ISO complicates traceability issue
SirYour article on traceability (Food Manufacture September 2004, p45) highlights that the objective is to allow the competent authority to identify...
Archives for October 5, 2004
Boddington blow
Workers at Boddingtons' Manchester brewery have renewed their fight to save the plant from closure, and 55 jobs, almost two years to the day after...
Labs lead the .net revolution
There is an IT revolution going on in food testing laboratories that will affect more than lab technicians -- it could change the way those in creative development, production, purchasing and finance work. Susan Birks reports
UK fights for right to negotiate longer individual working time
European working time limit opt-out could be neutralised
Off-the-shelf warehouse management solution
Westler Foods has installed a WMS following a decision to bring logistics back in-house
Salt problem grinds on
Some ready meals on the supermarket shelves contain as much as 80% of the daily recommended salt intake of 6g. A quarter of canned soups, often...
Cut above the rest
Me & My Factory: Rick Wiles, fresh foods controller, Budgen Meat Plant
Market awash with new heart-healthy ingredients
It seems cholesterol lowering ingredients are the hot area at the moment. Perhaps not surprisingly, with cardiovascular disease being the leading...
Omega-3 claim approved in US
Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a qualified health claim relating to the reduced risk of coronary heart disease, to be used...
Heinz to seek partners for NDC
Heinz will be looking for other ambient food manufacturers to take up the spare capacity released at its highly automated national distribution...
Amanda takes on Sara
Schwan's has entered into competition with desserts label Sara Lee with the launch of its own frozen desserts brand in the UK, also with a woman's...
Crystal gazing for the 21st century
Enterprise resource planning and advanced planning systems can both help companies with their forecasting. But which one is best suited to you? Kathy Watson reports
Medium-barrier structures will drive films growth
Worldwide growth in flexibles will outstrip rigid packaging over the next few years, says a new report, with Europe seeing stronger demand for...
Grape expectations
California may be famous for its wines, but the off-licence is not the only place where its grapes end up. Stefan Chomka took a trip out west to discover why its raisins are making an impact on the food and drink industry
Consumers are pushed to cut salt consumption as suppliers object
FDF and FSA launch simultaneous campaigns to change diets
Pressure increases for clearer health labelling of products
The Co-op puts branded goods under the health microscope
Giant Compass swings to Brakes
Catering supplier Brakes has acquired the chilled distribution division of troubled Peter's Food Service, a principal supplier to the Compass...
Cost of supervisory control and data acquisition continues to fall
Pantek has launched a 'rapid adoption programme' for products such as InTouch
Subsidies to end
Manufacturers are waiting to see if the European Commission will stall a collapse in sugar prices by appealing against an expected World Trade...
Industry struggles to find the words for allergic consumers
Manufacturers want the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to consider introducing graded risk allergy warnings to clear up confusion surrounding catch-all...
Colman's continues to aisle jump with new crisps
The Colman's mustard brand continues its encroachment into other sectors with the launch of a crisp flavoured with the company's famous yellow...
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Geest invests in lab and LIMS for greater testing capacity
Laboratory software is making microbiological sampling data easy to collate and integrate
Mycotoxin test kit range expanded to include screen for ochratoxin A
Screening of commodities increases as the legislator's list of toxins gets longer
Sainsbury's shelf gaps blamed on pallet handling difficulties
retailer may have tried to achieve too much, too soon in Depots
Choosing the best 3PL
The recent acquisition of Tibbett & Britten (TBL) by Exel has raised no regulatory issues nor does it seem to have upset TBL customers in the...
Westbury ups milk price while unveiling plans to add value
Farmer-owned dairy admits to being one of the worst payers
More job cuts at Geest blamed on supermarket price wars
New focus on non-retail food markets follows tough six months
Food spin-off from Defence lab's rapid diagnostics technology
Rapid diagnostic equipment designed for the battlefield could also be used in a food crises
Changeovers
Eddie Isherwood has joined Peter Hunt's Bakery Foods in the newly-created position of supply chain manager. He joins from Airbus, where he was a...
Asda presses ahead with factory gate pricing
Supermarket chain Asda is rolling out factory gate pricing (FGP), but unlike its arch rival Tesco it claims not to be putting its suppliers under...
Sugar daddy takes over Renshaw
Renshaw, the industrial bakery ingredients business formerly known as Renshaw Scott, is to focus on product development following its takeover by...
Shire grows
Shire Foods, which makes pasties, sausage rolls and Football's Famous chicken balti pies, is to quadruple its manufacturing capacity with a £4.5m...
Newcomer to cola market takes the high ground on taste and sweeteners
A new cola drink that will to go head to head with heavyweights Coca-Cola and Pepsi, especially in bars and clubs, is being test marketed after...
MES gives meat control
Tracking and traceability
Lycopene awaits approval
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has received a novel food application for the extract lycopene -- an oleoresin produced from red ripe tomatoes --...
A French revolution for baked goods
A French packaging invention could give a much longer shelf-life to bread, sandwiches, pizzas and patisserie.In this double-wall system, the product...
Process promises instant mature cheese
Instant mature cheddar cheese could soon be a reality if Kraft Foods commercialises a process which involves creating cheese texture using...
Fold or shrink? It's a wrap
UK machine-builder Marden Edwards has acquired neighbouring shrink-wrap equipment specialist Wraps UK, in a move which will allow the company to...
NIR used to check flour grade
New method to grade flour
Students show new interest in food and drink courses
Uptake of undergraduate food and drink courses is finally on the increase, but will this lead to an end of the skills shortage? Stefan Chomka assesses graduate job prospects in the food and drink industry