05-Dec-2005
Many food manufacturers "simply not interested" in export help
Kill or cure: industry lobby saves bacon
05-Dec-2005
Suppliers of cured ham, bacon and other traditional meat products have won a reprieve from Europe over the use of nitrates and nitrites in...
05-Dec-2005
By the time this column goes to print, the European Commission (EC) will have initiated its scheduled review concerning the implementation of...
Row erupts as the OFT blocks Wiseman deal
04-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
Farmers blast regulators for ignoring bigger supply chain issues
10-Oct-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Equipment manufacturers have a small window of opportunity in which to get the government to adopt the sort of regulatory policies they would like to...
Gap left by Podger unlikely to be filled this year
06-Oct-2005
Dr Herman Koëter, the deputy executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will become acting executive director from November 26...
Brussels bogeyman blasted
06-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
More than 40% of suppliers say new health claims regulation will damage their business
LETTERS
06-Sep-2005
This is motion control: we have a problem
Producers seek novel ways to keep birds out of harm’s way
30-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Free-range egg and poultry producers are exploring everything from hiring marquees to surrounding birds with netting if official advice changes and...
GI-blues for ingredients firms
30-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
The low-glycaemic index (GI) revolution could be over before it even begins unless the industry persuades decision makers in Brussels that the term...
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Kyprianou denies rules demonise foods or strangle innovation
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
MLC blasts Blair for revving up speed of EU farm reform
10-Aug-2005 By Rick Pendrous
More CAP changes could undermine sustainability, says meat lobby
10-Aug-2005
I visited Brazil in June to speak at an export seminar held in Sao Paulo. The purpose of the seminar was to provide assistance and advice to...
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Let's start treating consumers like adults and sort out the sugar regime, the new boss of the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate & Confectionery Association tells Elaine Watson
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...
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...
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...
30-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
EFSA fights for senior scientists and improved links to new Italian HQ
Room for everyone in bigger, beefier EU
13-Jun-2005
Growth in demand for meat products within the expanded European Union (EU) means there is more than enough room for both domestic production and...
LETTERS Working all hours is a poor recipe for productivity
13-Jun-2005
SirThe catering and food manufacturing industries should welcome plans for the UK to come into line with the European Union's (EU's) maximum 48-hour...
Manufacturers should expect new labelling costs
06-Jun-2005 By Susan Birks
Mandatory nutrient labelling currently being considered by the European Commission (EC) could cost individual companies as much as £4.18m, according...
23-May-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Food contributes almost one-third of Europe's total global warming potential (GWP), with meat and meat products having the highest environmental...
Healthy food claims row gives Europe one fat legal headache
11-May-2005 By Susan Birks
Dairy industry in race to endorse products before the axe falls
11-May-2005 By Susan Birks
US maize scare highlights impossible task for manufacturers
11-May-2005
In April, the European Commission published a list of authorised genetically modified (GM) foods and feeds which have been notified according to...
Signposting system awaits green light
11-May-2005
Government moves to make food manufacturers adopt a front-of-pack signposting system on labels to help shoppers make healthier choices raise some...
Sugar daddy may try to add some sauce to the ABF mix
11-May-2005
Associated British Foods (ABF) has given its strongest hint yet that HP Foods is on its shopping list of companies that could reduce its reliance on...
Packaging firms feel boxed in by Europe
11-May-2005
Medium-sized packaging companies will "go to the wall" within 10 years unless the regulatory burden on businesses is cut, warned one of the world's...
Mars sloughs jobs
04-Apr-2005
Despite Masterfoods' reassurances that an operating review was not focused on Slough (Food Manufacture January, p13), it will cut 500 jobs there with...
04-Apr-2005
Foodstuffs contaminated with Sudan 1 -- hardly new 'news' -- we've been alerted to product recalls on a regular basis over the past two years since...
Clarifying the exemptions
07-Mar-2005
By the time this column goes to print, we should have a list of derivative products adopted by the European Commission (EC) that are exempt from the...
07-Mar-2005
Processors could have trouble getting British beef by autumn
07-Feb-2005 By Rick Pendrous
EC's proposed brake on health claims could undermine sales
07-Feb-2005
Those companies considering differentiating their brand by adding vitamins, minerals or herbs, should be warned that national law throughout the...
Danes confirm organic pinta is better for you
07-Feb-2005
Organic milk processors have received a boost from research that showed their product contains higher levels of vitamins, essential fats and...
07-Feb-2005 By Paul Gander
Changes to German packaging laws will have a far-reaching impact on markets for biodegradable plastics in the whole of Europe, according to the...
07-Jan-2005
It's up to meat processors to request veterinary records
Biggest ever Euro food project to crack traceability problems
07-Jan-2005 By Susan Birks
Science and software experts to spend euro 19m on generic test
Daniela for DG
07-Jan-2005
CIAA, the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union, has appointed Daniela Israelachwili as its next director general.She...
Help for developers that want to know the true measure of garlic
14-Dec-2004
In recent years Chinese garlic has dominated the garlic market, being cheaper and milder than Spanish garlic. However, this influx has now been...
A flavour for change
13-Dec-2004
Flavouring substances have recently been subject to significant legislative changes and 2005 will be a very significant year for the flavour industry...
Demand for product recall insurance is set to spiral in the new year
13-Dec-2004
A leading insurer is predicting an increase in demand for product recall insurance following the introduction of new European rules.According to AIG...
Meat inspectors accuse FSA of 'back-door' privatisation plan
17-Nov-2004
New hygiene rules produce opposition from official inspectors
06-Oct-2004
European working time limit opt-out could be neutralised
Subsidies to end
06-Oct-2004
Manufacturers are waiting to see if the European Commission will stall a collapse in sugar prices by appealing against an expected World Trade...
Green growth in store
09-Sep-2004 By Rick Pendrous
'The Food Island', as it likes to call itself, may have suffered a fall in prepared food sales to the UK last year due to adverse exchange rates, but heavy investment in R&D means it will remain a major exporter. Rick Pendrous reports
Allergen rules go global
09-Sep-2004
The deadline for submission of dossiers requesting exemption from allergen labelling in the European Union (EU) passed on August 25, and Europe is...
Salt campaign adds to pressure for cuts
09-Sep-2004 By Susan Birks
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to start a high profile awareness campaign on salt this month, running until November. It aims to communicate to...
Sweet sorrow as Europe bursts inflated sugar subsidy bubble
29-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
European Commission signals end of sugar support regime
