Archives for November 17, 2005

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Uniq register £9.6 million operating losses in the UK

By  Leah Vyse

Uniq's new chief executive has deemed the convenience food supplier's performance in the UK to be "unacceptable", blaming problems integrating a newly acquired business for its first half operating loss of £9.6 million.

UK select committee backs EU sugar reform

By  Anthony Fletcher

A House of Commons select committee report on reform of the EU sugar regime has been welcomed by a sugar users lobby group demanding action at next week's council of ministers meeting.

Vitiva targets South American meat export market

By  staff reporter

A Slovenian rosemary extracts firm plans to penetrate the South American meat market in order to tap lucrative Brazilian and Argentinean exports to the US and Europe.

Selenium - slow start in functional foods

By  Dominique Patton

Emerging research suggests that selenium, a trace mineral, may have numerous health benefits but no-one is educating consumers about them.

Discovery could reduce chicken pathogens, improve safety

By  Ahmed ElAmin

Proteins called bacteriocins, produced by bacteria, can reduce Campylobacter and Salmonella pathogens to very low levels in chicken intestines, helping to reduce human exposure to food-borneinfections, according to scientists at the US's Agricultural...