Archives for February 9, 2005

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Safety in early stage of food production highlighted

Food in the pre-harvest stage is more vulnerable to contamination than food in the processing and packaging stages of production, because of environmental variability and our inability to control it, according to a new report released by the American...

Scotland and Wales to influence CAP?

Recently devolved Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already established a strong bargaining position in the development of EU policy, particularly in agriculture, likely to affect how the UK handles CAP reform in the future, claims a new UK study.

Genencor buy fits into strategy, says Danisco

Set to see sugar profits dip with incoming European sugar reform, Danisco's announcement last week to acquire enzyme player Genencor is the latest in a string of acquisitions that will go some way to bridging the sales gap, writes Lindsey Partos.