Price volatility continues for soy ingredients
As the food industry answers consumer health concerns expanding the use of soybean-derived ingredients in food formulations, volatility in price for the crop is set to continue with few signs that supplies will improve this year.
Ingredients from sorghum, a fitting alternative to wheat?
As rising cereal prices continue to squeeze profit margins for food industry participants, food technologists in the US are working on teasing out new functionalities from the cheap, easy to grow, and resilient crop sorghum, reports Lindsey Partos.