Nestlé commits to paying Living Wage
Business secretary Vince Cable praised Nestlé yesterday (June 30) as the first mainstream manufacturer to gain Living Wage accreditation, recognising its efforts to pay realistic living costs beyond minimum wage.
Archives for June 29, 2014
Food security report: DEFRA must take lead
Government must lead the genetically modified (GM) food debate and take a more co-ordinated approach to food security, with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) at the vanguard.
Insight
Firm's 'bullying' response to labour claims sets dangerous precedent
This story is part of a new series of investigative reporting commissioned by FoodNavigator-Asia to follow the legalities and loopholes in Asia's produce growing and production network.
Special edition: Oils & fats
Time for a rethink on saturated fat?
If the cover of TIME magazine earlier this month (headline: Eat Butter) is anything to go by, it would seem that the conversation about fat, and saturated fat in particular, is changing, at least in the media. But are policymakers sitting up and taking...
Mushroom cartel: EU fines canned mushroom producers in antitrust settlement
The European Commission (EC) has fined three producers of canned mushrooms more than €32 million after it ruled that they participated in a cartel to coordinate prices throughout Europe.
Experts take aim at SACN, sugar reduction and reformulation at summit
International experts and policy makers will debate the findings from the recent SACN report, and whether sugar should be a priority for public health, at the Sugar Reduction Summit next week.
Microbac Laboratories adopts Veriflow detection system
Microbac Laboratories has adopted Invisible Sentinel’s Veriflow diagnostic technology for detection of bacterial pathogens in food.
Ukraine chicken firm investment aims to boost flailing economy
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is lending US$250 million to Ukraine’s leading poultry producer Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) to help kickstart the country’s flailing economy.
ExxonMobil’s Equipment Builder Group 100th anniversary
Food contamination risks can be reduced by switching to H1 food-grade lubricants
Food contamination risks can be mitigated by switching operations to food-grade lubricants which are registered H1 by global health organisation National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF), according to ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants.
Continued focus needed to reduce Campylobacter and Salmonella
There needs to be a continued focus on reducing foodborne illness from Campylobacter and Salmonella, according to a report for the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Brands should eye up children’s gluten-free: Mintel
The market for gluten-free children’s food will be a big area for growth, predicts market research firm Mintel – but mainstream brands are yet to capitalize on the opportunity.
Mariani Europe md predicts massive sales in dried fruit
US dried fruit firm Mariani will double its European business to £10M next year, before reaching up to £500M pounds in eight years, according to the company’s European md Glenn Butler.
Marketing to children: Brand knowledge and BMI relationship ‘quite robust’
The more a child is familiar with logos and other images from fast-food restaurants, sodas and not-so-healthy snack food brands, the more likely the child is to be overweight or obese, and to stay that way, say researchers.
AAK completes acquisition of CSM Benelux
AAK has announced that the agreement to acquire the oils and fats business of CSM Benelux NV will be executed on July 1st 2014.
'Land grabbing' could help feed at least 300 million people, study suggests
Crops grown on "land-grabbed" areas in developing countries have the potential to feed an extra 100 million people worldwide, new research has suggested.
BfR shares food safety knowledge in Iceland
Food safety in Iceland has been strengthened after a partnership with the German authorities.
Replacing sat fats with polyunsaturated fats is ‘questionable’
Researchers have questioned the practice of replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, claiming that there is ‘much evidence’ that doing the opposite is more relevant.
Dispatches from IFT 2014
Gluten-free: A ‘perfect storm’ fueled by food skepticism and fad diets
Processed food skepticism and fad dieting played a big part in the gluten-free boom, says the research director of Packaged Facts.