EU outlines plans to relax BSE restrictions
The European Commission's plan to relax the bloc's rules on mad cow disease provides hope to food companies that they will have wider access to beef suppliers, including those in the UK.
Archives for July 18, 2005
UK poultry scare "contained" EU says
Supplies of live poultry, poultry meat and eggs from the UK will continue to flow to EU countries while the UK battles with a disease that can wipe out entire flocks.
ISP expands food stabiliser business in UK deal
Alginate specialist International Specialty Products (ISP) expands and consolidates its food stabiliser portfolio, acquiring the technology and customers of UK business Creative Food Systems (CFS), reports Lindsey Partos.
Penford Food Ingredients enters rice starch market
US starch product supplier Penford Food Ingredients targets growing demand for rice starch, for the first time adding a variety of rice starches to its current portfolio of potato, tapioca, and corn starch products,reports Lindsey Partos.
Taste: bitter and sweet research benefits food makers
Food makers will benefit from new findings that deepen our understanding of how the human brain distinguishes between different types of taste, writes Lindsey Partos.
Wheat, beef and lamb linked to IBS?
Irritable bowel syndrome consumers are significantly more likely to have elevated food-specific serum IgG4 antibodies to wheat, beef, pork and lamb than healthy volunteers, researchers report.
EU ministers split on sugar reform plan
The first wrangling over EU sugar reform proposals by agriculture ministers saw protests and a passionate debate in Brussels yesterday, but the opposition looks increasingly isolated, reports Chris Mercer.