29-Oct-2008 By Elaine Watson
Sourcing legal feed could become impossible by 2010 if the EU's GM aversion continues
Study focuses on refrigerated transport costs
27-Oct-2008 By Rod Addy
Fuel consumption, particularly for refrigerated units, will be one of the most highly scrutinised areas of The Freight Best Practice report created...
CAP changes could interfere with competition
27-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Production subsidies in some Members States will continue to distort competition across the EU when the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) ‘Health...
British Sugar unveils £35M expansion plan
27-Oct-2008 By Elaine Watson
British Sugar has unveiled plans to create 25 new jobs at its Cantley sugar refinery in Norwich as part of a £35M investment to enable it to process...
Combined carbon and nutrition labelling in spotlight
27-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
Food labelling highlighting the nutritional and environmental impact of food could be developed for food manufacturers thanks to the latest in a...
FSA targets booze and organics fraudsters
27-Oct-2008 By Rod Addy
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is tightening up on methods of detecting counterfeit food and drink in an effort to clamp down on this illegal...
27-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
The UK’s supermarkets will not respond to business secretary Lord Mandelson’s call for a 10-day payment target to suppliers, a leading financial...
MPs thrash out details of pesticides Regulation
27-Oct-2008 By Elaine Watson
The House of Commons’ All Party Science and Technology Group will meet tomorrow evening (October 28) to discuss the impact of proposed changes to...
Ulrick & Short appoints a business development manager
24-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
Ingredients company Ulrick & Short has appointed a business development manager, as part of its ongoing expansion plans.Laura Thornhill has taken...
Melamine scare highlights importance of due diligence
20-Oct-2008 By Rod Addy
Processors importing ingredients should strengthen due diligence to avoid costly health threats and product recalls associated with contamination by...
Credit crunch generates value-for-money consumers
20-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
The credit crunch has flipped consumer trends upside down, producing a new type of savvy shopper prioritising value for money, according to David...
Dairy market probe cost processors thousands
20-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
An eight year price-fixing investigation conducted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cost dairy manufacturers hundreds of thousands of...
Bread prices to rise again
20-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
UK bread prices look set to rise in the coming year as farmers switch to other activities as increasing fertiliser and fuel costs hit their margins...
Few health claims to survive EFSA scrutiny
20-Oct-2008 By Elaine Watson
Only a few hundred health claim applications will probably be approved out of thousands submitted to authorities under the EU Nutrition and Health...
20-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
China’s increasing economic strength could drive up the price of key food ingredients as it attempts to secure supplies at the expense of other...
Researchers: nutrient deficiency linked to depression, dementia
13-Oct-2008 By Elaine Watson
Deficiencies in nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids, folic acid and vitamin B12, could have major consequences for the brain, according to...
Gut flora and mental health are connected
13-Oct-2008 By Elaine Watson
There is growing evidence that a healthy gut promotes mental health, according to scientists at a conference on food and the brain in London on...
One giant leap for spray coating technology
13-Oct-2008 By Rod Addy
Processors using spray coating can slash waste and cut costs further thanks to groundbreaking advances by Spraying Systems involving pulse width...
Farmers and food processors get connected
13-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
A new initiative to connect farmers and processors in the Yorkshire and Humber region called Farexchange was launched last week. It coincided with...
13-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
The current economic situation is a “disease that is quickly spreading”, warned the commercial director of the Authentic Food Company. The...
Sir Ken Morrison comes out of the GM closet
13-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Sir Ken Morrison, former boss of supermarket chain Morrison, has come out in support of genetically modified (GM) food.Speaking at a meeting in York...
Authentic Food Company appoints commercial and finance director
07-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
The Authentic Food Company has undergone a full strategic review to help it through the current economic challenges.Andy Underwood has been appointed...
Waste to energy projects: be prepared!
06-Oct-2008 By Rod Addy
Processors considering waste-to-energy schemes must be prepared for long waits and substantially more investment than a year ago, according to one...
Digby Jones warns against ‘unjustified kicking’ for City
06-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Digby Jones, the trade and investment minister stepping down in the latest government reshuffle, has warned against imposing tougher regulation on...
