Cadbury concerned by PepsiCo's Quaker deal
The British beverage and confectionery group, Cadbury Schweppes, has warned the US Federal Trade Commission that the proposed US$ 13.3bn acquisition...
Archives for May 31, 2001
Australia approves plant sterols as novel food ingredient
The Food Standards Ministerial Council of Australia and New Zealand on Friday approved vegetable oil-derived plant sterol esters as a novel food ingredient...
Potential new outcomes for olestra
The American consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. is currently talking with federal regulators about using its olestra plant to also make...
Bernard Matthews tenders for New Zealand meat
UK meat company Bernard Matthews Holdings would like control of Richmond Ltd, New Zealand's biggest publicly traded meat processor, to supply its...
Carlsberg to take control of Turk Tuborg
The Danish brewer Carlsberg announced on May 31 a $52m deal that will give it control of the second-largest Turkish beer manufacturer Turk Tuborg,...
Patent granted to Hauser
Hauser, Inc., the American supplier of herbal extracts and nutritional supplements, announced on May 31 that the United States Patent Office issued...
Additives in cheese under the spotlight
Several standing committees of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) met in May to continue progress on finalising standards for cheese and other...