Retailer space fears hinder pouch take-up
15-Jul-2004
Foil-free barrier films are available, filling speeds are rising, costings are acceptable, but the stand-up retort pouch for food is not taking off...
Web-based checks on plant security
15-Jul-2004
Remote monitoring and control of unmanned plant via the worldwide web is now possible following the launch of new systems which are claimed to offer...
Grasping your lost potential
15-Jul-2004
Despite the huge pressures on manufacturers I am amazed at the lost potential that exists in our UK factories. As an external trainer and facilitator...
Held hostage to novel food regulations
15-Jul-2004
Infuriating as the case of the Saskatoon berry must be for the suppliers that had to withdraw their blueberry-like product from supermarkets, because...
Britvic extends outsourced predictive maintenance
15-Jul-2004
Britvic Soft Drinks has extended its dependence on 'predictive maintenance' procedures since commissioning a second bottling line (line 5) at its...
Proposal for new EU regs on food additives under way
15-Jul-2004
Written proposals for a European Commission (EC) regulation on food additives that would consolidate many of the existing rules on additives are...
Bells sets free-from challenge
15-Jul-2004
With an estimated 30% of children and young adults affected by allergy, it is no surprise that there has been an explosion of products developed for...
Good news for claimants against vitamin cartel
15-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
Food producers overcharged for vitamins by a vitamin cartel in the 1990s will now be able to seek compensation via UK courts. The news follows a...
Quids in
15-Jul-2004
Prize draw cheques are winging their way to three Food Manufacture readers who responded to our annual survey. See a detailed analysis of the survey...
Exel ready to roll into Europe as T&B shareholders told to accept takeover
15-Jul-2004
UK logistics company Exel has made a recommended £328m bid for its closest rival Tibbett and Britten (T&B) in a deal which would create a global...
Caterers are industry's frozen asset
15-Jul-2004
Catering will offer frozen food producers the best prospects for growth in future, according to Alf Carr, director general of the British Frozen Food...
Haskins predicts the demise of multiples 'within 20 years' Supermarkets may become warehouse operators for franchisees
15-Jul-2004 By Rick Pendrous
Supermarkets may become warehouse operators for franchisees
Disease alert
15-Jul-2004
Farmers and vets are being alerted to a new illness in cattle which strikes the nervous system.The UK Zoonoses Group, set up in the wake of BSE to...
Small firms sought for EU research
15-Jul-2004
Small manufacturers are key targets in the latest round of research funding offered by the the European Commission (EC).Only 13% of expenditure on...
New money for organic processing
15-Jul-2004
Research into novel organic food processing is being encouraged by the European Commission (EC) as part of an 'action plan' to boost the sector.The...
Byrne defends GM label laws but raises hopes of a review
15-Jul-2004 By Rick Pendrous
commissioner accepts need for possible 'fine tuning' of rules
Meat products and poultry are both targets in campylobacter clampdown
15-Jul-2004
A draft report on measures to stop the spread of the food poisoning bug campylobacter has called for wider surveillance of meat products and poultry...
Bakers bash Atkins with promotion
15-Jul-2004
The bakery industry has gone on the offensive against Atkins and similar low-carb diets with a celeb-backed campaign, despite consistent claims that...
Seven out of 10 acquisitions threatened by 'hidden' risks
15-Jul-2004
Environmental issues could make some companies unsaleable
Freshbake fails
15-Jul-2004
Frozen food firm Freshbake Foods has gone in to receivership with the loss of over 300 of its 990 jobs.The receivers at PricewaterhouseCoopers made...
Vending machines Down Under could offer tailored positive health snacks
15-Jul-2004
Nutritious dairy snacks, tailored to an individual's dietary needs and tastes, could in future be on offer through vending machines.Multinational...
Local authority hits on capital idea to promote London food industry healthy eating, waste management and energy efficiency top bill
15-Jul-2004
Healthy eating, waste management and energy efficiency top bill
Less means more for suppliers as discounters start to trade up
15-Jul-2004
Manufacturers under price pressure from the multiples could find that trading with UK discount stores, such as Lidl and Aldi, is more profitable,...
FSA sets fish limits
15-Jul-2004
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recommended maximum levels for consumption of oily fish because of potential health risks from pollutants.It is...
