EFSA publishes report on pesticide residues in food
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said that a study on pesticide residues in food found 96 per cent of samples complied with legal maximum levels for the chemicals.
Archives for July 9, 2009
Puratos invites UK customers to historic innovation centre
Puratos’ picturesque innovation centre in the UK has become a hub of customer activity following a major refurbishment, able to speed product development to short deadlines and meet very British bakery tastes.
Temporary worker dies in US chocolate factory
A man died at a New Jersey chocolate processing plant on Wednesday after falling into a vat of liquid chocolate.
Calorie restriction leads to longer life: Study
Restricting the amount of calories we consume, while avoiding malnutrition, may extend lives and reduce the risk of chronic disease, suggest results from a monkey study.
E. coli remains a mystery as cookie dough production restarts
Nestle USA has said that it is gradually restarting production of its Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough after FDA inspections failed to find E. coli at its Danville, Virginia plant.
Almost 25 percent more foods labeled as humane, says survey
The availability of humanely produced food products in US supermarkets has risen by nearly a quarter since last year, according to a survey from The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).
Private label peak has passed, says analyst
Branded food and beverage manufacturers are fighting back against private label, according to a Bernstein researcher, and after a switch caused by price ‘sticker shock’ many consumers go back to their favourite brands.