PET recycler cited by OSHA after worker injury
Marglen Industries has been cited for two violations totalling nearly $70,000 after a worker’s fingers were amputated while working on a machine.
Archives for October 15, 2012
Nestlé sued over alleged phony bottled spring water
A Chicago company has sued Nestlé over claims that 5-gallon water jugs it bought for its office dispensers were advertised as spring water when in fact they were filled with tap water.
XL Foods lays off workers amid relicensing effort
The meat processor at the centre of a huge Canadian beef recall has temporarily laid off over 1,000 workers while the struggle to regain its licence continues.
Blended protein crisps broadens market options, says Batory Foods
New protein blend crisps fulfil a marketplace demand for wider variety and better priced options, Batory Foods says.
Quaker thrives in China with traditional medicine cereal fortification
PepsiCo’s investment to localize its Quaker brand in China with traditional herbal medicine fortification and texture adaptations has enabled it to thrive, an analyst says.
Officials fast to slow down grain waste
Government grain officials across China have joined a movement to “experience 24 hours of hunger” as part of a wider campaign to promote public awareness of food security and to curb grain waste.
Price-comparable, natural flavors driving Blue Marble Biomaterials growth
Montana-based Blue Marble Biomaterials is challenging the perception that a natural tag means more expensive, with its all-natural flavor ingredients listed as price comparable with their synthetic equivalents.
E.coli threat prompts sprouted seeds measures
EU Member States have endorsed strict hygiene measures for ready-to-eat sprouted seeds to prevent incidents such as the deadly E.coli O104 outbreak in Germany and France last year.
IFF to invest $50m in Turkish plant expansion
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) has said it will invest $50m in its existing Turkish facility over the next three years, in order to support the company’s development in emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Powdered fruit ingredients could help consumers reach intake targets
Powdered whole fruits incorporated into foods, drinks and supplements as functional ingredients could be a way for industry to improve the nutritional value of products and increase fruit intake, suggest researchers.
US pork sector repeats call for corn ethanol waiver
The US pork industry has repeated calls for US environmental chiefs to grant a waiver of the government mandate on corn ethanol production.
Mindanao peace could give fillip to Filipino food production
The prospect of lasting peace in the southern Philippines will make it easier for the government to boost agricultural production by 3.5% to 5% next year, a senior government official has revealed.
IFT president: Open innovation will do for the food industry what open source computing has done for the IT industry
Open innovation - or collaborating with others to get more innovative new products to market more quickly - is starting to do for the food industry what open source computing has done for the IT industry, says the new president of the IFT.
What’s trending on Twitter? (And is this really an accurate measure of what most consumers think about GMOs?)
Sentiment analysis tools that trawl though posts on blogs, facebook, Twitter and other online forums to help companies find out what consumers think about hot-button issues should be applied with more caution, according to one social media specialist.
Special edition: Natural sweeteners
Forget diet soda, stevia 3.0 is all about ‘re-inventing the regular’, says PureCircle
Food manufacturers are increasingly seeing stevia as a way to “reinvent the regular” by helping them deliver incremental calorie reductions in everyday foods, rather than simply serving as a replacement for artificial sweeteners in ‘diet’ products, says...
Vegetarians have longer life expectancy than meat eaters, finds study
Following a vegetarian diet could mean you live more than nine years longer than you might by consuming meat based diets, according to new research findings.
EU call for limit on livestock transport times
A formal call for the European Commission to propose eight-hour journey-time limits for livestock being carried across the European Union (EU) has been made at the European Parliament.
EFSA assesses safety of ten flavouring substances
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has assessed the safety of a range of flavouring substances in new opinion documents, reaffirming the safety of eight compounds and requesting further information for two.
Vegetable oil rise sees oilseeds literally lose ground
China’s appetite for vegetable oils has been one of the key factors supporting markets for the commodity over recent years, a new report by Rabobank has found.
World Food Day
Food security is an industry issue, says Worldwatch expert
The food industry could be a powerful player in ensuring food security - and that makes sense from both an ethical and a business perspective, according to Danielle Nierenberg, director of the Nourishing the Planet project at the Worldwatch Institute.