10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Certification promised to outlaw labour abuses among suppliers
Recycling problems cloud bottle tagging
10-Aug-2005
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags could pose problems for the recycling industry if used on food and drink bottles, British Glass has...
Less means more for Westbury
10-Aug-2005
Westbury Dairies in Wiltshire claims to have reduced its water treatment costs by £1,500 a week with a new water recovery system.A 21.5m high, 15.5t...
10-Aug-2005
Collaboration in distribution looks more likely as costs rise
Processors steel themselves to cut fat to the bone in processed meat products
10-Aug-2005
Manufacturers are bracing themselves for new restrictions on the fat content of processed meat products, according to the new president of the...
FSA intervenes to allay vegetarian concern
10-Aug-2005
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued new draft guidelines on the use of the terms vegetarian and vegan following concerns that they are not...
American popcorn to fill shelves for Cadbury
10-Aug-2005
Cadbury Trebor Bassett has struck a deal with a US manufacturer to make Butterkist popcorn after failing to find a UK supplier to produce it in...
GM labelling laws have sown seeds of confusion, says FDF
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Firms' non-GM claims could be under threat from tighter rules
Morrison pay talks
10-Aug-2005
A pay dispute between the Transport & General Workers' Union and retailer Morrison was due to go to the arbitration service Acas on July 27. The...
Use it or lose it -- processors urged to grab European cash
10-Aug-2005
Time is running out to take the lion's share of research funding
Devolution headache for MLC
10-Aug-2005
Devolution has created special problems for the Meat & Livestock Commission (MLC), agreed the senior economist conducting a government review of...
Crackdown on counterfeiters as fake foods market grows
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
More action is promised to curb increase in fraudulent labelling
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Kyprianou denies rules demonise foods or strangle innovation
Inter Link grows share of cake
10-Aug-2005
Inter Link Foods is closing two of its 12 bakeries and opening another to consolidate manufacturing at larger, more-efficient sites.Production is...
London sustainability needs producers
10-Aug-2005
Manufacturing will be a key feature of a draft sustainable food strategy for London to be unveiled by early next month, according to London Food...
10-Aug-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Cancer researchers turn their attention to Tate & Lyle sweetener
31-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
Home baking giant Whitworths has embarked on a consultation with staff at Sundora Foods after snapping up the dried fruit and nut firm for an...
Hilliers in administration after fire guts plant
31-Jul-2005 By Sarah Britton
Hilliers of Plymouth has been forced into administration after a fire destroyed its Devon-based pie factory. Most of the 350-strong workforce, which...
31-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Food and drink - the biggest producer of industrial waste - has come out as one of worst performing sectors in the latest survey of businesses...
Big commercial potential in nutrigenomics, say DNA testing firms
31-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
Firms offering dietary advice on the basis of DNA testing claim that customers are already demanding products that are specifically formulated to...
31-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Daniels Chilled Foods (DCF) has opened what it claims is one of the UK's most advanced fresh juice factory in Headcorn, Kent.The £6m investment will...
31-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Geoffrey Podger, executive director of Parma-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is leaving to take up a new role as chief executive of the...
Food sector targeted on food mile costs
18-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Manufacturers and retailers have been called upon to submit plans for a 20% reduction in the environmental and social costs of food transport by 2012...
Over thirty month (OTM) rule to end this autumn
18-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Rules preventing the use of cattle over thirty months old - the so called OTM rule - in the food chain are expected to be replaced with a Bovine...
Cheap imports a serious threat to UK beef industry
18-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Over-reliance on cheap meat imports from countries such as Brazil could destroy the home industry and jeopardise its availability in the UK if the...
Faccenda and Grampian boost demand forecasting with new IT solution
18-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
New demand planning software has helped poultry giant Faccenda and Grampian Country Pork improve the quality of their forecasts and boost service...
18-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
Chocolate maker Elizabeth Shaw is in final negotiations to sell its 100-year-old factory site in Bristol.The company, which is aiming to grow sales...
