Archives for November 5, 2003

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Sweetener safety review

The European Parliament has cleared amendments to the sweetener directive, but only after setting up a trail of conditions - including a closer monitoring of new sweeteners.

Cadbury goes for the wrap

Cadbury's India has announced that it is to change the packaging for its Dary Milk chocolate bar following last month's revelation that a batch had been infested with insects.

Kerrygold boosts production capacity

Irish dairy firm Kerrygold has installed Ilapak's Delta 3000 HSR inverted, electronic flow-wrapper system and the Vegatronic 2000 fill and seal (VFFS) series. This is hoped to boost production capacity.

Solid peformance from sugar leader

British Sugar's parent company, cash-rich Associated British Foods (ABF), delivered a strong set of results for the year with the food and agriculture division pulling in the highest operating profit for the full year for the group. But uncertainties...