Meat supplier founder passes on
The US meat industry is mourning the loss of the founder of a pioneering meat supplier, who died aged 80 last week.
Archives for May 12, 2014
Special edition: Organics & Non-GMO
BI Nutraceuticals boss: If you believe GMOs are safe and provide value, get out there and champion the cause
If biotech’s big guns want to seize the initiative in the GMO debate, they should ditch their defensive strategy (telling consumers why they don’t need GMO labels) and go on the offensive, launching a positive campaign about the merits of GM crops,...
Halal: Out of certification chaos comes criticism (and Islamophobia?)
The sensationalist media coverage around so called ‘stealth halal’ is only fuelled by the lack of certification harmonisation, Food Navigator’s Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn argues.
Health conscious Indians ditch traditional sweets for chocolate - TechSci Research
Indian consumers are swapping traditional, high calorie confectionery in favor of chocolate, according to TechSci Research.
Tasty waste: Seaweed by-product may offer industry flavour potential
Seaweed by-products may offer industry rich pickings for new vegetarian sources of seafood-like flavour compounds, say researchers.
Pathogen detection: You spin me right round, right round
A lab on a disc has been created which researchers claim can detect pathogens in 30 minutes.
Berlin pork symposium discusses piglet castration alternative
Pig producers, processors and veterinarians from around the world met at a symposium in Berlin named ‘Create Winning Relationships Across the Pork Value Chain’, with piglet castration a key topic.
Special edition: Organic & Non-GMO
Organic Trade Association: US retail sales of organics grew 11.5% to $35.1bn in 2013
US retail sales of organic products grew 11.5% to $35.1bn in 2013, the strongest growth the industry has seen in five years, according to new data from the Organic Trade Association (OTA), which is predicting even higher growth of 12% this year.
Australia
Bracing for a tough year, new Coca-Cola Amatil MD begins restructure
Acknowledging that growth will be tougher to achieve than it has in the past, Australasian bottler Coca-Cola Amatil’s new managing director has announced a shake up of the company under the guise of a strategic review.
UK celiac diagnosis rises fourfold in 20 years: Industry needs to step up, says Coeliac UK
The gluten-free industry must improve availability, quality and cost of products in light of a fourfold increase in UK celiac diagnosis over the past two decades, says the CEO of Coeliac UK.
DISPATCHES FROM VITAFOODS EUROPE 2014
Nutritional snacks? Manufacturers misread consumers, says Datamonitor Consumer
Nutritious snacks have not boomed because manufacturers overwhelmed consumers in a category where indulgence remains more important, says the head of food and drink at Datamonitor Consumer.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2014
The invention test: True innovations are commercial successes and transform consumer's lives
Innovation is a buzzword that is repeated all the time, but what does it really mean? Not a lot in the way it is currently used, according to industry expert and strategy analyst Virpi Varjonen of Invenire.
EFSA calls for Listeria risk data
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a call for tender concerning Listeria Monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.
Ukraine advised to eliminate tax breaks for meat producers
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will recommend the government of Ukraine cancel all benefits for farmers on payment of value added tax (VAT) and transfer the meat industry to a normal mode of tax payment. This was the message given in a special...
Glucose fuels Salmonella's fire
Glucose is a major nutrient used by Salmonella Typhimurium during infection in humans, according to research.
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Sustainability? Not so focal for supplements, says palm oil firm
Sustainability is not such an important issue for the supplements industry, because of the relatively low ingredient volumes involved and a difference in industry priorities, Malaysia-based Carotech has said.
India
Fast food chains queue up for battle in India’s secondary cities
Indian middle-class households in the hinterland are now spending over twice as much on fast food feeds as they did just two years ago, according to figures released by Assocham.