News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
British consumers may be more careful with their money than they were before the economic downturn – but they are set to spend more on food and drink at home, according to a new report from Mintel.
With the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) looming on the horizon, a number of food processing organizations are taking a proactive bent and offering up resources to help member companies sort out the legislative tangles ahead.
BASF and Malaysian partner Petronas Chemicals Group will invest MYR1.4bn (US$500m) in an integrated aroma ingredients project in Kuantan to serve the Asia-Pacific flavour and fragrance industry.
EU Member States have voted in favour of continent-wide suspension of neonicotinoid pesticides that have been linked to bee deaths.
Frozen fruit specialist Lamex Food Group will buy a majority stake in Serbian red fruit processor to boost business and protect the group’s supply chain, its CEO says.
Meat processing company Atria Group has recorded strong growth of €19.8m in its net sales for the first quarter of 2013.
The EU’s long-winded novel foods rules have long been viewed as an innovation-crimping legal structure, but a stream-lining of the process means companies should not fear it, a consultant says.
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are still failing when it comes to protecting children from the online marketing of junk food, according to a new report from the Children’s Food Campaign.
Consumption of one extra serving of sugar-sweetened beverage each day could be enough to increase the relative risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 18%, say researchers.
An outbreak of salmonella in cucumbers has sickened 73 people and led to the products from the firms linked to the incident being placed on Import Alert.
Yakult and its largest shareholder, Danone, have scrapped their nine-year old “strategic alliance” in favour of a new, looser agreement to further their “collaborative relationship.”
Ukraine has partly lifted restrictions on imports of cattle and small ruminants from Europe, while Russia and Belarus have tightened restrictions over Schmallenberg virus fears.
A top food scientist has warned Europe against over-reliance on food imports, as China and other Asian countries imported more food and stock feed to cater for their increasingly affluent consumers.