Pathogen fears confirm need to cook pork properly
Microbiologists on a specialist Food Standards Agency advisory committee have confirmed recommendations that pork meat should be well cooked prior to...
Archives for December 11, 2006
Eat Natural creates Virgin ‘Mile High’ bar
UK snack bar maker Eat Natural has joined forces with Virgin Atlantic to create a new Mile High Bar - the first snack bar to be created specifically...
Europe lags behind in nanotechnology stakes
European companies risk falling behind their US and Asian counterparts in the emerging field of nanotechnology unless more private investment is...
Cool changes for meat plant knife sterilisation
The risk to British Slaughterhouse and cutting plant workers of scalds from hot water used to disinfect knives, if proposals for using water at lower...
GLA to take action against unlicensed labour users
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has warned that it would take early action against any food processor using unlicensed labour now that the...
New benchmarking tool helps industry lighten packaging load
A new benchmarking tool developed by the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) enables firms to compare the weight of their cans, bottles, and...