Cambridge University seeks real life Willy Wonka
Cambridge University is searching for a real life Willy Wonka to study the fundamentals of heat-stable chocolate, including how it to prevent it from melting in hot countries.
Archives for August 17, 2014
New body set up to help inspectors spot food fraud
Providing Trading Standards and environmental health officers with the skills needed to spot food fraud will be a priority for a new membership organisation set up by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).
Neonic ban threatens UK mustard crop
UK mustard production could be at severe risk, causing problems for manufacturers of brands such as Unilever’s Colman’s mustard, if a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is enforced in the UK, a leading seed geneticist has warned.
Major salmonella investigation underway
A major food poisoning probe is underway to find the link between clusters of salmonella outbreaks across England and possibly Europe since May.
Kerry Foods sells chilled pastry assets
Pork Farms Group has bought Kerry Foods’s chilled savoury pastry factories at Poole, Dorset, and Spalding in Lincolnshire for an undisclosed sum.
Food contact risk software sparks debate
How soon EU regulators and the supply chain start to take realistic exposure levels into account in assessing risk in food-contact packaging could depend on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) reception to new software.
Solway Foods pays £6,773 after workers’ fingertips severed
A food company has been fined after an agency worker had the tips of two fingers ripped off in unguarded machinery at a Newport bakery.
Plum PBC to ‘wind down’ UK business
US organic baby food manufacturer Plum PBC – owned by Campell Soup – has announced plans to “wind down” its Plum Baby UK operations before the autumn, following a strategic review of the business.
Competition heats up among industry heavyweights
Competition to become Personality of the Year 2014 is intensifying as the deadline to vote draws closer, so readers will have to act fast to register their online nomination.
Retail loyalty a thing of the past
Store loyalty is diminishing as more shoppers are using four different retailers on average each month, according to grocery think-thank IGD.
Free energy webinar
Wyke Farms boss joins free energy webinar
The boss of Britain’s largest independent cheese maker Wyke Farms is taking part in a free, one-hour webinar dedicated to energy savings next month.