Importance of data-driven operations growing - InfinityQS
Manufacturers are recognizing the value of data-driven manufacturing operations to ensure consumer safety, according to InfinityQS International.
Archives for November 24, 2015
“There is significant opportunity for relaxation beverages," Traditional Medicinals manager says
Traditional Medicinals sees untapped potential for growth in the emerging calming beverage category, which consumers are turning to for help counterbalancing the effects of popular energy drinks and everyday stress.
Wake up and smell the coffee: Cocoa and chocolate industry can learn from coffee grading system
Chocolate makers can draw on coffee industry grading standards to develop a common quality system for cocoa, says Lutheran World Relief’s manager of coffee and cocoa.
Syria civil war hits livestock hard
As Syria’s conflict continues, its livestock sector weakens. Now facing a fifth year of civil war, livestock levels are down on even on 2014’s paltry levels, with the sector facing a shortage of fodder, veterinary vaccines and available pastureland.
Pinnacle Foods expands presence in natural channel with $975 million acquisition of Boulder Brands
Long-anchored in the conventional channel’s center-store with iconic brands such as Hungry Man and Wishbone, Pinnacle Foods’ $975 million acquisition of Boulder Brands gives it a better foothold in the fast-growing refrigerated and health food segments.
Meat tax favoured by public, report finds
Global appetite for meat could be in danger as many consumers believe a tax on beef, chicken and poultry is a sure-fire way to reduce climate change.
Dr Donald Zink joins IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group
Dr Donald Zink has joined IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group (IEH) as president of Foods and Regulatory Compliance.
Indonesia is burning - but how responsible is the palm oil industry?
Indonesia’s forests are being ravaged by forest and peatland fires that are sparking a public health and environmental crisis – but how responsible is the palm oil industry?
Food retailers to shun ‘wasteful’ ‘Black Friday’
Online food retailer Approved Food has backed Asda in its decision to shun ‘Black Friday’, which it warned could add to the UK’s food waste problem.
Unite: PHE lab closures would be ‘major blow’
Unite the union has called rumours that Public Health England (PHE) will close two laboratories ‘worrying’.
UK hint at 'challenging' junk food policy puts industry on the defensive
The UK government appears ready to ditch an industry-led, voluntary approach to tackling obesity for something “more challenging,” the Deputy chief medical officer hinted last week.
Linden Foods brings new premium brand to international markets
Northern Irish meat processor Linden Foods has launched a new premium brand, Turf & Clover, exclusively for international markets.
Salmonella outbreak from salmon cost €1.7m - RIVM
An outbreak of Salmonella Thomson due to smoked salmon cost €1.7m, according to RIVM, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.
Feed producer gets US$100m from environment-minded PE firm
KKR has invested US$100m in China’s biggest aquatic feed manufacturer at a time when the consumer freshwater and seafood market is growing faster than other protein segments in the country.
Krones celebrates 100th order to install ErgoBloc L. machine in South Korea
Krones is celebrating after receiving its 100th order to install its ErgoBloc L. machine at FINE Bio for CSDs and still water, at its facility in Kirisan National Park, South Korea in 2016.
China direct
One-third of China’s elderly are obese, yet malnutrition still a worry
An alarming number of China’s elderly have been found to suffer from weight-related conditions following a study that covered six provinces in the country.
HK supermarket leads unhealthy food promotion in international study
A Hong Kong supermarket has been named as the worst offender in promoting unhealthy foods in an analysis by Australian obesity prevention researchers that covered 12 countries.
CEO: 'The center of the store is not generating the kind of performance that we would like'
New CEO at The Fresh Market to cut prices, reinvent center of store, launch loyalty scheme
The Fresh Market can be fixed, but it’s going to have to cut prices of key-value-items (KVIs), and “reinvent” the center of the store, says its new president and CEO Rick Anicetti, who has spent his first few weeks at the helm “looking under the hood” of...
French brands pipped to the post with private label veggie range
French retailer Carrefour has launched what it claims is France's first private label range of vegetarian products - which could spur other brands to occupy this relatively undeveloped space, says a market analyst.
Special edition: Inflammation
Is ‘Syndrome X’ treatable with food?
Inflammation is an immune system response to counter injured or stressed body parts and zones – a good and necessary thing – but contemporary diets and lifestyles have overheated the mechanism resulting in a host of chronic health issues. So goes our...
One-third of Hong Kong’s foodservice drinks have excess sugar levels
A consumer watchdog has called on the foodservice industry to do more to tackle sugar consumption after a study found that one-third of the drinks served in Hong Kong outlets were high in sugar.