Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - North America EU edition

WTO to rule on origin labeling row

20-Nov-2009 - WTO to rule on origin labeling row ... country of origin labeling (COOL) violates international trade agreements, as Canada and Mexico have ... country of origin labeling (COOL) violates international trade agreements, as Canada and Mexico have ... system, which requires origin labeling of meat products as well as some fresh produce in the US, has damaged its export market. Under the system, US meat processors have been required to handle and label

Kraft’s Cadbury bid could foretell M&A boom

20-Nov-2009 - to private label products. Director at Fitch Judi Rossetti said: “Looking ahead at 2010, the outlook

Child food allergies on the rise in the US

17-Nov-2009 - for manufacturers, who must make costly recalls if their products contain allergens that are not listed on the label contamination including regular reviews of product labels, equipment, cleaning practices, product handling

Canada tightens front-of-pack nutrition labeling rules

06-Nov-2009 - Canada tightens front-of-pack nutrition labeling rules ... Canada is updating its front-of-pack nutrition labeling scheme, disqualifying whole food ... Canada is updating its front-of-pack nutrition labeling scheme, disqualifying whole food ... The Health Check red check mark label is endorsed by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and is a , labeling regulations, nutrition trends, eating habits of Canadians, market realities and technology ... front-of-pack labeling, trans fat, Smart Choices

Carrageenan remains on USDA's National List

03-Nov-2009 - that are allowed to be used as ingredients in foods labeled organic or made with organic ingredients

Call for more education on Canadian nutrition labeling

02-Nov-2009 - Call for more education on Canadian nutrition labeling ... Most Canadians use on-pack nutrition labeling as their primary source of nutritional information ... Most Canadians use on-pack nutrition labeling as their primary source of nutritional information ... reported using product labels to look for specific ingredients, best before dates or the nutrition facts panel, and labels have consistently been the top source of nutrition information over the past two ... Canadian nutrition, nutrition labels

Health Canada completes allergen labeling review

30-Oct-2009 - Health Canada completes allergen labeling review ... Health Canada has completed a review of the country’s allergen labeling system and has said it will begin public consultations in November for mandatory labeling regulations. ... Health Canada has completed a review of the country’s allergen labeling system and has said it will begin public consultations in November for mandatory labeling regulations. ... Established in 1994, the current Canadian system for labeling allergens in packaged foods has manufacturers and importers that do choose to include precautionary allergen labeling. The only guidelines ... allergen labeling

News in brief

IOM recommendations in line with Whole Grain Stamp

29-Oct-2009 - A recommendation from the Institute of Medicine for the clear labeling of foods’ whole grain ... A recommendation from the Institute of Medicine for the clear labeling of foods’ whole grain ... said: "The Food and Drug Administration should take action to require labeling for the whole grain -profit Whole Grains Council Cynthia Harriman said: “At a time when front of pack labeling is under close

CT attorney general urges companies to drop Smart Choices logo

28-Oct-2009 - Choices labeling program to stop using the logo as soon as possible – at least until the FDA finalizes ... Choices labeling program to stop using the logo as soon as possible – at least until the FDA finalizes ... front-of-pack labeling program two weeks ago, claiming that it was potentially misleading. Since then -shelf nutrition labeling with a view to developing a standardized set of criteria to curtail consumer confusion ... Smart Choices, front-of-pack labeling

News in brief

Unilever pulls out of Smart Choices Program

27-Oct-2009 - that it is looking to develop a standardized front-of-pack labeling scheme. ... that it is looking to develop a standardized front-of-pack labeling scheme. ... labeling will be based.” Unilever products that qualified for the Smart Choices Program symbol

Fonterra drops Anchor brand share in UK

20-Nov-2009 - , Arla will continue to be supplied with Fonterra bulk butter for the Anchor brand and its own label

http://www.dairyreporter.com/

Congress event defends supplements against athlete attack

20-Nov-2009 - to blame supplements, as label claims were better mandated. “The dietary supplement industry is a very

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/

Food firms: cash number one barrier to innovation

19-Nov-2009 - player, since the economic downturn private label has emerged as a major innovative player competing with the brands. In France, for example, while private label injected about 8 per cent of new products onto

http://www.foodnavigator.com/

Bill to ban bisphenol A introduced in US

18-Nov-2009 - to the public. The regulation would also impose the need for clear labelling that the product was BPA criminal or civil penalties a consequence of any breach in terms of testing, certification, and labeling

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/

Dispatches from ADICT by SIAL Paris

Food innovation success demands consumer perception of benefits

18-Nov-2009 - . The explosion of organic foods reflects this trend: initially private label now brands are getting

http://www.foodnavigator.com/

Europeans’ Christmas food spend to remain stagnant

17-Nov-2009 - label boom Across Europe, private label continues to grab market share away from national brands: a one priority, and private label are making big efforts to understand, control and reduce the price

http://www.foodnavigator.com/

Price pitched high for organics in France

17-Nov-2009 - label or brands - with an organic equivalent that had comparable recipes, formats and packaging

http://www.foodnavigator.com/

Nutrition of lunchbox foods attacked

16-Nov-2009 - to be healthy may not be so when you look more closely at the nutritional labels, it says. Amongst on the supermarket shelves.” Nutrition labelling is currently a topic of much debate, as recent FSA research

http://www.foodnavigator.com/

News in brief

Billionaire increases Cadbury stake

13-Nov-2009 - ’s $16.3bn (€10.9bn) formal bid by Kraft was labelled “derisory” by Cadbury, according to the report

http://www.confectionerynews.com/