Public health bodies slam new fluoride tolerance levels
Environmental organizations claim that new food tolerances for the fluoride-based pesticide sulfuryl fluoride could be potentially damaging to public health.
Archives for October 2, 2005
FDA tightens anti-bioterrorism measures
A final ruling that requires all manufacturers to register with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is designed to ensure that the country's food supply remains safe from possible attack.
Kraft launches healthy Nabisco snack line
Leading US food manufacturer Kraft Foods has taken another step in the direction of health and wellness, launching a new line of wholegrain snack products under its Nabisco brand.
Germany's Metro pushes food suppliers toward RFID
By creating a new online supply chain system for its suppliers, Germany's Metro Group hopes to push them toward using radio frequency identification (RFID) in tracking products.
Illegal food colour still poses risk to food chain
Efforts to detect carcinogenic colours in foodstuffs still a priority for the food industry as Europe's risk system flags up illegal red colours in spices from India.
Palsgaard new emulsifier-stabiliser system targets low fat foods
Targeting growing demand for fat-reduced food formulations, Danish emulsifier firm Palsgaard launches a new emulsifier-stabiliser system for chilled, quark based aerated desserts.
Tate & Lyle fights to preserve status in sucralose market
Tate & Lyle's ice cream sweetening system has been named as one of the finalists at a forthcoming trade show competition, though the company may soon face a struggle to protect its valuable sucralose patent.
Glanbia solves whey protein problems with R&D
Since it opened two years ago, Glanbia's R&D center in Twin Falls, Idaho, has set about addressing some of the problems that plague formulators working with whey protein ingredients. Jess Halliday speaks to Eric Bastian, director of research and...
Weekly Comment
Junk Food Babes
If education is meant to deliver knowledge and wise choices, why are we doing so little to educate our children about food?
New Poland will still fight EU sugar reform
A new centre-right government in Poland is unlikely to curb the country's strong opposition to EU sugar reforms as Commission representatives look for common ground to break the 'no' camp.