Vion deal is ‘fresh opportunity’ for NI farmers
An Northern Irish farmers’ union has welcomed the management buyout of Vion’s UK pork division as good news for its members.
Archives for December 20, 2012
US hit by two fish recalls
The US has been hit by two separate fish recalls linked to Clostridium botulinum and listeria in the space of a week.
Rising prices to hit foodservice
A UK procurement and supply chain company has warned that the catering and hospitality sectors are facing steep rises in food inflation in 2013.
Ongoing investigation uncovers E.coli contamination
E.coli has been found in a number of frozen burgers that have so far sickened five people in Canada.
Are all foods linked to cancer? Yes … but don’t worry, say researchers
There is evidence linking almost every food or ingredient to cancer, but don’t worry because the evidence for pretty much all of it is very weak, say researchers.
Value engineering: Better food structure and improved ingredient delivery can reduce costs
Techniques employed by industry to slash levels of salt, fat and sugar in food could be better utilised to cost effectively manage the levels of other expensive ingredients in foods.
Heineken ‘disappointed’ by €200m cartel loss in last chance EU saloon
Heineken yesterday lost its final appeal against a European Commission decision to fine it around €200m ($264.7m) for alleged collusion in an illegal Dutch beer cartel, as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) condemned ‘patently illegal’ behavior in the...
Premier renews £60M a year deal to make Cadbury cakes
Premier Foods has renewed its long-standing license to manufacture Cadbury-branded cake products until at least June 2017 as part of its plan to...
EFSA issues call for tender to aid CEF panel
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a call to tender to secure contractors for technical summary documents needed for its CEF panel to evaluate the risks of migration of substances into food from food contact materials.