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Debates over how the US should deal with food safety issues continue to rage between regulators, manufacturers, consumers and even the media, after a number of scandals this year broke out over imported products from Asia.
A new conveyor belt system with linking software boosts production performance, according to the manufacturer.
A new sensor developed in France allows food processors to check for fouling in pipes.
Diageo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Cadbury Schweppes, and Tesco are industry leaders in moving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an annual report by the Carbon Disclosure Project.
A trade agreement with China would benefit food and beverage companies in both countries, New Zealand's deputy prime minister Michael Cullen said yesterday.
Exter Aroma is relaunching its flavour collection under six ranges, offering a more comprehensive range and positioning as a flexible market player that can respond to product development requirements quickly.
A bill proposing stricter import regulations has been presented to Congress, as fears over imported food products show no sign of diminishing.
Consumer demand - the holy grail of any industry - is a fragile and easily manipulated treasure. But influencing consumers for anything other than their own benefit will, more often than not, carry unintended consequences.
French scientists have developed a genetic test that could help processors chose cattle they say will result in the tenderest meat possible.
The level of inspections of UK manufacturing plants would depend on the level of risk a particular processor poses to public health, under proposed rules published for consultation.
The UK's Food Standards Agency is asking for stakeholder feedback on revised guidance on country of origin labelling for foods, which is aimed at reducing misleading labels and improving consumer confidence.
A new filter bag can make pipeting quicker and easier when testing thick, pasty foods such as chocolate in the lab, claims its manufacturer.
Cryovac has released a new vacuum packaging machine targeting processors aiming to make inroads into the ready-to-cook convenience market, along with two new shrink bags.
Size need not be a problem, as a new website has been launched to help small and medium-sized manufacturers fight an array of food safety issues.
System Planning Corporation, Precision Stability Storage, ISPE, Ossid and NJM/CLI have all recently launched products used in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
Cloned foods have not yet made it to our grocery aisles, but in the advent of such a rollout consumers must have a defined right to decide if they want to swallow the technology or not.
Building consumer trust, food safety, processing techniques, developing new products, and promoting sustainable production are some of the research targets set out for funding yesterday by industry.
The European Commission has named research-performing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as 'the entrepreneurial stars of Europe', and hopes to raise €800m of extra funds for them.
Chr Hansen is adding a new culture to its SafePro range aimed at countering the threat of listeria in foods, this time targeted at killing listeria in ready-to-eat products.
The UK's meat and dairy industry is under siege, with a new EU ban in place yesterday on exports as farmers battle to control yet another outbreak of food-and-mouth disease.
The battle between labour and government continues, as the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has again objected to the crackdown on illegal workers in the food industry.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday performed a partial U-turn on his country's anti-CAP stance, signalling that debate on reforms will kick off during the French EU presidency in the second half of 2008.
Current UK regulation of the meat industry should be reviewed to determine whether changes are needed to prevent outbreaks of disease such as E. coli, according to a review report released yesterday.
European ministers will today discuss whether propounding use of biofuels is justified given their impact on food prices, and whether first generation technologies are causing more environmental harm than good.
Hikes in feed prices are pushing up the cost of meat supplies, and farmer associations and processors are calling on retailers to pass on the increased input costs.
Breaching food safety rules can lead to jail, as the executive of a UK food manufacturer has discovered.
This comment was amended to correct a statement about bans of additives in other countries. Some of the chemicals were previously banned by Norway, Austria and Australia but those bans have since been removed. Allura red AC, tartrazine and sunset yellow are allowed in the US, while quinoline yellow, carmoisine and ponceau 4R are not. None of the colour additives are currently banned by Australia, which lifted a ban on quinoline yellow in 2003. The country does not permit tartrazine to be used in medicines.
EU country representatives will discuss future goals for co-ordinated food safety and nutritional policies in the bloc, at a 19 September meeting to be held by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Probiotics have shown promise in reducing incidence of salmonella in pigs, say researchers from the UK, which could lead to safer pork products.
The on-line service provider yesterday announced its move into the booming B2B food industry, with its plans to acquire a 22 per cent interest stake in Hangzhou Tophere Info-Tech Inc.
Black, brown, red, yellow, green and white are everyday colours, but on foods they may indicate problems with manufacturing processes or storage.
Last week saw a string of communications about food price rises: first warnings were aired about wheat, then meat, then dairy. It's a vertiginous view from the heights of the commodity markets, and it's clearer than ever before that we need to re-jig our basic food supply systems if we are to feed the world in the future.
The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced a review of its Advisory Committee on Organic Standards (ACOS), which is expected to pave the way towards future development and governance.
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