Fish oil suppliers prepare for new hygiene rules
EU importers have begun stockpiling omega-3 fish oil supplies to prevent shortages ahead of changes to European hygiene legislation in May.However,...
Archives for March 23, 2009
Dairy waste effluent goes to make bricks
Cross-industry collaboration involving Arla Foods UK has presented solutions for disposing of waste effluent that include passing it to builders to...
Saturated fat targets ‘unworkable’ warns BRC
Supermarkets will not support the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if it pursues category-specific ‘aspirational targets’ for saturated fat and energy...
Eastern promise for freeze-dried ingredients
Freeze-dried ingredient supplier Chaucer Foods aims to expand its business in the Far East and launch into sweet and savoury snacks this year,...
ORAC tests may not predict antioxidant activity
Ingredients that have a high ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) value or are good at scavenging harmful free radicals in the laboratory are...
Tories welcome delay on food labelling voting
The delay to further voting on food labelling legislation by a European Parliament (EP) specialist committee until the new parliament is formed in...
Shoppers turn on discount strategies
Consumers are rebelling against the “pile them high and sell them cheap strategy” used by some supermarkets.That was the verdict of principal of...