Corporate responsibility programmes may create a ‘health halo’
Consumers underestimate calorie counts for, and consume more of, foods from companies with positive corporate responsibility programmes, say researchers.
Archives for November 12, 2014
Eurofins goes colourful with sample bags
Eurofins Food Testing UK has introduced colour coded bags to transition samples through the laboratory.
Green tea may lower blood pressure - but only for non-smokers
Green tea, but not black tea, may lower blood pressure, but this effect is cancelled out by smoking, according to a five-year study in China.
Tate & Lyle: We cannot see how we - or frankly anyone else - can make any money out of sucralose at these prices
Up until relatively recently, sucralose was a key profit driver at Tate & Lyle. But as the Chinese have added production capacity, CEO Javed Ahmed told analysts this week that he was struggling to see “how we or frankly anyone else can make any money”...
China Modern Dairy shares fall as bovine TB reports probed
Chinese authorities are investigating reports that a business unit of China Modern Dairy sold milk cows that tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and brucellosis.
Merck Millipore's agar established as basis for ISO Standard
A culture medium from Merck Millipore has become the only product validated by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for enumeration of E. coli and coliforms in water samples with low background flora.
Salmonella typing results good for majority of labs - ECDC
Results for the typing of Salmonella were mostly good, according to a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) technical report.
Irish beef farmers protest over UK price gap
Irish farmers protested about the country’s beef price at meat plants around the country for 48 hours from 3pm on Sunday (9 November).
Salami pot wins packaging award
A Danish packaging company has been awarded a ScanStar 2014 award for its SuperLock pot, which is used to package salami.
Tomra develops new fat analyser
Tomra Sorting Solutions exhibited its latest fat analyser at an international food event in Italy.
$75m investment yields significant improvements
Foster Farms shares data management tips that cut Salmonella rates to less than 5%
Just four months after closing the book on a 16-month long Salmonella outbreak, Foster Farms is touting incidence rates below 5% and offering its recipe for success.
Academic: "Anybody who thinks the world’s malnutrition problems are going to be solved without industry is dreaming."
Time for a vitamin E intake rethink? Emerging data builds argument
Emerging research linking vitamin E deficiency with increased risk of Alzheimer’s, miscarriages and fatty liver disease can contribute to an ongoing debate around recommended intakes, a nutrition congress was told yesterday.
US meat export group elects new officers
The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has elected a new team of officers at its annual strategic planning conference in Arlington, Virginia.
Australia
Licensing laws the likely cause for falling alcohol consumption
Australians are drinking less alcohol than their trans-Tasman neighbours, and doing so less often than they did five years ago, research has found.
Oldways Whole Grains Breaking Barriers Conference
Smartphone use among 5 key trends driving interest in healthy eating
Unprecedented access to information about foods through smart phones and social media is a driving factor in consumers’ increasing interest in healthy eating, according to a leading food culture researcher.
'Hampton Creek is up against a well-financed plaintiff'
Unilever vs Hampton Creek case will hinge upon what a ‘reasonable consumer’ thinks Just Mayo is, say attorneys
While Unilever’s lawsuit against Hampton Creek Foods has generated a lively debate about corporate bullying, industrialized egg production, and whether the standard of identity for ‘mayonnaise’ is outdated, legal experts say it will hinge upon what...
China
China introduces ‘nutritional supps’ category in health foods reform
China’s food and drug regulators have embarked on modernising the country’s health food industry by releasing two draft documents covering nutritional supplements to form a new category within the country’s fast-evolving regulatory framework.
Mondelēz to acquire Vietnamese biscuit leader Kinh Do for $370m
Mondelēz International will acquire a 80% stake in Vietnam’s leading biscuit firm Kinh Do to spur growth in the rising Asia-Pacific market.
Sex of lambs has big impact on meat yield
Treating male and female lambs differently during finishing and processing can result in financial benefits, concluded a recent on-farm trial in New Zealand.