06-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
Notoriously secretive soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has finally let the press into the heart of its European R&D operation. Elaine Watson finds out what's inside
05-Jul-2005
The award-winning monthly trade magazine is looking for a good journalist to join its team
Thorncroft md blasts diet drinks
04-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
The use of high intensity sweeteners in so-called ‘diet’ foods has actively encouraged the nation’s sweet tooth and driven the consumption of...
European laws stifle innovation
04-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
European food manufacturers are faced with unnecessarily tough new legislation, which is stifling innovation and threatens their international...
Staff retention in food worst for 15 years, says new survey
04-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
Food and drink employers are finding it harder than ever to keep hold of their staff, despite a rise in the frequency and value of bonus payments,...
Functional headache if foods reclassified as medicines, says legal firm
04-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
A change to European rules regulating the sale of ‘medicinal’ foods could prove to be a major headache for the functional food industry, a legal...
Oscar Mayer sweeps board in SuperMeat Awards
04-Jul-2005 By Sarah Britton
Oscar Mayer scooped the top prize in the Best Product of the Year and Best Ready Meal categories at the SuperMeat 2005 awards for its Beef in Ale...
Disadvantaged to be targeted on healthier eating
04-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Disadvantaged social groups such the elderly and some ethnic minority communities look set to become the focus of attention for healthy eating...
04-Jul-2005 By Sarah Britton
Food manufacturers are exploring ways to boost iron absorption in vegetarian foods by adding a water-soluble powder known as the ‘meat factor’...
04-Jul-2005 By Elaine Watson
A scientist at Bristol University reckons he will have a prototype non-stick chewing gum ready for testing in two months after linking up with a...
Chilled data in control
30-Jun-2005
A range of temperature recorders has been developed which are suitable for use with all makes of temperature controlled equipment.Jointly developed...
Inter Link weighs in to Poland
30-Jun-2005
Speed was the order of the day when Stevens Weighing Group won an order to supply and install a multi-station Vantage recipe formulation and...
Rapid lasers take labour cost out of product sorting
30-Jun-2005
Key Technology now offers laser-based sensing technology to customers alongside its optical inspection capabilities.The new Optyx G6 3000 Series...
Plant bakery automation
30-Jun-2005
An idea borrowed from the glass industry is helping Warburtons to automate its operations across the country. "We knew we had to automate, but the...
Kerrygold opts for fixed weight cutters for cheese
30-Jun-2005
Customer demand for fixed weight cheese portions has led The Kerrygold Company at Leek in Staffordshire to install equipment capable of fulfilling...
Investment puts Anson Foodservice ahead of the game
30-Jun-2005
A major investment in leading-edge punch and die technology totalling euro 1m has been made at Anson Foodservice's purpose-built factory in...
Label printer offers increased uptime for packagers
30-Jun-2005
Requiring fewer label changes, offering increased uptime and using a thermal transfer printing technique, Videojet Technologies has launched its new...
Chargrilling and searing retains the vegetables' bite
30-Jun-2005
Retaining the bite quality of vegetables is crucial when it comes to further processing, says Double D Food Engineering, which is developing high...
Liquorice equipment maker cooks it up
30-Jun-2005
A novel cook and vacuum cool system was shown by BCH for the first time at the Interpack exhibition in Germany recently. The system cools products...
Innovative moves in high volume ham processing
30-Jun-2005
French food processing machinery manufacturer Armor Inox has developed a modular cooking and chilling process for cooked meat such as hams.The...
Tumbler helps to mix salads both quickly and gently
30-Jun-2005
An innovative new machine from Syspal is claimed to have overcome all the problems traditionally associated with producing high quality fresh salad...
Sensitive analysis of food and drink
30-Jun-2005
Emerson Process Management has introduced two new Rosemount Analytical sensors with specific applications in the food and beverage market. The Bx438...
Keg tracking grows
30-Jun-2005
Incorporated into a radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking solution, mobile asset management company Trenstar is using new Simatic Microbox...