Archives for August 6, 2001

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Origins of sausage casings to be labelled

The Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a final rule that will require manufacturers to label the source of natural sausage casings if the casings are derived from a different type of meat or poultry than the meat or poultry encased in the sausage.

Food safety partnership sealed

US food safety product company Neogen Corporation announced on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Gene-Trak Systems, a supplier of foodborne pathogen detection products.

New food authority for Thailand

A food body for regulatory issues might soon be in place in Thailand with the proposal this week of the creation of a single food authority.

Rum dispute - WTO agrees with EU

The WTO ruled in favour of the European Union in a dispute with the United States over a long-running legal battle between alcoholic beverage giants Bacardi and Pernod Ricard.

Resealable aluminium cans soon available

Advanced Technology Industries Inc. has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, RESEAL Ltd., to commercialise its proprietary "RESEAL-able" packaging systems technology.