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USDA allows extra specialty sugar imports to meet organic sugar demand

02-Aug-2011

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set the 2011-2012 sugar tariff rate quota and allowed extra specialty sugar to be made available from August 5, in response to increased demand for organic sugar.

Reducing water build-up on floors key to Listeria control in cake factories, study

02-Aug-2011

By Jane Byrne

Spanish researchers analysing a cake-manufacturing facility found that non-food contacts areas such as the floor are a breeding ground for Listeria monocytogenes (LM), and that the pathogen can remain in such areas post sanitation.