Liquid engineering throws light on fakes in extra virgin territory
15-Jul-2004
Researchers are looking for companies to commercialise a system which is claimed to be able to detect fake extra virgin olive oils.The...
Processors defend costs as MPs fail to solve milk price mystery
15-Jul-2004
Battle rages over who profits most in the liquid milk chain
Brewer cheers
15-Jul-2004
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) said trading in the first six months of the year was better than in the same period in 2003 and it expected to...
Arla plans early capacity increase for longer-life milk at new dairy
15-Jul-2004
Arla Foods is to inject an additional £20m into its soon-to-be-opened Stourton, Leeds dairy to boost production capacity for Cravendale milk after...
Minister gives industry September deadline for action plans on salt
15-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
Government moves closer to imposing controls on salt levels
Troubled Northern reviews business
15-Jul-2004
Northern Foods is embarking on a major review of its operations in a drive to put last year's poor performance behind it.It has put its 15 companies...
Trades union ends battle to save Nestlé factory
15-Jul-2004
The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) has admitted defeat in its attempt to stop Nestlé closing its chilled desserts factory in Staverton...
Action call on obesity
15-Jul-2004
Two public nutrition academics have called in the British Medical Journal for tobacco-style controls to fight global obesity.They accused the food...
15-Jul-2004 By Rick Pendrous
Lack of technical standards delays radio tagging roll-out
Efsis launches 'baby' BRC standard for cheap assurance by small firms
15-Jul-2004
The third-party inspection company Efsis has created a new 'stepping stone' standard for small manufacturers aspiring to the full British Retail...
Special K lines expand
15-Jul-2004
Kellogg has launched a new wave of products as part of its seemingly relentless new product development drive.After its recent launch of Special K...
What's on the label?
15-Jul-2004
With one in five British adults currently classified as obese and childhood obesity rates rising, we can no longer ignore the UK's growing weight...
Nestlé and Müller launch yoghurt drink offensive
15-Jul-2004
Both Nestlé and Müller are hoping to spoil Yoplait Dairy Crest's (YDC) party with the launch of their own yoghurt drinks that will compete with...
Just how Mamas makes it
15-Jul-2004
Manufacturer of African foods Tamar Exotics has launched a range of versatile traditional sauces for a number of eating occasions.The company has...
Branston puts the squeeze on
15-Jul-2004
The days of rattling around the bottom of the pickle jar looking for that last chunk to spread on your cheese sandwich could be numbered with the...
Pies that are nothing to be afraid of
15-Jul-2004
Pie manufacturer and retailer Square Pie has reformulated its pies so that they no longer contain any hydrogenated fat in a push to promote a...
New prawn coating system promises a sea change in shellfish products
15-Jul-2004
Grimsby-based BB Prawns is using a newly-developed method of cold coating prawns in a wide variety of flavours in a drive to bring much-needed...
New labelling signals trouble ahead
15-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
As Tesco trials new traffic light labels and Ofcom deliberates advertising restrictions, Susan Birks looks at the issues surrounding obesity
Are you the company of the year?
15-Jul-2004
Are you streets ahead of the rest when it comes to process innovation? Is your environmental management second to none? If so, enter Food Manufacture's Excellence Awards and you could be crowned our company of the year
01-Jul-2004
Me & My Factory : John Davis
Passion for NPD brings student two top awards
30-Jun-2004
Sarah West-Sadler came up smiling when she won two prizes at the Foodex Meatex Student Foodexcellence Awards. But her journey to the podium has not been plain sailing, as she tells Stefan Chomka
THE FIRM: Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers
30-Jun-2004
47.princes group
Seriously obese
30-Jun-2004
Obesity has been in the headlines a lot recently, and quite rightly so. It is the second biggest killer in the world with over 400,000 deaths a year,...
Baked to a tee
30-Jun-2004
Fast, energy efficient ovens and cookers that result in good looking products and also provide excellent taste and mouthfeel, are in high demand. Lucia Cockcroft reports on some of the latest equipment now available
Precise colony counter
30-Jun-2004
Bacterial growth comes under the spotlight
Laboratory mixer
30-Jun-2004
Full-scale production conditions can be reproduced in the laboratory environment
