Archives for October 16, 2014

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Heat is on for 1,000 Cadbury Bournville plant staff

By Rod Addy

Mondelēz International has stepped up the pressure on the 1,000 factory workers at its Cadbury Bournville site, issuing a booklet outlining what future working practices will look like there.

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Top food safety threat is antimicrobial resistance

By Michael Stones

Four threats, including antimicrobial resistance, and two opportunities will be some of the biggest influences on UK food safety in the years ahead, delegates heard at the Food Manufacture Group’s safety conference this week.

Top finance guru dumps Tesco shares

By Michael Stones

The world’s richest investor, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, has sold more than 245M shares in supermarket giant Tesco, after describing his investment as “a huge mistake” earlier this month.

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Food industry must quell Ebola fears

By Laurence Gibbons

The UK food and drink industry must communicate to the public that the risk of people contracting the deadly Ebola virus from food is unlikely.

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New campylobacter control costs only 4–5p a bird

By Michael Stones

A new technique to control campylobacter infections in poultry – which killed 110 Britons last year – is being developed at the modest cost of only 4–5p a bird.