Published: Jun 19, 2012

Sonoco has announced the commercial availability of its radial crush tester aimed at preventing failures during the winding process and optimises tube design.

Published: Jun 19, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

More than half of senior supply chain executives say their company could not conduct a product recall within hours, and would expect the process to take days or weeks instead, according to a new study from RedPrairie Corporation.

Published: Jun 15, 2012

Palsgaard China has teamed up with Asian distribution company DPO International to increase its traction in the Chinese market place.

Published: Jun 14, 2012

The global resveratrol supply market is valued at $50.2m (€40m) according to a Frost and Sullivan report, with 90% of volumes accounted for by the US food supplements market.

Published: Jun 12, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

Investors must pump 80bn euro into plant research if we are to solve the world’s looming food supply problems, say experts.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Shadow environment minister Mary Creagh has warned of the dangers of economic turmoil accompanying a break-up of the euro, which she said would dash any hopes of securing more sustainable food supplies.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Co-op's decision to reorganise its food distribution services in the south west "smacks of privatisation" and "soils its principles," claims Unite the union.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Barcode supplier GS1 New Zealand is encouraging companies in the food and grocery sector to register for ProductRecallnz, an online service for rapid recall or withdrawal of products in consumer supply chains.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The UK needs super farms to stop food prices rising and to maintain high animal welfare standards, claims president of the National Farmers Union Peter Kendall.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

FoodDrinkEurope has launched a report outlining its goals to move towards more sustainable food and drink production by 2030.

Published: Jun 07, 2012

Panama has a projected increase of 30 per cent this year for its exports of shrimp to Europe and America.

Published: Jun 05, 2012

Fish imports to Russia are steadily declining this year, which means that the country is succeeding in the process of fish imports' substitution said Timur Mitupov, the head of the analytical centre of the fisheries information service recently.

Published: Jun 05, 2012

Trade experts in China’s seafood processing hub, the southeastern city of Qingdao, are optimistic that a new trade pact between China, Japan and Korea will propel modernization of the city’s industry and drive trade.

Published: Jun 02, 2012 By: Rory Harrington

A miniature and cost effective single chip sensor that paves the way for the monitoring of ethylene levels in fruit consignments throughout the supply chain could drastically cut food waste and boost industry profitability.

Published: Jun 01, 2012

FW Warehousing has appointed Ken Barger and Tim Oller as regional facility managers for differing sites.

Published: May 31, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Food giant Premier Foods is swapping its traditional on-premise IT system for a cloud-based collaboration suite Google Apps for Business to be implemented in the fourth quarter of this year.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Michelle Yeomans

According to a presentation delivered by Euromonitor’s head of wellness and health at this year’s in-cosmetics event in Barcelona, the global beauty from within market is set to reach sales figures as high as €4 billion by 2015.

Published: May 28, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

Firms sourcing sucralose from China are struggling to secure supplies owing to a combination of factors including rising demand as sugar prices rise, electricity shortages in southern China and tighter enforcement of environmental legislation.

Published: May 28, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Specialty ingredients supplier DSM has developed a four-page toolkit that champions using an enzyme and starch blend to replace guar gum in bakery products.

Published: May 28, 2012

United Biscuits International has reached a sponsorship deal with Italian football giants AC Milan to promote its McVities Digestives biscuit brand.