News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
F&B industry will need 170,300 recruits by 2020 to meet consumer demand
Nestlè UK and Taste Success, an industry-led campaign by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) will host a live Twitter Q&A with engineering graduates from its apprenticeship scheme from midday-2pm tomorrow (Thursday, March 6).
Danish Crown has taken full ownership of Polish processed meat producer Sokolów, after acquiring the remaining 50% of its shares for around DKK1.3bn (€180m).
Romania’s leading poultry meat processor Transavia has announced record sales of €135m for 2013 and plans to invest €10m in expanding its meat processing capacities this year.
A diet high in animal protein during middle age may lead to a four-fold increase in risk of dying from cancer, suggests a new study.
Increasing caloric intake could be a relatively simple method for people with motor neurone disease to extend their life expectancy, according to new research.
Nearly a third of food businesses have no corporate allergen management systems in place, an SGS survey has found.
Iceland needs to improve the official controls of poultry meat production, according to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) surveillance authority.
Gel quality scores for typing VTEC E.coli using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were lower than Salmonella and Listeria, according to an EU report.
The European Commission and the Lithuanian government are considering backing significant hunting and trapping campaigns to reduce wild boar numbers in regions where these animals have contracted African Swine Fever.
Insights from Baking Tech 2014
While manufacturers faced renewed pressure to clean up labels following recent media attacks on the dough conditioner azodicarbonamide and artificial preservatives, far less attention has been paid to what these ingredients are actually being replaced...
Dispatches from EU manufacturing food and safety summit
Monitoring and controlling production in real-time is crucial to tackle potential problems and have the right answers ready during inspections and audits, according to Objective.