Food safety focus: We’ve got you covered
Be warned: if you cut corners and break the law, food inspectors will be gunning for you. Rick Pendrous reports
Archives for January 28, 2011
Logistics giant to boost veg business
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) aims to develop vegetable processing services at its Lowestoft freezing plant, building on a contract it announced in October last year to handle frozen peas there for Ardo.
Enzyme action for Cardiff’s Biocatalysts
Cardiff-based Biocatalysts has launched two new wheat gluten hydrolysate enzymes with flavour-enhancing properties to help processors struggling with formulation issues.
Control systems upgrade makes new beer recipes possible
Molson Coors’ Burton-on-Trent brewery has completely upgraded its control systems and standardised the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems it uses.
Gist wins Waitrose contract
Gist has won the contract to become a key logistics provider for components of Waitrose’s primary transport operations.
Findus to cut staff at Young’s seafood factory
Frozen food and seafood firm, The Findus Group has announced plans to cut jobs at its Young’s frozen seafood factory in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire.
Major retailers to sign up to global data synchronisation
The food and drink supply chain is poised to take a big step forward, with major retailers committing to a single channel of product data sharing working with the GS1 standards organisation.
Focus on food analysis and testing: It’s all in the DNA
We’re not talking about the latest episode of Jeremy Kyle – sophisticated testing regimes are being used to validate everything from authenticity to food quality, reports Lou Reade
Sustainable diets: any quick wins?
The Foresight report, Global Food and Farming Futures, is expected to shape the agenda. It looks to 2050 and takes a global view of the food system, considering demand, production and supply, as well as broader environmental issues.
Boomerang supply chains
If you throw your watch into a crowd, you don’t expect to see it come back!
Oceans of opportunity
At a recent Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council workshop, I was discussing food security and world hunger. I won’t rehearse the well-known ‘perfect storm’ paradigm, but suffice to say that food might run short.
Texture is ‘the key to commercial success’
Texture is becoming an increasingly important dimension for consumer-winning foods, according to National Starch Food Innovation
Apprenticeships in food manufactiuring: Ready to role ...
February marks National Apprenticeship Week, with companies offering much more than tea making experience, reports Freddie Dawson
Glass survival ‘could depend on energy efficiency’
As energy costs continue to rise, the future of glass packaging could depend on the sector’s ability to make dramatic cuts in consumption, says industry confederation British Glass.
Intensive mining of NZ fruit could yield multiple benefits
Functional food and drink manufacturers are just scratching the surface of the health benefits of fruit-derived ingredients, according to experts in New Zealand.
Government food report sparks industry into action
Waves of activity involving the food industry, researchers and politicians will follow the government's Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures report, published last month.
Taste for change: The Manchester Rusk Company
Rod Addy talks to the Manchester Rusk Company about keeping business fresh in a tough market
Warning: price collusion can lead to disqualification
Directors of food firms have been warned about the risk of disqualification for 'hub and spoke type' collusion over retail pricing information.
Free-from foods set to enter mainstream market
Free-from food and drink products are expected to see rapid growth over the next few years, according to delegates at Food Manufacture's business leaders' round table debate last month.
New technology offers viscous design promise
Bakeries and ice cream manufacturers are the first business sectors in the UK to start showing interest in a new technology that allows the printing of highly viscous food coatings on top of moving food substrates.
Now the rapid way to detect melamine
Food testing laboratory Eurofins UK has developed a new rapid approach for the testing of melamine contamination in chocolate, with same day results available by special request.
NFT is deeply chilled about prospects for growth in 2011
NFT Distribution forecasts strong growth in 2011, with plans to develop reworking and repacking services and deep chill business in meat and meat products, plus invest in further warehouse capacity.
Focus on dairy ingredients: Hard life in the land of milk and money
Rising ingredients costs and demand for additive-free products are making life tough in the dairy industry, says Freddie Dawson
Five fire engines tackle blaze at Imperial Snack Foods
Five fire engines and a foam unit attended a fire at ethnic snackfood maker Imperial Snack Foods at the Culwell Trading Estate in Wolverhampton yesterday.
Willowbrook Foods to open £5.5m factory this summer
Northern Irish firm Willowbrook Foods will open a new £5.5m factory site this summer that includes a cutting-edge food innovation centre.
Me and My Factory: Bon Apetito
Apetito is part of a larger German company and is still privately owned. We are the biggest provider of food and services to the elderly, through Meals on Wheels (partnering with 150 local authorities), care homes and our Wiltshire Farm Foods franchise,...
'Intelligent software' won't predict next Sudan-1, experts warn FSA
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been urged by experts in the field and members of its own Board to exercise caution in its use of 'intelligent software' to predict emerging food safety risks.