A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to US$8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and Rabies.
UK prime minister May’s cabinet is drawing up plans to ration space on ferries carrying vital supplies to Britain, amidst preparations for a no-deal Brexit that could leave supermarkets devoid of some food stuffs.
Bühler technology is enabling the world’s largest fig grower to double its processing capacity to 20,000lbs per hour and reduce increasingly expensive costs associated with sorting, by up to 90%.
The UK’s food and drink exports have reached £16.4 billion for the first nine months of 2019, up 1.8% on the same period last year, according to analysis from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
80% of shoppers in the UK believe that the retail industry should be doing more to tackle plastic waste, according to research commissioned by compostable packaging company TIPA.
Unilever has inked an agreement to acquire GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) health food drinks (HFD) portfolio in India, Bangladesh and 20 other predominantly Asian markets.
Teknomek has released new knife sterilisers, available for six or 12 knife capacity, that improve operational efficiency, saving up to 30 minutes production time every week.
In an attempt to replace polluting plastic materials and improve storage, safety and shelf life, University of Nottingham researchers have developed 100 percent biodegradable and edible food packaging made from plant carbohydrates and proteins.
