Consultation on recycled plastics in contact with food
Food manufacturers and packaging suppliers considering recycled plastic for food packaging have until March 6 to respond to a consultation document...
Archives for January 14, 2008
British Poultry Council defends abattoir safety
The British Poultry Council (BPC) has rejected claims by Unison union that abattoirs are risking meat safety by allowing untrained staff to carry out...
Innocent clinches £32M finance package
Innocent Drinks has secured £32M worth of funding from Bank of Scotland Corporate, which the business intends to use to support its expansion plans...
Northern: 2008 a challenge
Northern Foods chief executive Stefan Barden has admitted that 2008 will be a challenge for manufacturers, with rising commodity costs an ongoing...
Finsbury targets growth in premium and healthy eating
Finsbury Food Group plans to double its Thorntons range of cakes and relaunch its Weight Watchers range, catering for consumers’ appetites for...
Lacors presses EC to strengthen nutritional labelling
The food industry must do more to provide consumers with consistent nutritional information about their food, the body overseeing local authority...
Test due to slash E.coli 0157 risk
Manufacturers could dramatically reduce the risk of E.coli 0157 outbreaks by using an extremely fast analysis process - or assay - due to launch...