The market size of the Indian food processing industry is expected to be around $330 billion by 2014-15, according to a study by the Italian Trade Commission.
US-based Infinity Group and its partner the LR Group , have announced plans to build and finance the new Beijing Eco-Valley Project, the first Sino-Israeli ‘smart’ agricultural city.
Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore, has developed an array of food products and technologies that can provide convenience, nutrition and calories apart from ensuring shelf stability and microbiological safety
A new solar powered fish dryer has been set up in Sri Lanka. The dryer will allow farmers to generate more income as more fish can be safely preserved for longer.
Tablets are rapidly taking over. In 2010, there were 13 million tablet users in the United States, and that number rose to 70 million at the end of last year, according to eMarketer.
To address the issue of health risk from eating raw oysters, researchers and scientists have studied how electron-beam pasteurisation of raw oysters may reduce the possibility of viral food poisoning.
A pilot project next year will study the impact of moving the start of the fall lobster fishery in the Northumberland Strait between P.E.I. and New Brunswick.
Leatherhead Food Research (Leatherhead) has developed a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to detect the presence of horse DNA as an adulterant of fresh meat or of uncooked food products such as beef burgers.
Sabra Dipping Co., Chesterfield, Va., opened the doors to its new Center of Excellence (COE) research and development facility in Chesterfield County, Va.
NBO3 Technologies, Manhattan, Kan., and Kansas State University created GreatO Premium Ground Beef, what is said to be the first and only USDA-labeled ground beef product naturally abundant in Omega-3 fatty acids.
Sidel, a France-based provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, has introduced a new low-output integrated aseptic blow-fill-cap solution - Combi Predis / Capdis FMa - for beverage manufacturers.
