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In a further restructuring Northern Foods today announced it will sell its chilled distribution business for £51.2 million.
The avian influenza scare is causing fluctuations in the demand and price for poultry in the EU, according to the latest agricultural forecast by the European Commission.
Metals, dioxins, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a majority of foods and offals remain at levels considered safe in the EU, according to three scientific surveys published yesterday by the UK's regulator.
Systems that trace meat from the farm to dinner tables are seeing strong interest in China as the meat processing sector grows and consumers become more concerned by food safety.
Danish ingredient supplier Chr. Hansen is working with Chinese meat processors to create meat-based snacks for launch in the near future.
US packaged meat processor Tyson Foods has been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service, following concerns the firm cannot cope with the current slump in global meat sales.
Food companies and administrative bureaucrats attempting to dodge the EU's laws better watch out - the bloc's fraud and corruption watchdog is on their trail.
Processors are using more and more Norwegian and Chilean farmed salmon, as stocks of the wild version of the fish plunge worldwide.
Thailand's poultry industry suffered a further blow yesterday as agriculture officials confirmed a fresh outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the northern province of Phichit.
A new fryer requires less oil to get the job done, saving costs for processors, its manufacturer claims.
Scientists from around the world have been meeting in Germany this week to set research priorities on a broad range of zoonoses - food borne diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans.
The introduction of novel and value-added products and additive free foods is boosting the use of antimicrobials in almost all food processing segments, according to a new report.
Darling Downs Foods, one of Australia's biggest meat processors, issued a voluntary recall of 17 product lines this week, after an employee was hospitalised with the hepatitis A virus.
The UK food safety regulator will to stick with its temperature and time guidance for cooking burgers and other minced meat products.
Trade in organic products in France is now valued at almost $2 billion dollars and imports from non-EU countries continue to increase, according to a USDA GAIN report.
Food scientists are continuing to explore the potential of fish gelatin as stabilisers for food emulsions, in keeping with the trend to replace synthetic with natural emulsifiers.
A new sausage emulsifer on the market can process ten tonnes of meat an hour, its manufacturer claims.
Europe's food safety watchdog has launched a public consultation on the risks to the environment posed by various additives in animal feed, as part of a plan to draw up new guidelines.
A mix of 60 per cent oxygen and 40 per cent carbon dioxide can efficiently reduce the microbial spoilage of refrigerated beef, researchers say.
US packaged meats giant Tyson Foods has announced plans to axe 420 jobs and execute a tough $200m savings plan, as it struggles to offset sliding profits caused by a worldwide slump in beef and chicken demand.
Adding cranberry concentrate to raw minced beef significantly reduces the growth of common food-borne pathogens, according to new research.
Increasing demand for convenient meals, and the growth of the deli sector, is boosting consumption of pork in various forms, says New Zealand's pork industry.
A new bacon-processing factory has started operating in BurySt Edmunds, Suffolk, providing an example of what processors can achieve when given a chance to design from the ground up.
Premier Foods has today announced its purchase of Campbell's UK and Irish businesses for £450m (€651m), marking the firm's sixth acquisition in under four years.
The effects of avian influenza on Romania's poultry sectorprovides a high-profile case study for the rest of Europe on how the viruscould affect both the supply of the meat and consumers' demand.
With demand for organic foods continuing to strengthenacross the globe, organic meat supply shortages and price hikes are expected to continue, according to a new report.
A World Bank report outlines the dire economic effects avianinfluenza is having on Europe's poultry flocks and demand for the meat.
The gelatin industry has hit back at the claim that its animal-derived ingredient may not be safe for consumption, in the wake of increased negative publicity following tightened Canadian regulations and new "mad cow disease" cases.
Protient is launching a goat milk protein concentrate for the sports nutrition and weight loss industries, following demand from formulators for rapidly absorbed, less allergenic protein.
New Zealand's poultry processors were attacked by scientists this weekend for failing to reduce levels of the food poisoning bacteria campylobacter, which affects more people in the small country than any other nation.
About 48 per cent of those who reduced their consumption, ornine per cent of those surveyed, said they were aware of a potential risk.
Spain has become the latest EU member to report finding thedeadly strain of the bird flu virus in wild birds.
The European Commission has launched an online database and a journal to help regulators and processors share information on the EU's new hygiene regulations as they are applied across the bloc.
Unilever has announced the sale of its remaining Spanish frozen foods brands to French food group Bonduelle.
The planned merger between Deans Foods and Stonegate would give the new company a 46 per cent control of the UK's egg supply.
Limited recourses when it comes to monitoring food safety could pose a threat to public health, while some consumers also put themselves at risk through the food choices they make, according to scientists who spoke at the IFT in Orlando last week.
Notifications from EU member states of food safety risks rose by 22 per cent in 2005 compared to the previous year, according to an annual report on the bloc's rapid alert system
Italy's bid to prop up its ailing poultry sector, hit by a drop in demand due to avian influenza, may have gone too far, the European Commission said yesterday.
The UK's food safety regulator says it will use more social science studies to determine priorities for reducing foodborne illness, increasing healthy eating and targeting enforcement measures.
As sales of organic goods continue to rise, food and beverage manufacturers are increasingly turning to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Organic seal as a mark of approval, according to the nation's Organic Trade Association (OTA).
Adding a touch of rosemary to minced meat before high-pressure processing could stop the flavour loss associated with this anti-microbial treatment, say Brazilian and Danish researchers.
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