The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of the world’s largest sugar trader ED&F MAN by Europe’s largest sugar producer Südzucker and said it would raise no competition concerns on one condition.
In order to have any effect on population health, fat taxes must raise food prices by 20% and should be combined with subsidies on healthy foods, say UK-based experts. However industry leaders have branded the calls as ‘irresponsible.’
It’s official. Companies have six months – until December – to comply with the controversial European Union article 13, general function health claims register which today won final approval from the European Commission.
Consumer concerns about drug resistance, promising market data and interest from the industry in established, ‘safe’ ingredients with EFSA-approved claims are behind Frutarom’s decision to roll out a range of ingredients addressing immune health.
The availability of folic acid from softgel capsules or standard tablets is approximately the same, says a new study that supports both delivery forms for a daily folic acid dose.
Three cups of black tea per day may improve heart health measures, such as cholesterol and triglyceride levels, says a study from Mauritius, Scotland, and the USA.
The processes behind the widely reported health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids has been revealed for the first time by a team of researchers in the USA.
If foodservice operators want to keep up with demand during the London summer Olympics and avoid costly delays, what they should do is switch to frozen food, says the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF).
Ideal Foods, Liskeard, Cornweall, UK-based supplier of seafood products, has won a major contract with one of the largest supermarket chains in the Philippines.
Icelandic shipping company Samskip has acquired two container carriers, the Arnarfell and the Helgafell, to serve its principal supply route for fresh and frozen fish into the Grimsby seafood hub in the UK.
Arex Lee has been appointed chief executive officer of Tyson Foods’ China operations, the company announced May 16. Lee will oversee Tyson DaLong, Tyson Shandong and Tyson Jiangsu.
Turkey eggs in incubators climbed 8 percent to 30 million in May, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Marfrig Alimentos announced it would resume beef production at three of nine plants in the second quarter of 2012 following stronger beef demand and improved movement in Brazil’s beef cattle cycle.
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced plans to modify the food facility registration process as a part of its implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
During round 12 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Dallas this week, a group of global dairy organizations, led by the Consortium for Common Food Names, submitted a set of recommendations for safeguarding the use of common cheese names.IDFA
A record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt US marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27, according to a report to Congress from NOAA’s Fisheries Service.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed Marine Harvest’s plan to invest around £80 million to grow its business and support jobs in rural communities, as he met the chair of the Norwegian-based company in Oslo.
The market for gluten-free foods in the West is increasing substantially. At one recent industry meeting in USA, it was reported that the gluten-free bakery market in North America grew by a 50% margin in 2007.
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation announced today that it has signed its first development agreement in India, a regional agreement with new franchisee Bedrock Food Company Pvt Ltd.
The covered and cover and plinth (CAP) storage capacity available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) as on April 1, 2012 was 336.04 lakh metric tonnes (MTs), both owned and hired.
