19-Sep-2011 - Drawing up fresh guidelines for processors leading to a more efficient freezing and chilling of food is the aim of a new research group formed by Air Products and the Grimsby Institute.
19-Sep-2011 - UK importers have welcomed the lifting of an EU ban on Egyptian produce which they argue should never have been imposed.
01-Sep-2011 - Food fraud is costing the UK food supply chain huge sums each year, despite the existence of a number of scientific tests that detect fraudulent products, according to advisory group FoodChain Europe.
22-Aug-2011 - East Malling Research Association (EMRA) has warned about the threat to UK soft and stone fruit from a pestulant fly that could make it unmarketable.
15-Aug-2011 - Industry must learn crucial communication lessons from past “techno disasters” such as GM and asbestos to ensure greater consumer acceptance of new technologies such as nanotechnology, according to scientific think tank Matter.
01-Aug-2011 - The government's Review of Waste Policy, published in June, "was heavy on ambition but light on action", according to waste management group Shanks.
01-Aug-2011 - With the launch of the tendering process for foodservice packaging suppliers, the London 2012 Olympics organisers are providing a welcome boost to 'widely recycled' and industrially compostable materials.
01-Aug-2011 - You would not imagine that there would be a link between the News of The World (NoTW, now deceased) and nutrition health claims.
01-Jul-2011 - A cluster of food ingredients firms in northern France is attracting millions of euros of investment as part of a wider business development plan.
01-Jul-2011 - It's proving to be a year of mixed fortunes for those in the food and drink sector. Some small manufacturers particularly those in dynamic emerging markets such as the allergen-free sector are doing remarkably well. But, for the majority, it is a time of difficulty and sometimes uncertainty, with soaring ingredient and fuel costs and a retail customer base that is reluctant to accept price rises. The trouble is, hard-pressed consumers are starting to suffer the effects of government cuts, so no supermarket wants to be seen to be increasing their burden.
01-Jul-2011 - There is still no resolution in sight for an international dispute that threatens the Scottish fishing sector and over 2,500 jobs, according to a trade body.
01-Jul-2011 - Despite a recent slowdown, the value of the organic food and beverage market is expected to nearly double in the next five years.
01-Jul-2011 - Energy, sports and nutrition products are strong categories in the developed world but lag behind elsewhere.
01-Jul-2011 - An introduction to the sponsors of each category in 2011.
01-Jul-2011 - Negative and misleading press reports are contributing to micronutrient deficiencies in the developed world, according to ingredients giant DSM.
01-Jul-2011 - Agriculture ministers of the G20 met in Paris last month to address price volatility of raw materials.
24-Jun-2011 - A food industry expert says that Sir David King's views on genetically modified foodstuffs are unethical and uninformed, after the government’s former chief scientific advisor told an audience that EU barriers to the technology are starving the world’s poor.
22-Jun-2011 - Food manufacturers can expect commodity prices to fall in coming months, but in the longer-term the cost of cereals and meats is likely to remain volatile.
16-Jun-2011 - Laboratory grown meat is the “inescapable future of humanity”, given foodbourne illnesses, pollution and animal welfare issues, say two leading scientists.
13-Jun-2011 - The EU is exacerbating poverty and starvation in the developing world via barriers against genetic modification (GM), says one of the UK’s leading scientists.
01-Jun-2011 - Leading scientists and industry bosses have called for more public investment in agricultural, biotechnological and food research to enable the UK to address the huge challenges facing the world.
01-Jun-2011 - Foodex – the leading event for the food and drink processing and packaging industry – is adding the bakery, logistics and ingredients sectors to its portfolio.
27-May-2011 - Smoothie manufacturer Innocent insists it remains committed to its charitable partners after a media report today claimed it had donated nothing to its principal foundation since 2008.
11-May-2011 - Oysters in France and Ireland have been stuck by the Oyster Herpes Virus (OHV), which is causing upwards of 60% mortality in farms and creating a European shortfall that has no short-term solution, experts have warned.
01-May-2011 - Canadean has released Global Beverage Forecasts, a new guide examining the current global health of the beverage sector.