Business feels tremors of EU sugar shake-up
The shake-up of Europe's sugar industry is already having an effect on internal EU-25 trade, according to a recent USDA report.
Archives for October 24, 2006
Wrigley's no longer a family affair
For the first time in the gum maker's long history, the William Wrigley Jr Company has appointed a non-family member to take over the leadership of the global confectionery business.
Supply resumes as cocoa strike ends
Disruption to cocoa supplies from the Cote d'Ivoire has ceased following suspension of strikes organised by the cacao growers' trade union Anaproci.
PackExpo highlights trends in sector
One of the world's biggest food packaging and processing exhibitions begins in the US city ofChicago next week, bringing together new technologies and techniques under one roof.
UK survey detects Listeria in mixed raw veg salads
About 5 per cent of mixed raw vegetable salads in the UK are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a national survey that uncovered two products with levels above the EU's regulatory limit.
Netherlands company bacteriophage cleaner approved in US
A naturally-occurring bacteriophage that kills Listeria on foods has been approved for use oncheese products in the US.
Fat replacer targets dairy products
A new fat replacer from hydrocolloid firm Gum Technology has been designed specifically to interact with the milk proteins present in dairy goods, and claims to cut fat by up to 10 percent in milk-based products.