Fire strikes three food facilities
Processing and packaging facilities in three different states have been hit by fires; crews are still assessing damages, estimated at more than $2.5m.
Archives for May 4, 2014
Key Insights from Food Vision
How to innovate: Ignore competition – it’s boring and very 80s
Manufacturers looking to succeed in innovation must forget competition and collaborate, says chocolate chef Dominique Persoone.
IFT's Future Food 2050 project
The future of food, rooted in science
It’s becoming harder to avoid the looming UN statistic that the world population will reach 9.6 billion by 2050, and harder still to evade the question: How will we feed them all in an environment of dwindling resources?
Unilever withdraws Slimfast bars
Unilever has withdrawn three varieties of its Slimfast bars due to a packaging mix-up.
EPA: US consumers waste 36m tons of food each year
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is challenging food firms, cities, businesses, and others to join forces and stop food waste.
CANARY helps pathogen detection
PathSensors Inc. is introducing the portable Zephyr Pathogen Identifier system, which it claims delivers rapid, detection of bacteria, virus and toxins in powder and liquid samples in minutes.
GM acceptance in decline as global crop cultivation falls
The number of countries cultivating genetically modified crops has fallen for the first time, as acceptance of the technology declines, say Friends of the Earth (FoE).
Fibre may increase post heart attack life expectancy by a quarter
Recommending a higher intake of cereal fibre after a heart attack may improve long-term survival rates, according to a nine-year research project.
Drivers in an evolving food testing marketplace
Faster analysis and more accurate results are driving the food testing industry in an evolving marketplace, according to Thermo Fisher Scientific.