Archives for February 24, 2005

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Ingredient designs to serve 12m UK food allergy sufferers

Opportunities are ripe for UK food manufacturers and their ingredients suppliers to roll out more foods positioned in the food allergy or intolerance sector, with new research suggesting as many as one in five British consumers now suffer from this...

New supplier of non-GMO natural vitamin E, sterols

US ingredients supplier SourceOne Global Partners has gained non-GMO certification for a range of soy-based products that will meet demand for non-GM health ingredients in Europe, writes Dominique Patton.

AIM develops food animal RFID standard

AIM Global has developed a draft standard for RFID for food animals to address growing concerns about the threat of terrorist attacks and the recent outbreaks of both BSE and hoof-and-mouth disease in different parts of the world.

Food safety to protect against mounting litigation

Despite firm traceability rules and constantly improved food safety systems the threat of litigation hangs in the air for the food industry: in the UK a prepared foods firm faces up to €1.4 million to settle a food poisoning court case.

Fischer Boel outlines EU CAP reform priorities

Mariann Fischer Boel, the EU's recently appointed agriculture commissioner, has claimed that sweeping EU agricultural reforms will provide UK farmers with a "better balance of support", while forging a more competitive and sustainable European...

Nestlé sees profit growth despite sales downturn

Disposals and currency exchange rates pushed down full-year sales at Nestlé, the world's biggest food producer, but the decline had no impact on profitability, which grew by a healthy 8.1 per cent during 2004. IN order to stay ahead of the pack,...

CNI ushers in future with 30 nanotech patents

US-based Carbon Nanotechnologies (CNI) has issued 30 patents related to the use of small diameter carbon nanotubes, or fullerenes, which could revolutionise the way materials are made in the future.