Bad harvests drive commodity costs up further
06-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
Manufacturers should prepare themselves for another round of commodity price spikes as poor weather continues to hamper the harvest.The last of the...
Processors must automate or face decline
06-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s food manufacturers have been warned that if they fail to invest in the latest automation and robotics technology, they risk a decline...
06-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled the latest technology which will allow inspection authorities to crack down on food fraud within the...
NPD In Brief
02-Oct-2008
Genesis of a new range Northern Ireland-based artisan baker Genesis has grown its sales fivefold in the UK in the past year. It says this is due to...
02-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
The executive director of Warburtons has been elected president of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).Ross Warburton’s term of office will start...
Cadbury’s executive director steps down
02-Oct-2008 By Hayley Brown
Cadbury’s executive director and chief financial officer, Ken Hanna, will step down from the board in April 2009. Hanna is to become chairman of...
30-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson
More than 200 jobs could go at Dairy Crest after the firm announced proposals to close its Nottingham-based milk bottling plant and reorganise its...
29-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
As processors sink deeper into the mire of the skills crisis, DEFRA attempts to address the issue. By Rod Addy
Cadbury to invest £1.2M in automated robot palletising
29-Sep-2008
Cadbury has placed a £1.2M order with CKF Systems for an automated robot palletising system for its Sheffield factory. The system being installed...
Premier Foods upgrades to 'no-touch' staff washrooms
29-Sep-2008
Two upgraded washrooms used by Premier Foods production staff at its Batchelors Cup a Soup plant in Ashford, Kent, have Rada Sense digital water...
Integrated bulk heat exchanger
29-Sep-2008
The Bulk-X-Change bulk materials heat exchanger from Coperion Waeschle in Germany can now be integrated into pneumatic conveying systems. This...
Metal detectors ensure fruit and veg bags are safe
29-Sep-2008
Prepared fresh fruit and vegetables supplier Crewmint has invested in end-of-line metal detection equipment from S+S Inspection.It is being used for...
29-Sep-2008
Is the European Commission finally making the way legally clear for dietary fibre? Francesca Twinn and Elaine Watson report
Improved insulation panels aimed at food use
29-Sep-2008
Kingspan Controlled Environments has moved to new facilities in Sherburn, North Yorkshire, to allow it to manufacture an improved insulation panel...
29-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
Incentives for making factories more sustainable keep multiplying but there's a lot more to it than installing a wind turbine, says Rod Addy
29-Sep-2008 By Sarah Britton
With a sustainability initiative underway, Mars is on track for a 10,000t packaging reduction by 2010. And that's just for starters, says Sarah Britton
29-Sep-2008
With 29 years in the business, there's not much head cider maker Bob Cork doesn't know about the amber nectar of apples and pears
29-Sep-2008 By Hugh Williams
If you had asked me a few years ago which function would be the last to embrace supply chain thinking, I'd have got it wrong.Over time and despite...
29-Sep-2008 By Rod Addy
Spar UK suppliers are set to benefit from substantial savings and sales uplifts thanks to the launch of a major distribution programme: the National...
Goodbye tea bag, hello tpod
29-Sep-2008
A perforated foil stick-pack will take the humble tea bag into new, premium markets, claims machinery system supplier Sigpack Systems. No doubt the...
29-Sep-2008 By Paul Gander
Aseptic cartons for processed foods have, over the past year, created a niche for themselves in Europe, but only as a relatively minor part of the...
29-Sep-2008
Back in May 2007 the European Commission published a Recommendation (2007/331/EC) on the monitoring of acrylamide levels in food. This directed...
29-Sep-2008 By Hayley Brown
National Starch Food Innovation is set to launch a new texturising solution to improve the crispiness and texture of wafers. The approach allows...
29-Sep-2008
In the quest to design new products we are concerned with sensory evaluations based on taste. But what is taste? As product developers we are acutely...
29-Sep-2008
As well as putting the finishing touches to its Halloween range, Greggs is already thinking about new product development (NPD) for next year.Early...
29-Sep-2008 By Hayley Brown
Southover Foods Company is in the process of tweaking its cooked meat recipes to produce a low salt ham.At its new development kitchen in Southwick...
