News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
UK food safety authorities have issued a warning to food processors over the use of food grade chemicals from a Northern Ireland-based distributor following the death of a woman in Italy.
US researchers have developed the ‘El Dorado’ of foodborne Salmonella detection and outbreak prevention - using antibody-coated gold nanoparticles.
US manufacturer Peace Cereal has received certification from the Non-GMO Project’s Product Verification Program.
The British meat industry has expressed concern over the publication of alleged bullying of meat inspectors by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Enzyme manufacturer, Biocatalysts, has broadened its microbial dairy enzyme range with a product designed as an alternative to porcine pancreatin, a pig pancreas derivative, for dairy flavour applications.
While stevia is beginning to take off in a number of baked goods and snack categories in the US, Asian and South American markets, some other emerging ‘natural’ sweeteners look ready to take it on in the segment, claims Datamonitor.
A retail price war in Australia and New Zealand hit Fonterra’s consumer sales hard in the first half of 2012, while the firm said a strategy refresh will see it refocus its efforts on lucrative Chinese, Asian and Latin American markets.
The Nutrition Society and Cambridge University Press have added to their stable of nutrition titles with a just-launched open access journal.
The increase in the number of resistant E.coli cases in the UK is “almost certainly due” to the level of antibiotic use on farms, a report by the Soil Association has said.